Company Description

It all started in sunny San Diego, California in 2004 when a visionary engineer, Fred Luddy, saw the potential to transform how we work. Fast forward to today — ServiceNow stands as a global market leader, bringing innovative AI-enhanced technology to over 8,100 customers, including 85% of the Fortune 500®. Our intelligent cloud-based platform seamlessly connects people, systems, and processes to empower organizations to find smarter, faster, and better ways to work. But this is just the beginning of our journey. Join us as we pursue our purpose to make the world work better for everyone.

If you want to make work, work better, we want you. To learn more, check out our Early Career Page!

Role Overview

As an Associate Systems Engineer Intern, you'll work alongside experienced engineers on projects that directly impact our users and business. We are seeking highly motivated students with a background in full-stack development, automation and scripting to join our dynamic team of skilled systems engineers. You'll gain invaluable hands-on experience and contribute to building scalable solutions to enhance the ServiceNow Platform. This role provides a foundation for career growth while contributing to meaningful projects.

The successful intern candidate will be amenable to working in an exciting, fast paced, dynamic, collaborative environment. Our development teams focus on creating intuitive and scalable solutions that allow businesses to customize their application functionalities.

The successful candidate will join our Systems Engineering Team based in Dublin, Ireland. For this intern role we will be targeting Bachelor's Degree students graduating in 2027.

Please only apply to one intern job posting at a time.

Job Description

What you get to do in this role:

Build the best cloud software for businesses using a market leading development cloud platform.
Collaborate daily with a team of like-minded developers, product managers and quality engineers using agile software development methodology.
Master new areas and take ownership of features that matter to our customers.
Design features with a core commitment to quality and an eye to how the products will evolve in future releases.
Work in a Scrum-based Agile development process that is light on documentation and meetings and heavy on coding

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Current enrollment in a full-time Bachelor's Degree program in Computer Science or a related discipline at an accredited university
Must be a student for the full duration of the internship and returning to college for at least one semester following completion of the internship i.e. graduating in 2027
Must be available to start in May OR June 2026
Commit to the full-time 12 weeks Summer internship duration
Experience with back-end programming languages (Java, Python etc.) and scripting languages (Bash, Ruby etc.)
Knowledge of scripting and automation is very beneficial
Experience with Linux based environment
Experience with relational databases such as MySQL and Oracle
Experience with debugging and testing software through a CI lifecycle
Approach complex software challenges with critical thinking and innovative solutions
Strong communication skills and experience working in diverse cross-functional teams

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in evaluating or integrating AI into work processes, decision-making, or problem-solving through AI tools, automating workflows, analyzing AI-driven insights, or assessing AI's potential impact
Understanding of foundational AI concepts including basic prompt engineering
Full-stack development capabilities with software design principles and agile methodologies
Demonstrated experience in constructing scalable, secure, and efficient software systems
Proficiency in data structures and algorithms. Basic understanding of relational data modeling
Previous software engineering experience gained from internships, academic or personal projects, coding competitions or relevant publications

Additional Information

Work Personas

We approach our distributed world of work with flexibility and trust. Work personas (flexible, remote, or required in office) are categories that are assigned to ServiceNow employees depending on the nature of their work and their assigned work location. Learn more here. To determine eligibility for a work persona, ServiceNow may confirm the distance between your primary residence and the closest ServiceNow office using a third-party service.

Equal Opportunity Employer

ServiceNow is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other category protected by law. In addition, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with legal requirements.

Accommodations

We strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are unable to use this online application and need an alternative method to apply, please contact [email protected] for assistance.

Export Control Regulations

For positions requiring access to controlled technology subject to export control regulations, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR), ServiceNow may be required to obtain export control approval from government authorities for certain individuals. All employment is contingent upon ServiceNow obtaining any export license or other approval that may be required by relevant export control authorities.

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Intern - Associate Systems Engineer

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