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Job Description

Overview

The Data Platform group builds highly scalable, high‑performance platform capabilities for data‑in‑motion and backend storage systems. Our customers operate at massive scale, pushing the boundaries of data volume, throughput, and concurrency.



We are looking for a seasoned IC5 Senior Staff Engineer with deep expertise in distributed systems and Data Lake architectures to drive next‑generation platform innovation.

Role Summary

As an IC5 Senior Staff Engineer, you will architect and deliver large‑scale distributed platform components, lead complex technical initiatives, and define engineering best practices. You will bring strong leadership, hands-on engineering depth, and the ability to design and operate reliable, scalable, and high‑performance data systems.

Key Responsibilities
- Architect, design, and build high‑performance distributed systems and platform components.
- Build distributed systems data ingestion solutions with solid emphasis on scalability, quality, and operational excellence.
- Deliver high‑quality, clean, modular, and reusable code while enforcing engineering best practices (code reviews, unit testing, automation, design reviews).
- Build foundational libraries, frameworks, and tools focused on modularity, extensibility, configurability, and maintainability.

📌 Senior Staff Data Platform Software Engineer (Hyderabad)
🏢 ServiceNow
📍 Hyderabad