Senior Staff Platform Engineer — AI-Enabled Distributed Systems

ServiceNow; California; Hybrid; USD 181,000 - 317,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

401(k) with company match

ESPP

Family leave

Job summary

ServiceNow in California is seeking an IC5 Senior Staff Engineer to architect and deliver large‑scale distributed platform components. You will lead complex technical initiatives, design reliable, scalable data systems, and set engineering best practices across teams.

The role emphasizes hands‑on coding in Java, Kubernetes, and modern data lake tech, with responsibilities spanning ingestion pipelines, framework development, and troubleshooting.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and build high-performance distributed systems and platform components.
• Build distributed systems data ingestion solutions with scalability and operational excellence.
• Deliver clean, modular, and reusable code with reviews, testing, and automation.

Skills

Java

Kubernetes

Apache Iceberg

Apache Kafka

Apache Flink

Apache Spark

Distributed systems

Relational DBs

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Helm

Job description

ServiceNow in California is seeking an IC5 Senior Staff Engineer to architect and deliver large‑scale distributed platform components. You will lead complex technical initiatives, design reliable, scalable data systems, and set engineering best practices across teams.

The role emphasizes hands‑on coding in Java, Kubernetes, and modern data lake tech, with responsibilities spanning ingestion pipelines, framework development, and troubleshooting.