Senior Staff Software Architect — Data Fabric Platform

ServiceNow; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 172,000 - 301,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

401(k) with company match

ESPP

Matching donations

Flexible time away plan

Family leave programs

Job summary

ServiceNow is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for the Workflow Data Fabric (WDF) platform. You will set architecture direction across multiple teams, stay hands-on in code, and tackle the hardest performance, scalability, and reliability challenges in data access and movement.

Lead Zero Copy Connectors and Remote Process Sync, drive private connectivity, and mentor engineers while partnering with product, security, and cloud infra teams to shape roadmaps and ensure secure, scalable

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional software engineering experience with large-scale distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end architecture for Zero Copy Connectors across federated querying paths.
• Own the technical direction of Remote Process Sync for high-volume integrations.
• Drive architecture of Private Connectivity (Reverse Tunnel) including mTLS and routing.
• Provide cross-team technical leadership across the WDF portfolio and data quality.

Skills

Distributed systems

Data platforms

Kubernetes

Multi-tenant SaaS

Security/governance

Systems programming

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Trino

Snowflake

Databricks

BigQuery

Job description

ServiceNow is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for the Workflow Data Fabric (WDF) platform. You will set architecture direction across multiple teams, stay hands-on in code, and tackle the hardest performance, scalability, and reliability challenges in data access and movement.

Lead Zero Copy Connectors and Remote Process Sync, drive private connectivity, and mentor engineers while partnering with product, security, and cloud infra teams to shape roadmaps and ensure secure, scalable