Senior Staff Software Engineer (Kubernetes, Operators, CRD, Go) - Federal

Senior Staff Software Engineer role in Data Platform Engineering at ServiceNow. Lead design and delivery of shared multi-tenant platform services (Postgres, queueing/streaming, key-value stores) on Kubernetes. Act as technical lead for major initiatives, define HA/failover/DR architecture, build Kubernetes-native automation, mentor engineers, and work hands-on with Go and distributed systems.

12+ years software development experience with Bachelor's or equivalent. 8+ years building production software with distributed systems and Kubernetes at scale. Experience leading design of shared multi-tenant infrastructure services (Postgres, Kafka, Redis). Deep understanding of HA, replication, consensus. Strong system design skills. Hands-on with AWS/Azure/GCP, Kubernetes, Go. Preferred: experience building Kubernetes operators, deep expertise in Postgres/Kafka/Redis, multi-region data, zero