Staff Data Platform Software Engineer (Persistence)

Join ServiceNow as a Staff Data Platform Software Engineer, where you'll tackle complex data lifecycle management challenges within our platform. You'll play a key role in shaping our data architecture, ensuring efficient data storage, retrieval, and management. This position offers visibility to executive leadership and the opportunity to make a substantial impact on how customer and platform data is utilized and presented.

- Strong relational database experience to handle large amount of data on relational systems
- Strong understanding of cloud-based and distributed systems
- Working knowledge of JavaScript is beneficial for cross-functional collaboration
- Working knowledge of databases, data modeling, and data storage technologies
- Familiarity with ServiceNow platform is a plus
- Proficiency in Java programming and strong expertise in data structures and algorithms
- Working knowledge of distributed storage systems such as S3 and Apache Iceberg
- 8+ years of software development experience with a Bachelor's degree; OR 5+ years with Master's degree; OR 3+ years with a PhD; OR equivalent work experience
- Experience with AI-assisted development tools and awareness of related guardrails/process is a plus
- Deep knowledge of Kubernetes and hands-on experience with Kubernetes service deployment is a strong plus
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
- Proficiency with concurrency and parallel programming concepts