Summary
Nikhil Bendre is a senior software engineering leader who currently heads ServiceNow's Core Platform, guiding a global team of 120+ engineers delivering mission-critical cloud services. He has 13 years of experience spanning platform reliability, data services, and subscription systems, and has contributed to ServiceNow's growth from under $1B to over $10B in revenue and from 1,500 to 20,000 employees. He specializes in platform infrastructure, distributed systems, and building core components that accelerate product experiences across industries. A servant leader who emphasizes authenticity, clear communication of objectives, and nurturing diverse teams, he drives a one-team mindset to align roadmaps and deliver. Notable achievements include re-platforming Loom, enabling ElasticSearch-as-a-Service in the cloud, and delivering a Robust Transformation Engine to ingest third-party data into CMDB, all while scaling multi-node clusters for higher traffic. Based in San Diego, he holds an MS in Computer Science from Clemson and a BE in Computer Engineering from the University of Pune.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at Clemson University
Savitribai Phule Pune University