8+ years of software development experience with a Bachelor's degree; OR 6+ years with a Master's degree; OR 3+ years with a PhD; OR equivalent work experience. Practical software development experience, with 5+ years working with modern cloud-native and AI-native systems 3+ years of hands-on experience with LLM prompt engineering, agent design, and retrieval systems (RAG, semantic search, knowledge bases) 3+ years of demonstrated experience integrating third-party AI/ML services and platform APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, etc.) 2+ years of hands-on experience developing applications and extensions on the ServiceNow platform Strong proficiency in JavaScript/GlideScript, Python, and Java; familiarity with ServiceNow scripting patterns and APIs Solid understanding of ServiceNow data model, form/workflow design, and business process automation Solid understanding of microservices architecture, REST/streaming APIs, and modern backend frameworks (Spring Boot, FastAPI, etc.) Experience designing and optimizing high-performance data pipelines, embedding systems, and vector stores at scale Demonstrated expertise in LLM orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel) and vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, pgvector, etc.) Experience with cloud computing platforms and managed AI services (AWS, GCP, Azure); hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code Proficiency with Kubernetes, containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks Experience developing and debugging evaluation harnesses, benchmarks, and metrics for AI/ML features Proven ability to troubleshoot and isolate root causes in complex, distributed, and probabilistic systems Strong communication skills; ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences; customer-facing experience a plus Experience with Agile and Scrum development methodologies; comfort with iterative development and continuous improvement Demonstrated ability to engage with customers, understand their needs, and support issue resolution Track record of taking ownership of significant technical initiatives and delivering them successfully Demonstrated mentorship of junior engineers or technical leadership in previous roles
Employee Type: Regular Region: AMS - North America and Canada Work Persona: Flexible