As a Staff Data Platform Software Engineer, you'll develop and maintain data pipelines and applications, focusing on optimizing data accessibility and usability for analytics.
Company Description
It all started in sunny San Diego, California in 2004 when a visionary engineer, Fred Luddy, saw the potential to transform how we work. Fast forward to today - ServiceNow stands as a global market leader, bringing innovative AI-enhanced technology to over 8,100 customers, including 85% of the Fortune 500®. Our intelligent cloud-based platform seamlessly connects people, systems, and processes to empower organizations to find smarter, faster, and better ways to work. But this is just the beginning of our journey. Join us as we pursue our purpose to make the world work better for everyone.
Job Description
Our Analytics Team is integral to the development and maintenance of robust data pipelines, semantic layers, and data applications. This team is responsible for constructing and refining data pipelines that ensure the efficient flow and transformation of data across the organization. By focusing on building and optimizing semantic layers, the team enhances data accessibility and usability, enabling more insightful and accurate analytics.
The team also plays a crucial role in developing data applications that leverage these pipelines and semantic layers, providing powerful tools for data analysis and decision-making. With a commitment to continuous improvement and innovation, the Analytics Team is dedicated to delivering scalable, reliable, and high-performance solutions that meet the evolving data needs of the organization.
What you'll do and need to know:
- Experience in coding in Java, object-oriented, and modularized software.
- Demonstrated success in completing complex projects.
- Demonstrated aptitude for learning new technologies quickly.
- Skills in Spark, Trino, and Semantic Layer from Tableau and Power BI.
Qualifications
To be successful in this role you have:
Nice to have:
Additional Information
Work Personas
We approach our distributed world of work with flexibility and trust. Work personas (flexible, remote, or required in office) are categories that are assigned to ServiceNow employees depending on the nature of their work and their assigned work location. Learn more here . 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, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, 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
We strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are unable to use this online application and need an alternative method to apply, please contact [email protected] for assistance.
Export Control Regulations
For positions requiring access to controlled technology subject to export control regulations, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR), ServiceNow may be required to obtain export control approval from government authorities for certain individuals. All employment is contingent upon ServiceNow obtaining any export license or other approval that may be required by relevant export control authorities.
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It all started in sunny San Diego, California in 2004 when a visionary engineer, Fred Luddy, saw the potential to transform how we work. Fast forward to today - ServiceNow stands as a global market leader, bringing innovative AI-enhanced technology to over 8,100 customers, including 85% of the Fortune 500®. Our intelligent cloud-based platform seamlessly connects people, systems, and processes to empower organizations to find smarter, faster, and better ways to work. But this is just the beginning of our journey. Join us as we pursue our purpose to make the world work better for everyone.
Job Description
Our Analytics Team is integral to the development and maintenance of robust data pipelines, semantic layers, and data applications. This team is responsible for constructing and refining data pipelines that ensure the efficient flow and transformation of data across the organization. By focusing on building and optimizing semantic layers, the team enhances data accessibility and usability, enabling more insightful and accurate analytics.
The team also plays a crucial role in developing data applications that leverage these pipelines and semantic layers, providing powerful tools for data analysis and decision-making. With a commitment to continuous improvement and innovation, the Analytics Team is dedicated to delivering scalable, reliable, and high-performance solutions that meet the evolving data needs of the organization.
What you'll do and need to know:
- Experience in coding in Java, object-oriented, and modularized software.
- Demonstrated success in completing complex projects.
- Demonstrated aptitude for learning new technologies quickly.
- Skills in Spark, Trino, and Semantic Layer from Tableau and Power BI.
Qualifications
To be successful in this role you have:
- 10+ years of experience with Java or similar OO language.
- Experience with Core Java development.
- Expert level understanding of best practices for object-oriented and modularized software, with an emphasis on Java.
- Experience with relational databases: Oracle, MySQL, MariaDB, and/or PostgreSQL, Snowflake or Databrics
- Strong understanding of SQL and query development.
- Familiarity with Unix shell.
Nice to have:
- Expertise in writing Java code and working knowledge of JavaScript. Experience in other OO languages will be considered.
- Expertise in unit and integration test automation.
- Deep database internals knowledge.
- Technical leadership skills (requirements gathering, mentoring, project ownership).
- Understanding of monolithic Java applications.
Additional Information
Work Personas
We approach our distributed world of work with flexibility and trust. Work personas (flexible, remote, or required in office) are categories that are assigned to ServiceNow employees depending on the nature of their work and their assigned work location. Learn more here . 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, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, 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
We strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are unable to use this online application and need an alternative method to apply, please contact [email protected] for assistance.
Export Control Regulations
For positions requiring access to controlled technology subject to export control regulations, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR), ServiceNow may be required to obtain export control approval from government authorities for certain individuals. All employment is contingent upon ServiceNow obtaining any export license or other approval that may be required by relevant export control authorities.
From Fortune. ©2025 Fortune Media IP Limited. All rights reserved. Used under license.
Top Skills
Databricks
Java
JavaScript
Mariadb
MySQL
Oracle
Postgres
Power BI
Semantic Layer
Snowflake
Spark
SQL
Tableau
Trino
Unix Shell
ServiceNow Los Angeles, California, USA Office
Los Angeles, CA, United States, 92660
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