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# Distinguished Engineer, Cloud Platform at ServiceNow

Compensation

$254,500 – $445,400/yr

**Setup**
: Hybrid

**Location**
: San Diego, California

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: staff+

**Posted**
: Aug 14, 2026

## Description

ServiceNow is hiring a Distinguished Engineer to provide organization-wide technical authority for its cloud-native platform. The role sets architecture and standards for Kubernetes, distributed systems, and hyperscaler infrastructure; owns complex multi-cloud platform problems; designs critical control-plane and infrastructure components; influences senior technical leaders; and mentors staff and principal engineers. It requires 12+ years of large-scale distributed-systems experience, deep Kubernetes and cloud expertise, strong Go programming, and knowledge of cloud-native platform technologies, with hybrid work requiring two days per week in a ServiceNow office.

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