ServiceNow: Principal Software Engineer - Moveworks — Bangalore, Karnataka, India

About ServiceNow

ServiceNow develops an enterprise software platform bringing together data, workflows and AI for business operations. Its employer introduction traces the business to automating a repetitive workplace task and describes a continuing focus on freeing people from routine work. The platform is intended to connect technology with how organisations carry out their processes. This makes workflow automation and the use of information in everyday business activity central themes, rather than a product aimed at only one industry.

The position and its setting

ServiceNow lists Principal Software Engineer - Moveworks in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, under reference JB0070855. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Department: Engineering, Infrastructure and Operations
• Employment type: Full-time
• Employer listing date: 17 September 2026
• Brands: ServiceNow

Responsibilities and work described

• Technical Architecture & Strategy Define and own the long-term technical architecture, making critical build vs. buy decisions to ensure systems remain resilient as the platform scales 10x
• Platform & Infrastructure Design and build core infrastructure services and microservices that serve machine learning, frontend, and platform teams
• Business Alignment Align technical architecture with business goals, ensuring engineering velocity, system reliability, and infrastructure costs directly support customer acquisition, retention, and time-to-market
• Hands-on Engineering Write high-performance, clean, and maintainable production-grade code across the stack (K8s, Python, Golang, Postgres etc.)
• Cross-functional Execution Drive and deliver business-critical engineering outcomes in close collaboration with cross-functional engineering teams
• Engineering Culture Mentor senior engineers, champion engineering excellence, and foster a culture of rapid, impact-driven innovation
• Ownership & Initiative Identify critical system and business gaps proactively, propose solutions, align stakeholders, and drive execution with a high degree of ownership

Essential requirements and candidate background

• Experience: leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes, decision-making, or problem-solving
• This may include using AI-powered tools, automating workflows, analyzing AI-driven insights, or exploring AI’s potential impact on the function or industry
• Experience 15+ years of software engineering experience with a demonstrated progression into Principal or Sr
• Staff Engineer capacity at a high-growth tech company or top-tier AI lab
• Technical Proficiency hands-on coding ability with deep design thinking, capable of driving both code-level execution and system-level architecture decisions
• Distributed Systems experience in distributed systems — performance, scalability, latency, optimization, and monitoring
• Commercial Mindset Demonstrated ability to connect engineering decisions to business outcomes such as latency improvements, driving margin efficiency, and enabling rapid product feature launches
• High Agency Self-driven with ownership, ability to identify system and business gaps, propose solutions, align stakeholders, and execute at startup pace
• Product & AI Mindset Experience integrating or evaluating AI tools and workflows in engineering processes and decision-making

Preferred experience and additional strengths

• Proficiency: any programming language with ability to adapt — K8s, Python, Golang, Postgres and data lakes preferred
• Open Source Contributions to major open-source AI or infrastructure projects
• Startup Experience Prior experience working closely with Product and Growth teams in an early-stage startup environment

Location, schedule and contract conditions

• Work arrangement: On-site
• Advertised location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Employer details to confirm

• The employer’s seniority category and its stated experience requirements do not agree. Follow the role-specific requirements above rather than assuming this is a fresher opening.

Pay and application dates

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How to apply to ServiceNow

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Practical preparation: Python

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Relevant skills

• Python
• AI/ML
• machine learning
• stakeholder management
• AI