Senior Staff Platform Engineer: AI-Driven Platform

Devopsroles; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 181,000 - 317,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

401(k) Plan with company match

ESPP

Job summary

ServiceNow is hiring a Senior Staff Engineer to architect and deliver large-scale distributed platform components for the Data Platform group. You will lead complex initiatives, drive best practices, and operate reliable data systems at scale.

The role emphasizes leadership, hands-on depth, and the ability to design and operate high-performance data platforms with a focus on distributed systems and data lake architectures.

Qualifications

• 12+ years hands-on engineering experience in distributed systems, data platforms, or large-scale backend infrastructure with a Bachelor's degree.
• OR 8+ years with a Master's degree; OR 6+ years with a PhD or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and build high‑performance distributed systems and platform components.
• Deliver scalable data ingestion and processing workflows with strong reliability and operational excellence.
• Provide technical leadership and drive complex initiatives across engineering teams.

Skills

Distributed systems

Data platforms

Java

JVM optimization

Kubernetes

Helm

Apache Iceberg

Apache Kafka

Apache Flink

Apache Spark

SQL databases

Data lake architectures

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Helm

Kubernetes

Job description

ServiceNow is hiring a Senior Staff Engineer to architect and deliver large-scale distributed platform components for the Data Platform group. You will lead complex initiatives, drive best practices, and operate reliable data systems at scale.

The role emphasizes leadership, hands-on depth, and the ability to design and operate high-performance data platforms with a focus on distributed systems and data lake architectures.