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ServiceNow Developer Lead

  • Team Product and Technology Development
  • Location London, United Kingdom
  • Position Type Full time
  • Reference Number JR0609980
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Job Description

Ready to take your career global?

Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for a ServiceNow Development Lead to join our ever evolving ServiceNow Platform team and help shape the future of global commerce

What you’ll own

Technical Leadership & Team Management

  • Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of ServiceNow Engineers, fostering a culture of craftsmanship, accountability, and continuous improvement.

  • Set the technical standard by modelling exemplary development practices, architectural thinking, and solution design.

  • Act as the “golden standard” for code quality, platform architecture, and development discipline.

  • Provide technical oversight and ensure complex solutions are well designed, rational, and maintainable.

Agile Delivery Leadership

  • Take the lead in Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives, ensuring clarity, prioritisation, and an environment of open, constructive communication.

  • Empower the team to raise concerns, challenge assumptions, and contribute to improvements in process and delivery.

  • Drive predictable, high‑quality delivery across all ServiceNow workstreams.

Solution Design & Development

  • Design, develop, and implement ServiceNow applications, integrations, and configurations (workflows, business rules, UI scripts, client scripts, etc.).

  • Ensure all solutions are scalable, robust, secure, and aligned with both ServiceNow and organisational best practices.

  • Provide architectural guidance and approve designs for complex or strategic initiatives.

Platform Governance & Health

  • Own and enforce ServiceNow governance: coding standards, peer reviews, release processes, and change control.

  • Maintain platform health as a top priority, ensuring performance, stability, and maintainability are never compromised.

  • Stay current with new ServiceNow releases and drive adoption of relevant enhancements.

What you'll bring

Stakeholder Engagement

  • Collaborate with business analysts, product owners, and process stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into high‑quality technical solutions.

  • Represent the development team confidently and ensure engineering considerations are heard and respected.

  • Incident Ownership & Operational Excellence

  • Own the Incident Management process within the development team.

  • Ensure incidents assigned to engineers are kept up to date, progressed appropriately, and resolved within agreed SLAs.

  • Conduct root‑cause analysis and feed learnings into continuous improvement initiatives.

About the team

Our Tech and Security teams keep us moving each day, no matter where we are in the world. From the hardware to the networks and everything between, they humbly make it all happen.

The ServiceNow Development Lead is responsible for providing technical leadership, architectural guidance, and hands-on expertise in the design, development, and delivery of ServiceNow solutions. This role leads a team of ServiceNow Engineers, ensuring the platform is robust, scalable, and aligned with organisational standards and strategic objectives.

Acting as the pinnacle of development excellence, the Lead establishes coding standards, champions best practice and confidently represents the voice of engineering within the wider business. They ensure that platform health, technical integrity, and operational resilience remain the highest priority.

What makes a Globalpayer?

Globalpayers think like a client, act like an owner and win as one team. We’re curious and innovative – always finding better ways to deliver impact. We empower each other to make decisions, and it’s our passion that drives excellence in everything we set out to do.

Does this sound like you? Then you sound like a Globalpayer. Apply now to take your career global.

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Our Benefits

Explore the benefits we offer to Globalpayers in the United Kingdom

  • My Health

    We offer access to medical coverage that supports the health and wellbeing for you and your family

  • My Money

    In addition to base salary, you may be eligible for bonuses and/or equity awards, determined by role, level, impact, and our policies.

    My Lifestyle

    We have a dedicated Wellness Week each year – which includes an extra paid day off - so you can take time to relax, recharge and invest in your wellbeing

  • My Family

    FLEX, our family inclusion community, offers support for all Globalpayers at every stage, from raising families to caring for loved ones

  • My Time Off

    We offer paid time off and public holidays so you can rest, recharge and spend time on what matters most.

    Application steps

    Submit Your Application

    Here's where we'll learn a little about you, why you want to join Global Payments, and why you'd be a good addition to our team. You'll also need to upload your resume and a cover letter too.

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    Application Review

    Once you’ve submitted your application, Globalpayers will review it and see if you’re a good match for the role, team and culture. If you’re successful, we'll invite you for an interview where we can get to know each other better.

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    Interview with a Globalpayer

    This is the time where we get to know you better, and your opportunity to learn more about us. The best way to thrive is to bring your whole self to the conversation. We’ll ask about your skills and experiences, as well as your career aspirations. Depending on the role, you might have multiple interviews with various Globalpayers.

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    Offer and Onboarding

    The exciting part! If you’re the best candidate, your recruiter will be in touch to confirm your offer. If you accept, we’ll walk you through the next steps of what you can expect during your background check and onboarding process to get you ready to become an official Globalpayer.

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