Senior Software Engineer – Compute Engineering

We are hiring across multiple engineering levels. Final level alignment is determined by experience technical expertise demonstrated impact and interview performance. 

Join the Compute Engineering organization which builds the scheduling capacity and performance systems that run our platform across private and public cloud. 

 What you get to do in this role:

• Write and maintain software-defined declarative infrastructure for compute at scale with build systems services and automation that are specified documented and testable. 
• Build and improve components of the compute scheduler and resource-management systems including placement prioritization and preemption. 
• Build tools for capacity data collection forecasting and reporting across private and public cloud. 
• Write performance and load tests and help detect regressions in scheduling latency and throughput. 
• Research and adopt open-source and commercial tools and methods that improve compute efficiency and reliability. 
• Collaborate with networking orchestration and SRE teams on integration and design. 
• Take part in design reviews and on-call rotations and contribute to post-incident improvements. 
• Use AI tools to speed up development and analysis and help identify where ML can improve capacity or placement decisions. 

Level expectations 

• Senior Level : Delivers well-defined features and components with guidance. Writes tests and debugs code independently within a system and takes their work through to production. 
• Staff Level : Owns a component or feature area end to end including scoping and design. Leads design discussions for a team mentors IC3 engineers and identifies risks before they become incidents. 

Qualifications :

To be successful in this role you have:

• Experience in leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes decision-making or problem-solving. This may include using AI-powered tools automating workflows analyzing AI-driven insights or exploring AIs potential impact on the function or industry.
• 5 years of related experience in software engineering cloud or infrastructure automation with a Bachelors degree; or 3 years and a Masters degree; or a PhD with relevant research or industry experience; or equivalent experience. 
• Strong programming skills in Python Go or Java with experience in related languages. 
• Experience building and maintaining Linux-based systems through infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools such as Terraform and Ansible. 
• Comfortable with virtualization and cloud infrastructure across private and public clouds such as Azure AWS GCP. 
• Working understanding of IP networking block and file storage and load balancers. 
• Working understanding of internet protocols such as DNS NTP and HTTP. 
• Works independently across interconnected systems and investigates root causes without waiting for direction. 
• Experience integrating AI into work processes decision-making or problem solving. 
• Has a learning mindset and is motivated to build new skills and bring real improvement to internal and external customers. 
• Is an excellent oral and written communicator. 
• Has integrity and honesty and upholds ServiceNows values. 

Staff Level additionally 

• Drives architectural discussions and influences technical decisions to simplify and streamline infrastructure. 
• Has led the design and delivery of a component or feature area end to end. 
• Has mentored engineers and helped them grow technically. 

Preferred 

• Experience with capacity planning performance testing or load testing. 
• Experience with Kubernetes Slurm or other large-scale schedulers or resource managers. 
• Experience with ML-driven scheduling forecasting or capacity optimization. 
• Experience with release management and large-scale server infrastructure. 

For positions in this location we offer a base pay of $143200 - $243400 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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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 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 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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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time