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Senior Staff Data Platform Engineer

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Senior Staff Data Platform Engineer in USA new

  • ServiceNow
  • Full time
  • Email
  • Santa Clara, CA

Responsibilities

  • Set technical direction and architecture strategy for the data access layer.
  • Build and improve core data architecture supporting scalability, reliability, security, performance, and multiple database engines.
  • Own features from design through production delivery and develop cross-team solutions.
  • Lead design and code reviews while championing performance, maintainability, and testability.
  • Define functional, regression, integration, and performance testing strategies.
  • Diagnose and resolve complex production issues involving memory leaks, concurrency, locking, networking, and intermittent failures.
  • Mentor engineers and raise engineering standards across the organization.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of software development experience with a PhD, 8+ years with a Master’s degree, 12+ years with a Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience.
  • Demonstrated technical leadership at Staff or Senior Staff level or equivalent.
  • Expert-level Java development and object-oriented, modularized software design.
  • Advanced-to-expert backend platform development experience.
  • Experience with relational databases and strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, design patterns, and performance optimization at scale.
  • Experience with automated testing frameworks and integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Deep understanding of software quality, reliability, observability, production readiness, cloud-based systems, and distributed systems.
  • Experience troubleshooting complex production issues across the stack.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including authoring design documents or RFCs and presenting technical strategy.
  • Preferred qualifications include ServiceNow platform familiarity, RDBMS internals knowledge, Neo4J and graph database experience, Unix shell experience, DevOps experience, customer-focused experience, and the ability to integrate AI into engineering workflows.

Benefits

  • Flexible hybrid work arrangement requiring two days per week in a ServiceNow office.
  • Health plans, flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) plan with company match, ESPP, matching donations, flexible time away, and family leave programs.
  • Equity and variable or incentive compensation may be available in addition to base pay.

Salary: $201k - $352k/yr

ServiceNow

ServiceNow delivers an AI-driven platform that integrates any AI, data, and workflow to help companies, particularly those in the Fortune 500, enhance their operations. Our technology empowers businesses to work smarter and more efficiently, making us a trusted partner in their journey of digital...

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