Staff Software Engineer

Company Description

It all started in sunny San Diego, California in 2004 when a visionary engineer, Fred Luddy, saw the potential to transform how we work. Fast forward to today — ServiceNow stands as a global market leader, bringing innovative AI-enhanced technology to over 8,100 customers, including 85% of the Fortune 500®. Our intelligent cloud-based platform seamlessly connects people, systems, and processes to empower organizations to find smarter, faster, and better ways to work. But this is just the beginning of our journey. Join us as we pursue our purpose to make the world work better for everyone.

Job Description

We are currently seeking a Staff Software Engineer with experience designing and developing Observability and Data Analytics applications. 

In this role, you will be part of the ServiceNow Global Cloud Services OODP (Observability and Ops Data Platform) Team.  The OODP team is building the next-generation observability platform that collects, stores and provides real-time access to large amounts of data. 

You will be driving the design and implementation of ServiceNow in-house real-time observability and data visualization platform to support the growth of ServiceNow. 

What you get to do in this role:

• Bring your innovation and experience in designing and developing the next generation observability product using cutting-edge technologies.  

• Play a lead role with our global engineering team to drive end to end product design and implementation.  

• Standardize processes for complete development cycle including design, implementation, unit testing, code review, testing automation etc.  

• Research and adopt the right technologies to improve the scalability and productivity of the engineering group.  

• Work closely with key stakeholders and product owners to drive technical design for requirements of various use cases.  

• Coordinate with cross-function teams (DevOps, network, QA, etc.) to ensure a smooth cycle from development to deployment. 

Qualifications

To be successful in this role you have:

• Experience in leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes, decision-making, or problem-solving. This may include using AI-powered tools, automating workflows, analyzing AI-driven insights, or exploring AI's potential impact on the function or industry.

• 6+ years of front-end software development experience 

• 4+ years of software development experience in BI Tools, data visualization, data analytics, or observability solutions  

• Hands-on experience architecting enterprise data analytics products with high scalability and performance. 

• Expert level skills with JavaScript, modern UI frameworks, Java and REST API development. 

• Strong data background with RDBMS and TSDB experience, efficient in analytical SQL and PromQL queries. 

• Rich experience in implementing CI/CD and Kubernetes containerized applications 

• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills. 

• Experience and knowledge on ServiceNow Platform development is preferred 

• Experience in leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes, decision-making, or problem-solving. This may include using AI-powered tools, automating workflows, analyzing AI-driven insights, or exploring AI's potential impact on the function or industry. 

• Ability to produce high-quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed and checked in regularly for continuous integration. 

• Zeal for learning and adopting new ideas and patterns. 

• Strong Computer Science fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, and software design. 

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