fulltime·ServiceNow
Principal Software Engineer - Go, Kubernetes Platform
Hyderabad, IndiaEstimated ₹110 - 220 LPA6 skills
This is our market estimate, based on Levels.fyi ServiceNow IC6 (Principal) India total comp. It is not the employer's disclosed pay.
Skills & Stack
GoKubernetesPlatform architectureDistributed systemsTechnical leadershipReliability
About the Role
Principal engineer providing technical leadership across ServiceNow's Go/Kubernetes platform engineering organization in Hyderabad.
About ServiceNow
Enterprise workflow software company.
What You'll Do
- 1Lead the design and delivery of complex components and services within the cloud-native platform, owning them from design through production operation
- 2Act as the technical lead for major features and initiatives within the team, translating ambiguous problems into clear, scalable, and executable designs
- 3Partner with Principal and Distinguished Engineers to ensure alignment with broader platform architecture, engineering standards, and long-term technical strategy
- 4Identify technical risks early and drive them to resolution, with a strong focus on reliability, scalability, operability, and engineering excellence
- 5Maintain a strong hands-on presence across the development lifecycle, including designing, coding, and reviewing core systems such as Kubernetes operators, controllers, infrastructure automation, and platform services
- 6Mentor mid-level and junior engineers while raising the engineering bar through code reviews, design reviews, technical guidance, and collaborative problem-solving
- 7To be successful in this role you have:
- 8Experience leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into engineering and platform work—AI-powered tooling, automated operational workflows, agentic systems for fleet visibility and operations, or reasoning about AI’s impact on how infrastructure is built and run
What We're Looking For
- Experience leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into engineering and platform work—AI-powered tooling, automated operational workflows, agentic systems for fleet visibility and operations, or reasoning about AI’s impact on how infrastructure is built and run
- 14+ years of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems and cloud-native platforms in production environments
- Demonstrated experience building and operating Kubernetes platform infrastructure at scale, with ownership of platform capabilities through deployment, upgrades, and production operations
- Hands-on developing Kubernetes Operators, Admission Controllers, or other platform extensions using Kubebuilder, Operator Framework, or similar technologies
- Experience operating both managed Kubernetes services (EKS, AKS, GKE) and self-managed Kubernetes environments
- Experience supporting cloud-native database platforms, large-scale data infrastructure, or stateful services on Kubernetes
- Hands-on expertise in Go, with hands-on experience developing Kubernetes Operators, Controllers, Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs), and platform automation capabilities
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