ServiceNow
Data Platform Software Engineer
$140K–$216K
Santa Clara, CALIFORNIA, United States · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum 2 years of related experience with a bachelor's degree; alternatively, an advanced degree without experience or equivalent work experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree; or an advanced degree; or equivalent work experience.
About the job
Build and operate tools and automation for provisioning, configuring, monitoring, and maintaining production databases across ServiceNow’s large data-center fleet.
What you'll do
- Develop and improve snc-provision, the snow CLI, and Dojo for database deployment, operations, maintenance, and monitoring.
- Own features from design through testing and delivery; write maintainable code and participate in reviews and documentation.
- Automate fleet operations and help investigate production failures, performance issues, and root causes with partner teams.
What they ask for
- Foundation in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design; hands-on Linux experience.
- Programming experience in Ruby, Python, Go, or a similar language, plus shell scripting.
- Experience with source control and CI/CD systems such as Git and Jenkins.
- Typically a bachelor's degree and 2 years of related experience; or an advanced degree without experience; or equivalent work experience.
Nice to have
- Puppet or another configuration management tool; database backups, replication, or high availability; Kubernetes.
- AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Windsurf, or Cursor.
Pay
$139,700 - $216,500 USD base salary
Tools
RaptorDB, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Ruby, Python, Go, Git, Jenkins
AI focus
Experience leveraging or critically considering AI integration into work processes, decision-making, or problem-solving; may include AI tools, workflow automation, AI-driven insights, or exploring AI’s potential impact.
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