Senior Staff Software Engineer - Backend (Persistence)

Job Description

Team:

ServiceNow is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Staff Software Engineer in Platform Persistence to lead a team dedicated to the meticulous management of data lifecycles within the ServiceNow ecosystem. This pivotal role focuses on ensuring the efficient stewardship of data within our platform.

The Platform Persistence team is at the forefront of some of the most impactful projects, offering visibility to the executive leadership. As part of this team, you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of our platform's data architecture and ensuring that data is stored, retrieved, and managed efficiently.

What you’ll do and need to know:

Lead and guide the development team in the design and implementation of data platform solutions.

Writing highly scalable code leveraging best practices on concurrency and memory utilization.

Shape and execute data management strategies, ensuring scalability, efficiency, and security.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement data-related initiatives.

Explore and experiment with challenging data problems including but not limited to data loss detection & recovery.

Champion data best practices and security standards across the organization.

Monitor and optimize data performance, troubleshooting and implementing improvements as needed.

Stay current with the latest data storage and management technologies.

Act as a technical leader, providing mentorship and fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

To be Successful:

Proven track record of experience with relational database and ability to handle large amount of data on relational systems.

Hands-on experience with writing and deploying java services in Kubernetes environments.

Proficiency with concurrency and parallel programming concepts.

Proven experience in leading and mentoring engineering teams.

Working knowledge of JavaScript is beneficial for cross-functional collaboration.

Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.