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Staff Software Engineer
Servicenow INC · 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, California, US
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 547 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 185 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Servicenow INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles162 certified filings for “Senior Software Engineer” (Software Developers) in CA: $144k–$204k, median $175k. Most were filed at wage level IV (45%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Servicenow INC
The US Department of Labor certified 547 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 185 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
We're building an AI-native culture where technology and talent are unstoppable together — and our internal Go-To-Market applications and Sales CRM team is where that shows up in how we build our own commercial workflows across Sales, Deal Desk, Legal, and Procurement. As a Staff Engineer (IC4), you'll independently lead the design, development, and delivery of complex, high-impact systems within these internal platforms. You'll take ownership of critical components, set technical direction within your domain, and serve as a technical resource to peers and other engineers. We're looking for someone who combines deep software engineering fundamentals with hands-on, already-fluent expertisein AI-assisted and agentic development — not someone looking to pick it up on the job. What You'll Do • Own backend services end-to-end, including REST/GraphQL APIs and event-driven microservices (Kafka) • Build and integrate microservices with ServiceNow platform applications, ramping up quickly on platform-specific patterns and constraints as needed • Own a complex subsystem — set technical direction, make the architectural calls, and carry the operational consequences of them • Pitch in on UI work using a modern component framework • Work closely with TPMs and business stakeholders to understand and help shape requirements, communicating technical trade-offs clearly and driving alignment without heavy hand-holding • Apply AI coding tools and agentic workflows day-to-day as a core part of how you build and ship — using them accountably, with critical review and verification before anything ships • Provide L3 support for internal business-critical systems • Mentor other engineers and serve as a technical resource within your domain, raising the bar through code review, scalable system design. • Model best practices in software craftsmanship, testing discipline, and debugging methodology • ~8+ years of practical software engineering experience, including production systems you've owned end-to-end • Strong fundamentals: data structures, system design, REST/GraphQL, relational data modeling, testing • Real, hands-on microservices experience, including event-driven architecture (Kafka or similar) • Working front-end skills with a modern component framework • Strong collaboration skills — comfortable working with TPMs and business stakeholders to clarify ambiguous requirements • CI/CD, containers, observability, and L3 incident/support experience for internal production systems • Current, hands-on experience with agentic workflows, LLM integration, RAG, Knowledge grapgh, MCP or prompt engineering — you should already be fluent here • A record of mentoring engineers and raising quality through code review • Nice to have • Billing, contracts, quoting, or usage-based commercial systems experience • Kafka/event-driven architecture depth, or NoSQL data modeling (e.g., Cosmos DB) • ServiceNow Platform certification and/or development experience is a strong added advantage Nice to have • Billing, contracts, quoting, or usage-based commercial systems experience • Kafka/event-driven architecture depth, or NoSQL data modeling (e.g., Cosmos DB) • ServiceNow Platform experience is a plus For positions in this location, we offer a base pay of $166,500 - $291,400 , plus equity (when applicable), variable/incentive compensation and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the base pay shown is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies, and work location. We also offer health plans, including flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) Plan with company m