ServiceNow Lead Developer

Northern Trust

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Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
Chicago, IL
Salary
$99,600–$169,200 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
4 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

Market check

Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $134k
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This role pays less than 82% of similar roles. Most pay $142,400–$201,600 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $134k versus about $172k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Northern Trust

Northern Trust is a leading provider of wealth management, asset servicing, asset management, and banking services to corporations, institutions, and high-net-worth individuals. Industry: Financial Services & Asset Management

Northern Trust currently has 107 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $114,500–$194,700 across 77 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · ServiceNow Lead Developer

The ServiceNow Lead Developer joins the engineering team to design, develop, and support scalable DevOps capabilities across the ServiceNow platform. This role involves building enterprise solutions, automating software delivery, and strengthening platform governance by integrating ServiceNow with enterprise development toolchains. You will develop server-side and client-side solutions using JavaScript, Glide APIs, Script Includes, Business Rules, Client Scripts, UI Policies, Flow Designer, and IntegrationHub. Key responsibilities include maintaining REST/SOAP APIs, webhooks, and CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, Azure DevOps, GitLab, or Jenkins. You will perform technical troubleshooting, conduct code reviews, and manage release controls to ensure platform stability. The work focuses on solving complex business requirements through secure, maintainable automation while managing technical debt and supporting production releases within a large enterprise environment.

What you'll do

  • Design, develop, and support enterprise solutions using JavaScript, Glide APIs, and Flow Designer on the ServiceNow platform.
  • Build and maintain REST/SOAP APIs, scripted REST services, webhooks, and complex integration patterns.
  • Design and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines to support ServiceNow development and deployment across various environments.
  • Integrate ServiceNow with source-control and DevOps platforms such as GitHub, Azure DevOps, GitLab, or Jenkins.
  • Automate build, testing, validation, change management, and post-deployment verification activities.
  • Conduct code reviews and provide technical guidance to developers to ensure alignment with security and architecture standards.
  • Perform technical troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and defect remediation for production support and pipeline failures.
  • Lead technical design discussions to translate complex business requirements into maintainable ServiceNow solutions.

What we're looking for

  • 5-7 years of hands-on ServiceNow development experience in a large enterprise environment.
  • Advanced knowledge of JavaScript and ServiceNow development frameworks and APIs.
  • Strong experience implementing and supporting REST APIs, integrations, webhooks, OAuth, and authentication mechanisms.
  • Experience with DevOps and CI/CD technologies such as GitHub, Azure DevOps, GitLab, Jenkins, or equivalent platforms.
  • Experience with source control, automated deployment, testing, and release-management practices.
  • Strong troubleshooting skills across ServiceNow applications, integrations, APIs, and deployment pipelines.
  • Understanding of enterprise security, SDLC, change management, and production-support disciplines.
  • Work Authorization.

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