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LAYIQ - Senior Staff Data Platform Engineer - Apache Iceberg - Apache Spark at ServiceNow

To be successful in this role you have: Experience leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into engineering work — whether using AI-powered coding and operational tooling, automating workflows, or reasoning about how AI changes the way software and infrastructure are built.
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.
Core Distributed Systems Expertise
Strong fundamentals in distributed systems architecture, design patterns, and algorithms.
Deep programming expertise in Java
, including JVM internals, memory models, and garbage collection.
Proven experience in JVM performance tuning
, profiling, and diagnosing performance bottlenecks.
Strong understanding of concurrency, networking, sockets, OS internals, and performance optimization.
Hands-on experience building and operating large‑scale distributed systems.
Experience with relational databases such as Oracle, MySQL, or PostgreSQL.
Specific Distributed Systems Expertise
Experience with large‑scale deployments of Kafka
, or similar streaming platforms.
Deep knowledge of stream processing, topic design, partitioning, replication, and HA strategies.
Experience working within DevOps environments for operationalizing distributed platforms.
Demonstrated experience architecting and delivering full‑stack
Data Lake solutions.
Strong expertise in designing and operating data ingestion pipelines using: Apache Iceberg
(tables, catalogs, schema evolution, metadata management)
Apache Spark
(batch & streaming jobs, optimization, partitioning)
Expertise in data formats such as Parquet, ORC, and Avro, along with compaction and governance strategies.
Ability to build scalable, fault‑tolerant ingestion and transformation workflows.
Experience integrating Data Lakes with analytics engines, query services, or ML platforms.
For positions in this location, we offer a base pay of $181,200 - $317,100
, 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 shown is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies, and work location. We also offer health plans, including flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, matching donations, a flexible time away plan and family leave programs. Compensation is based on the geographic location in which the role is located and is subject to change based on work location.
Additional Information
Work Personas
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. To determine eligibility for a work persona, ServiceNow may confirm the distance between your primary residence and the closest ServiceNow office using a third-party service.
Equal Opportunity Employer
ServiceNow is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or any other category protected by law. In addition, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with legal requirements.
Accommodations
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Senior Staff Data Platform Engineer - Apache Iceberg - Apache Spark

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