ServiceNow Platform Engineer

ABOUT VEG In 2014, VEG was born with a mission to help people and their pets when they need it most by challenging norms and fixing the ER experience. Since then, we’ve expanded rapidly, with hospitals nationwide open 24/7/365, and created an ER experience that focuses on what our pets and pet parents really need. We’ve done the same for our people (VEGgies), finding a way to say YES so they are empowered to achieve great things, grow in unexpected ways, and find a place where they truly belong. We’re rethinking emergency care from every angle—from how we run our hospitals to how we support the people working inside them. That’s where our headquarters team comes in. Whether building technology to make our hospitals more efficient, recruiting and growing incredible VEGgies, or bringing our brand to life through marketing, our VQ (VEG Headquarters) team makes it all possible—ensuring our hospitals and people have everything they need to help pets and their families. VEG is a 2025 and 2026 certified Great Place to Work®. THE JOB As the ServiceNow Platform Engineer on the IT Infrastructure team, you will serve as VEG's senior technical owner of the ServiceNow platform, designing, building, and scaling enterprise solutions across ITSM, HRSD, Knowledge, and Virtual Agent. This is a deliberate new addition to the team, not a backfill. We're expanding capacity at the senior level to reduce single-point-of-failure risk and unlock a roadmap that one developer can no longer carry alone. You will function as the primary technical voice for ServiceNow at VEG, someone who can walk into a room with IT leadership, People, Operations, and Finance, lead the technical conversation, and translate ambiguous cross functional requirements into scalable platform solutions without needing a translator. You own outcomes, not just tickets.The ideal candidate brings deep, hands on ServiceNow expertise and the stakeholder maturity to match. You are a self starter who takes full ownership without constant oversight, communicates technical complexity clearly to less technical audiences, and writes clean, well tested, well-documented work that the whole team can rely on. You actively use AI development tools like Claude Enterprise and ChatGPT as force multipliers, not shortcuts, and you approach an existing platform with curiosity about why it was built the way it was before proposing what to change. This role is built to grow. The natural trajectory is toward a Principal ServiceNow Platform Engineer and, over time, a platform architect or enterprise systems lead as VEG scales. WHAT YOU’LL DO This role is primarily proactive, approximately 70% of your time will be focused on new builds, integrations, and roadmap delivery rather than reactive support. You will own four core areas: Platform development and new builds: Design and build custom applications, workflows, and configurations across ITSM, HRSD, Knowledge, and Virtual Agent in Non Prod, UAT, and Prod environments. Implement ACLs, business rules, UI policies, and data policies. Build and optimize Virtual Agent flows and AI-powered experiences. Write and maintain automated tests, lead code reviews, and actively leverage AI development tools (Claude Enterprise, ChatGPT) to accelerate delivery, with the security judgment to apply them responsibly. Stakeholder engagement and requirements: Serve as the senior technical partner for IT, Operations, People, and cross-functional leadership. Lead technical discussions alongside the Senior ServiceNow PM and IT SaaS Architect, not just participate in them. Translate business requests into technical specifications independently, manage the incoming request backlog, and set clear expectations on priority and timeline without needing the IT SaaS Architect to bridge the gap. Integrations and automation: Build and maintain REST/SOAP integrations with platforms across VEG's stack, including Workday, Okta, and third party connectors. Develop Flow Designer automations to…