Senior Data Platform Engineer: Iceberg & Spark (Hybrid)

ServiceNow

California (MO)

Hybrid

USD 201,000 - 352,000

Full time

14 days+
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401(k) match
ESPP
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Flexible time off
Family leave

Job summary

ServiceNow is seeking an IC5 SeniorStaff Engineer to architect large-scale distributed platform components and drive next-generation platform innovation. You will lead end-to-end data systems, including ingestion pipelines and Data Lake solutions, while collaborating with multiple engineering teams.

Responsibilities include delivering high-quality code, guiding architectural choices, and adopting new technologies to improve platform capabilities.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of software development experience with a Bachelor's degree or 8+ years with a Master's, or 6+ years with a PhD.
  • Experience in distributed systems architecture, JVM internals, and performance tuning.
  • Hands-on experience building large-scale data lakes and ingestion pipelines.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and deliver large-scale distributed platform components.
  • Lead complex technical initiatives and define engineering best practices.
  • Design scalable, fault-tolerant data ingestion and transformation workflows.
  • Collaborate across teams to refine requirements and deliver end-to-end solutions.
  • Provide technical leadership for high-complexity projects.

Skills

Distributed systems
Java
JVM tuning
Data lakes
Data ingestion pipelines
Apache Iceberg
Apache Spark
Kafka
Data formats (Parquet/ORC/Avro)
DevOps

Education

Bachelor's degree
Master's degree
PhD

Tools

Kafka
Apache Iceberg
Apache Spark

Job description

ServiceNow is seeking an IC5 SeniorStaff Engineer to architect large-scale distributed platform components and drive next-generation platform innovation. You will lead end-to-end data systems, including ingestion pipelines and Data Lake solutions, while collaborating with multiple engineering teams.

Responsibilities include delivering high-quality code, guiding architectural choices, and adopting new technologies to improve platform capabilities.

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