Sr Staff Software Engineer - Go, Kubernetes platform Engineering
ServiceNow2 months ago
Remote, India or Hyderābād, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, implementation, deployment, and production operation of complex cloud-native platform components and services.
- Serve as technical lead for major initiatives and translate ambiguous problems into scalable designs.
- Develop and operate Kubernetes operators, controllers, infrastructure automation, and platform services using Go.
- Identify and resolve technical risks related to reliability, scalability, operability, and engineering excellence.
- Own technical initiatives from architecture and design through implementation, deployment, and operational support.
- Drive architectural reviews, technical proposals, cross-functional collaboration, and long-term platform strategy.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews, design reviews, and technical guidance.
Requirements
- 14+ years of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems and cloud-native platforms in production.
- Demonstrated experience building and operating Kubernetes platform infrastructure at scale, including deployment, upgrades, and production operations.
- Hands-on experience developing Kubernetes Operators, Admission Controllers, or platform extensions using Kubebuilder, Operator Framework, or similar technologies.
- Experience operating managed Kubernetes services such as EKS, AKS, and GKE, as well as self-managed Kubernetes environments.
- Strong software engineering expertise in Go and experience with Kubernetes Operators, Controllers, Custom Resource Definitions, and platform automation.
- Deep understanding of Kubernetes orchestration, scheduling, security, storage, networking, and workload management.
- Experience operating stateful and distributed workloads, databases, data services, or other mission-critical platform components on Kubernetes.
- Extensive experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP, including compute, networking, security, and identity management services.
- Strong background designing and building microservices, event-driven systems, and distributed application architectures.
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform, Crossplane, or equivalent technologies.
- Experience implementing observability and reliability practices involving metrics, logging, tracing, monitoring, alerting, and service-level objectives.
- Experience integrating AI into engineering and platform work, such as AI-powered tooling, automated operational workflows, or agentic systems for fleet operations.
- Preferred experience includes container networking, service mesh, mTLS, workload identity, secrets management, and distributed data or compute workloads on Kubernetes.
Benefits
- Regular employee position with a flexible or remote work persona in the APAC region.
- ServiceNow provides a flexible work approach based on the assigned work location and role.
About ServiceNow
ServiceNow builds a cloud platform for enterprise digital workflows, covering IT service management, customer service, HR service delivery, security operations, and operations management, plus tools for custom app development. It sells subscription SaaS to large organizations and public-sector agencies to automate processes and connect data across systems. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, ServiceNow is a public company listed on the NYSE under the ticker NOW.