Senior Staff Platform Engineer, Kubernetes – Hybrid Role

ServiceNow; California; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

ServiceNow is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for the Data Platform organization in the United States (California). The role is hybrid, with two days per week in a ServiceNow office.

You will design, build, and operate cloud-native platform components, driving architecture-aligned delivery and hands-on engineering across teams. You will mentor engineers, lead critical projects, and push for reliability, scalability, and operability, including tests, instrumentation, and on-call

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software development experience with a Bachelor's degree; OR 8+ years with a Master's; OR 5+ years with a PhD; OR equivalent.
• Experience building and operating cloud-native software and large-scale platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate components and services within the cloud-native platform from design through production.
• Lead well-scoped projects within your team, turning requirements and rough ideas into solid technical designs and deliveries.
• Collaborate with senior, staff, and principal engineers to align work with architecture and standards.
• Contribute to reliability, scalability, and operability; write tests and instrumentation; improve runbooks; participate in on-call.
• Spend most of your time hands-on building — operators, controllers, automation, and platform services.
• Help onboard and mentor junior engineers through code review, design feedback, and pairing.

Skills

Cloud-native development

Technical leadership

Code reviews

Testing & instrumentation

On-call ops

AI in engineering

Software engineering

Mentoring juniors

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Master's degree

PhD

Job description

ServiceNow is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for the Data Platform organization in the United States (California). The role is hybrid, with two days per week in a ServiceNow office.

You will design, build, and operate cloud-native platform components, driving architecture-aligned delivery and hands-on engineering across teams. You will mentor engineers, lead critical projects, and push for reliability, scalability, and operability, including tests, instrumentation, and on-call