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Data Platform Software Engineer
Servicenow INC · 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CALIFORNIA, US
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 547 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 185 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Servicenow INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles162 certified filings for “Senior Software Engineer” (Software Developers) in CA: $144k–$204k, median $175k. Most were filed at wage level IV (45%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Servicenow INC
The US Department of Labor certified 547 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 185 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Database Provisioning builds the tools that safely operate and manage the databases running in ServiceNow data centers, including RaptorDB, ServiceNow's PostgreSQL-based database. Internal operations and support teams use the CLI tools we create, and so does every automation running in a ServiceNow data center. Our challenge is to deliver high-quality solutions that run reliably, without interruption, at massive scale. Our work is fundamental to ServiceNow's reliability, reputation, and success. We believe ease of use, quality, scale, and customer feedback are the pillars of good development. We work in a very collaborative environment with distributed teams in the US and Europe. New team members are mentored in the skills they need to become strong contributors. What you get to do in this role • Build and improve snc-provision, our in-house framework that deploys, configures and operates RaptorDB (PostgreSQL) and MariaDB databases in production, including the snow CLI used by operations teams and automation, and Dojo, our fleet-wide scheduled maintenance and monitoring service. • Own well-scoped features from design through implementation, test automation and delivery, with guidance from senior engineers. • Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code, and take part in code and design reviews. • Automate operational tasks across a large database fleet, from configuration management to monitoring and remediation. • Help investigate production issues, including database crashes, backup/restore failures and performance problems, and learn to drive root-cause analysis from logs, stack traces, and system data. • Work with operations, support, and partner engineering teams to understand requirements and turn feedback into improvements. • Contribute to documentation and runbooks, and share what you learn with the team. To be successful in this role you have • A solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design. • Hands-on experience with Linux, and an interest in learning its internals. • Familiarity with relational databases, ideally PostgreSQL, MySQL or MariaDB, and a desire to learn how they run in production. • Strong problem-solving skills and curiosity about how systems fail. • Clear communication, and comfort working with teammates across time zones (PT, ET, CET). Qualifications • Experience in leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes, decision-making, or problem-solving. This may include using AI-powered tools, automating workflows, analyzing AI-driven insights, or exploring AI's potential impact on the function or industry. • Typically requires a bachelor's degree and a minimum of 2 years of related experience; or an advanced degree without experience; or equivalent work experience. • Programming experience in Ruby, Python, Go or a similar language, plus shell scripting. Ruby is preferred but not required; engineers with Python or other scripting experience pick it up quickly. • Experience with source control and CI/CD systems such as Git and Jenkins. • Nice to have: Puppet or another configuration management tool; database backups, replication or high availability; Kubernetes; AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Windsurf or Cursor. • Ability to work (hybrid model) out of either our San Diego, Santa Clara, or Kirkland office. Potential option to be remote. For positions in this location, we offer a base pay of $139,700 - $216,500 , plus equity (when applicable), variable/incentive compensation and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the base pay shown is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors