Product, Platform & Enterprise Full Stack Software Engineer II (Remote - US)

BNSF Railway • ,

4d • $123,750 - $175,000 • Remote

About The Position

This is a full-time remote position for a Product, Platform & Enterprise Full Stack Software Engineer II. The role involves transforming complex rail logistics and workflows into high-performing products, developing software platforms for reusable and scalable services, and empowering the workforce with cutting-edge collaboration tools. The engineer will contribute to developing and deploying software for core freight movement operations, focusing on building and operating large-scale distributed systems such as messaging systems, micro-services, data platforms, serverless runtimes, customer experiences, and applying AI/ML. Responsibilities include writing production-quality code, participating in design reviews, writing tests, debugging issues, developing APIs and tools, building monitoring systems, collaborating with application teams, designing and operating scalable systems, and demonstrating operational excellence, including participating in a 24/7 on-call rotation. The company emphasizes a culture of safety, inclusion, and excellence, aiming to reshape the future of freight rail.

Requirements

• Authorized to work in the US
• Minimum 3 years of software development or related experience
• Experience programming in at least one modern language (e.g., Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, etc.)
• Experience with developing, testing and deploying high quality software in production systems
• Familiarity with observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)
• Experience with secure coding practices
• 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

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science, or related field
• 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).
• Engineering experience with a public PaaS or cloud provider (AWS, Azure or GCP)
• 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
• Prior experience developing and delivering highly reliable distributed systems in production environment.

Responsibilities

• Transforming complex rail logistics and workflows into high-performing products.
• Developing software platforms that enable product and business teams to develop applications through reusable and scalable software services.
• Empowering the workforce with cutting-edge collaboration tools and services.
• Developing and deploying software for core freight movement operations across platform, product, and enterprise engineering.
• Building and operating large scale distributed systems such as messaging systems, micro-services, data platforms, serverless runtimes, customer experiences and applying AI/ML.
• Write production-quality code for well-defined tasks.
• Follow team coding standards and processes.
• Participate in design reviews to learn best practices.
• Write and maintain unit/integration tests.
• Debug and fix straightforward issues.
• Seek feedback proactively and apply it to improve.
• 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 coding effective solutions in an agile environment.
• 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: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree