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Senior Engineering Manager - Platform
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 roles2 certified filings for “Manager of Platform Engineering” (Computer and Information Systems Managers) in CO: $196k–$196k, median $196k. Most were filed at wage level III (100%) — 3 lottery entries, ≈46% 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
The Team The Platform Engineering organization builds the foundational services, frameworks, and developer capabilities that power the ServiceNow platform. Our teams create the infrastructure and platform technologies that enable engineers across ServiceNow to innovate faster while maintaining enterprise-grade scalability, reliability, security, and operational excellence. We are at the center of ServiceNow's AI Platform transformation, delivering the runtime services, platform capabilities, and engineering infrastructure required to support the next generation of AI-powered experiences. Key Areas of Focus • Platform Services & Frameworks – Building core platform capabilities that support large-scale application development across the Now Platform. • Developer Productivity & Engineering Excellence – Creating tools, frameworks, and platform capabilities that improve developer velocity, software quality, and operational efficiency. • Scalability & Performance – Designing highly available, resilient systems capable of supporting enterprise-scale workloads. • Cloud-Native Architecture – Advancing modern platform architecture through automation, observability, distributed systems, and reliability engineering. • AI Platform Enablement – Supporting intelligent automation, AI-powered workflows, telemetry-driven insights, and next-generation AI experiences across the platform. • Operational Excellence – Driving platform reliability, security, performance, compliance, and service health through engineering best practices. Engineers in this organization solve complex technical challenges that impact every ServiceNow product and customer, helping shape the future architecture of the Now Platform. What You Get To Do In This Role • Lead multiple engineering teams responsible for strategic platform capabilities and services. • Partner closely with Product Management, Architecture, Infrastructure, AI Platform teams, and other engineering organizations to define and execute technical roadmaps. • Drive delivery of scalable, secure, and highly available platform solutions. • Build and grow high-performing engineering teams through coaching, mentorship, talent development, and succession planning. • Establish technical direction and engineering best practices across multiple teams. • Drive operational excellence through observability, automation, reliability, and performance optimization. • Lead large cross-functional initiatives involving platform modernization, scalability improvements, and AI-powered capabilities. • Balance technical strategy, business priorities, and execution to achieve organizational goals. • Foster a culture of innovation, ownership, inclusion, and continuous learning. • Help advance ServiceNow's AI-first strategy by integrating intelligent automation and AI-powered engineering capabilities into platform development. To be successful in this role you have: • Experience leveraging AI tools, AI-driven insights, intelligent automation, or AI-assisted software development practices. • 10+ years of software engineering experience, including experience building large-scale enterprise or cloud-native platforms. • 3+ years of experience leading engineering managers, technical leads, or multiple software engineering teams. • Strong experience in Java and large-scale distributed systems. • Experience building platform services, frameworks, infrastructure components, or developer-facing technologies. • Deep understanding of software architecture, scalability, performance, reliability, and security. • Experience working in cloud environments and modern DevOps/SRE operating models. • Strong track record of delivering complex technical initiatives across organizational boundaries. • Exceptional communication, coll