Staff Software Engineer - Big Data

Company Description

At ServiceNow, our technology makes the world work for everyone, and our people make it possible. We move fast because the world can’t wait, and we innovate in ways no one else can for our customers and communities. By joining ServiceNow, you are part of an ambitious team of change makers who have a restless curiosity and a drive for ingenuity. We know that your best work happens when you live your best life and share your unique talents, so we do everything we can to make that possible. We dream big together, supporting each other to make our individual and collective dreams come true. The future is ours, and it starts with you. 

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Job Description

Please Note:  This position will include supporting our US Federal customers.

“This position requires passing a ServiceNow background screening, USFedPASS (US Federal Personnel Authorization Screening Standards). This includes a credit check, criminal/misdemeanor check and taking a drug test. Any employment is contingent upon passing the screening.  Due to Federal requirements, only US citizens, US naturalized citizens or US Permanent Residents, holding a green card, will be considered.

You will be part of the ServiceNow Cloud Services Big Data Team.  The Big Data team is building the next-generation platform that collects, stores and provides real-time access to large amounts of data.

You will also build real-time analytic tools and reporting capabilities for various purposes including:

• Monitoring, alerting and troubleshooting
• Anomaly detection
• Capacity planning
• Data analytics
• ETL Pipelines

What you get to do in this role:   
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This is a hands-on Big Data Engineer role where you will;

• Build the next-generation libraries, APIs and data pipelines
• Develop data engineering components and applications and entities to empower self-serve for big data products
• Lead complex and technically challenging projects from concept to completion
• Assist in developing UI components to enhance our in-house visualization tools

Qualifications

To be successful in this role you have:

• 6+ years of software development experience with Java
• 6+ years in designing and building scalable reusable products / components
• 4+ years of software development experience with Python
• 4+ years of experience working with high traffic customer facing applications
• Strong understanding of Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Algorithms and Data Structures
• 6+ years in building and maintaining ETL pipelines using Bigdata technologies like Spark Streaming, Spark SQL, MapReduce, Kafka and Hive/Impala and Hadoop
• Professional experience defining, developing and maintaining scalable web service API
• 6+ years working with SQL queries, including performance tuning, utilizing indexes/partitions, and materialized views to improve query performance.
• Exceptional in database design & development, writing optimized SQLs
• Exceptional debugging, testing, and problem-solving skills.
• Able to troubleshoot systems integration and performance issues
• Self-motivated and eager to absorb new emerging technologies
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with proven ability to effectively communicate complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical teams.
• Ability to act as a Technical Lead and mentor junior engineers

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For positions in California (outside of the Bay Area), we offer a base pay of $142,700 - $249,800, plus equity (when applicable), variable/incentive compensation and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the base pay