That moment inspired Fred to build a company that could do that for everyone—freeing people from busywork so they could focus on meaningful work. Today, ServiceNow is the AI control tower for business reinvention. Our ServiceNow AI platform brings together any AI, any data, and any workflow— helping 85% of the Fortune 500® work smarter, faster, and better.
We're building an AI-native culture where technology and talent are unstoppable together. That moment inspired Fred to build a company that could do that for everyone—freeing people from busywork so they could focus on meaningful work. Today, ServiceNow is the AI control tower for business reinvention.
Our ServiceNow AI platform brings together any AI, any data, and any workflow— helping 85% of the Fortune 500® work smarter, faster, and better. We're building an AI-native culture where technology and talent are unstoppable together. Become an SME in production database troubleshooting, ServiceNow instance performance issues, and Linux performance analysis on-prem and on Hyperscaler ~ Own complex incident RCA across multi-tenant PostgreSQL/MariaDB fleets at scale ~ Strong experience with performance and stress testing tools and approaches for driving realistic customer simulations ~5+ years of database management and performance tuning ~5+ years of experience supporting or testing large-scale web-based distributed applications on containers such as Apache/Tomcat, JBoss, WebLogic, and Web Sphere in a Unix environment ~Unix skills: including development, navigation, file manipulation, permissions, searching/finding files and text contents,
and administrative actions ~ developing and deploying mission critical software ~ Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Systems or equivalent technical discipline, or similar work experience. ~ Eagerness to learn everything about the ServiceNow Platform 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. ~4+ years of experience on multiple relational databases (especially on Postgres database) The database experience should include but not limited to MVCC, transaction management, vacuum mechanics, database and query performance tuning, buffer management, WAL architecture, backup/restore etc.
Scripting: basic shell scripting, Python, Javascript, Ansible Formal experience on a DevOps(Kubernetes and CICD pipeline) or Performance or support team supporting a Web-Based application is desired Demonstrated experience leading individual projects, including scheduling and reporting Formal experience on a DevOps or Performance or support team is desired For positions in this location,
we offer a base pay range of CAD 94,100-160,000 plus equity (when applicable), variable/incentive compensation and benefits. We also offer health plans, an RRSP Plan with company match, ESPP, matching donations, family and medical leave programs and Annual vacation: Work personas (adaptable, remote, or required in office) are categories that are assigned to ServiceNow employees depending on the nature of their work and their assigned work location. To determine eligibility for a work persona, ServiceNow may confirm the distance between your primary residence and the closest ServiceNow office using a third-party service.
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📌 Database Engineer - Senior (Toronto)
🏢 ServiceNow
📍 Toronto