Sr Software Engineer, Database Systems

Company DescriptionServiceNow is making the world of work, work better for people. Our cloud‑based platform and solutions deliver digital workflows that create great experiences and unlock productivity for employees and the enterprise. We're growing fast, innovating faster, and making an impact on our customers' and employees' lives in significant and important ways. With over 6,900 customers, we serve approximately 80% of the Fortune 500, and we're on the 2020 list of FORTUNE World's Most Admired Companies.We're looking for people who are ready to roll up their sleeves and help us build on our incredible momentum, our diverse, engaged workforce, and our purpose to make the world of work, work better. Learn more on Life at Now blog and hear from our employees about their experiences working at ServiceNow.Job DescriptionThe ServiceNow platform not only powers every ServiceNow delivered application but also allows customers to create their own custom applications and solutions. Our goal is to build a high performing, scalable and robust database platform that can support the various workloads our customers deploy.As our customer base and their usage grows, it is imperative for our database platform to adapt to support different workloads as demanded by our customers. Our database engineering team is responsible for building the core engine which supports these use cases. This includes developing in-memory and on-disk data structures and algorithms, row and columnar stores, networking, query optimization, and execution.In this team, we are looking for a self-starter with passion and commitment to overcome hard technical and architectural challenges working both independently and as a part of a team. If you’re creative, collaborative and are interested in developing solutions that make a difference while having fun, ServiceNow is the place for you!What you get to do in this role:Be part of a team of super-smart engineers building the next-gen hybrid database platform using the latest open source technologies and contributing to open sourceAnalyze and understand performance and scalability bottlenecks in the system to provide appropriate solutionResearch industry and academic leading-edge large-scale database innovations to integrate into the ServiceNow platform at scaleDefine and deliver an impactful multi-model data service layer that will enable ServiceNow scale new heights as a companyQualificationsBachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent, with deep knowledge of data structures and querying techniques5+ years of software development experienceExperience coding in C, C++, GoStrong technical skills with a proven record of architecture & design experience in building large scale distributed systems/databasesAbility to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environmentExperience with Cloud Database Platforms will be a big plusExcellent written, verbal communication and Inter-Personal skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiencesFD21Additional InformationServiceNow is an Equal Employment 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.If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact us at View phone number on click.appcast.io, or View email address on click.appcast.io for assistance.For positions requiring access to technical data subject to export control regulations, including Export Administration Regulations (EAR), ServiceNow may have to obtain export licensing approval from the U.S. Government for certain individuals. All employment is contingent upon ServiceNow obtaining any export license or other approval that may be required by the U.S. Government.SummaryType: Full-timeFunction: Engineering