Hiring: Senior Staff Data Platform Engineer - Data Access Team Company: ServiceNow Location: Santa Clara, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 10:57:20 Employment Type: Remote Target Skills & Keywords : CI/CD, Clean Architecture, Java, MariaDB, MySQL, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL, SQL, SQL Server, Selenium, ServiceNow, Shell, TestNG, User Experience About the job Experience: •10+ years of software development experience with a Bachelor's degree; OR 8+ years with a Master's degree; OR 6+ years with a PhD OR equivalent work experience. Required Skills: •Join us to put AI to work for people. •This is a Flexible (Hybrid) •Positions require 2 days per week in a ServiceNow office location. We have offices in several locations, including San Francisco, CA; Pleasanton, CA; Santa Clara, CA; San Diego, CA; and Kirkland, WA •As Part Of The Persistence Organization, You'll Be Building The Backbone Of The ServiceNow AI Platform — The System That Powers Reliability, Scale, And Intelligent Transformation. You Will Help •Innovate to bring better (quality, performant, scalable, secure) access to our data platform that internal and external customers build upon •Push IO, transaction, and concurrency limits across relational, time-series, and columnar stores •Innovate to bring more capability to developers and automation to end customers •Responsible for translating customers' data requests from the ServiceNow platform and accurately querying the database using our home-grown SQL generation engine. This team is responsible for SQL generation into Trino, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, and Oracle databases, as well as table management and database metadata. Qualifications: •Demonstrated track record of technical leadership at a Staff or Senior Staff level (or equivalent) •Expert level with core Java development •Advanced-Expert level of backend platform development •Expert-level understanding of best practices for object-oriented and modularized software, with emphasis on Java •Knowledge and/or experience with relational databases: PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, Trino, etc. •Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, design patterns, and performance optimization at scale •Comprehensive expertise in software quality principles including reliability, observability, and production readiness •Good understanding of cloud-based and distributed systems •Operational familiarity with ServiceNow platform is a plus Compensation: •$201,300 - $352,300 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) •Plus equity (when applicable), variable/incentive compensation and benefits Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!