Product, Platform & Enterprise Full Stack Sr/Staff Software Engineer

BNSF Railway • ,

10d • $165,000 - $300,000 • Remote

About The Position

This is a full-time remote position for a Full Stack Sr/Staff Software Engineer on the Product, Platform & Enterprise team at BNSF. The role involves transforming complex rail logistics and workflows into high-performing products, developing software platforms for product and business teams, and empowering the workforce with cutting-edge collaboration tools. The engineer will own and deliver innovative projects impacting railroad logistics, focusing on building and operating platform services such as messaging systems, micro-services, data platforms, serverless runtimes, customer experiences, and applying AI/ML. The position requires occasional travel to Fort Worth, TX, with expenses covered by BNSF.

Requirements

• Authorized to work in the US
• Minimum 6 years of software development or related experience
• 6+ years of programming experience with at least one modern software programming language (e.g., Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, etc.)
• Experience with distributed systems and use of technologies such as messaging frameworks (i.e. Kafka and RabbitMQ), API gateways, SQL/NoSQL/Graph databases, caching systems, and serverless platforms
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and DevOps practices
• Interest in open-source platform and infrastructure technologies
• Familiarity with observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)
• Experience with secure coding practices and platform security principles
• Ability to work in cross-functional teams and communicate with stakeholders
• Experience participating in design reviews, incident retrospectives, or RFC processes
• Demonstrated ability to learn new technical concepts and to adapt to new technologies quickly
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Experience as a mentor, or a tech lead in an engineering team
• Able to work now and in the future without BNSF’s assistance (whether monetary, through sponsorship, or otherwise) in obtaining, maintaining, or extending employment authorization (including H-1B, STEM OPT/CPT, or TN nonimmigrant status).

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science, or related field
• Engineering experience with a public PaaS or cloud provider (AWS, Azure or GCP)
• Experience developing and operating large scale distributed systems in Production
• Experience with serverless runtimes and event-driven architectures
• Familiarity with developer tooling as a builder and/or user
• Interest in sustainable infrastructure and cost/resource awareness
• Experience with single-pane-of-glass management platforms or control planes for distributed systems
• Familiarity with frameworks like React, Angular, Node.js, Spring Boot
• 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver highly visible, innovative projects that directly impact railroad logistics to effectively serve customers and move freight on time.
• Drive the technical and architectural vision for a core team that develops software for core freight movement operations.
• Involve in all aspects of the software development cycle including scoping, design, implementation, testing & delivery of products.
• Build and operate platform services such as messaging systems, micro-services, data platforms, serverless runtimes, customer experiences, and apply AI/ML to develop scalable and highly reliable solutions.
• Develop APIs, automation, and tools to improve platform integration.
• Build and maintain monitoring and alerting systems for services.
• Collaborate with application teams to enhance reliability and performance.
• Design and operate scalable systems across data centers, edge devices, and the cloud.
• Work with BNSF teams to create products that improve rail network operations.
• Innovate in distributed computing and drive industry transformation.
• Build solutions for high-speed, large-scale predictions on distributed systems.
• Solve broad challenges by designing and coding effective solutions in an agile environment.
• Own architecture for large-scale, complex systems.
• Make critical technical decisions balancing business needs and engineering trade-offs.
• Drive cross-team alignment on technical solutions.
• Establish and maintain coding and design best practices.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in one or more technical domains.
• Mentor and grow other engineers, including other senior engineers.
• Anticipate technical risks and design systems to mitigate them.
• Demonstrate operational excellence by monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolving production issues, including participating in a 24/7 on-call rotation.

Benefits

• An industry-leading 401(k) and renowned Railroad Retirement program.
• A range of robust health care options for you and your dependents (including domestic partners), including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, mental health, cancer support, and high-quality care network options.
• Health care spending accounts (HSA) with employer contributions, as well as life and disability insurance, provided at no cost.
• Family benefits including parental, pediatric and family building support, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, and dependent care spending account (with employer match).
• Access to discounts on travel, gym memberships, counseling services and wellness support.
• Annual bonus (Incentive Compensation Program)
• Generous leave / time off policies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree