Staff Software Engineer
Core
Design, build, and own backend services for distributed data streaming, processing, and storage for the ServiceNow telemetry platform, including Kubernetes infrastructure, Kafka pipelines, and ClickHouse data modeling.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (IC4), hands-on IC with technical leadership
Builds
High-volume telemetry infrastructure, data pipelines, backend services, APIs, and analytics dashboards
Domain
SaaS / Enterprise IT / Data Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Backend development (Java/Python/Go), distributed systems design, Kubernetes (Helm/CI/CD), Kafka/streaming, ClickHouse/OLAP, SQL, incident response, AI coding assistant usage, AI feature integration
Preferred skills
ClickHouse/OLAP tuning, observability tooling (OpenTelemetry), stream processing (Flink/Spark), SDK development, RAG pipelines, agent frameworks
Technologies
Kubernetes, Kafka, ClickHouse, Helm, CI/CD, Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, React/Angular, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, LLM APIs
Responsibilities
Design and operate high-volume data streaming pipelines; manage ClickHouse data modeling and query performance; deploy and scale services in production Kubernetes environments; debug and resolve production incidents; lead design of complex multi-service features; mentor engineers and drive technical decisions
Seniority
Staff, high-impact IC with strategic ownership