# Sr Staff Software Engineer (Distributed Systems | Data Ingestion | Storage | Analytics) - Remote at ServiceNow

- Company: ServiceNow
- What the company does: It all started when engineer Fred Luddy wrote code that automated a tedious task for his coworker, Phyllis. She cried tears of joy. Backed by Greylock and Sequoia.
- Company website: https://www.servicenow.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Diego, CALIFORNIA
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $172K to $301K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-22
- Apply by: 2026-12-06
- Apply: https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/ServiceNow/744000156912806?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/servicenow-sr-staff-software-engineer-distributed-systems-data-ingestion-storage/

## About the role

Health Log Analytics (HLA) ingests, stores, and analyzes the logs that power ServiceNow's AIOps suite. We want it to be the data backbone teams trust to find problems early and fix them fast. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 12+ years building and operating production distributed systems, with substantial ownership of large-scale data or platform systems. Equivalent depth shown through sustained technical leadership counts too
- Broad grounding across data ingestion, storage and query, and AI on top of data. Deep expertise in at least one
- Experience with ingest tools like Kafka, Pulsar, or Kinesis, and with columnar stores, time-series databases, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, or object-storage designs
- A record of changing the direction of teams you didn't own, through credibility and clear thinking
- Good judgment on tradeoffs: consistency, latency, cost, and operational burden
- Comfort with Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure at scale

Tags: Engineering, Infrastructure and...

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