Staff Engineering Manager, Legal Technology (Remote- US)

BNSF Railway • ,

4d • $225,000 - $300,000 • Remote

About The Position

BNSF | Tech is the technology division making BNSF the preeminent freight and mobility company in North America. This role is for a Staff Engineering Manager, Legal Technology, who will be responsible for setting the technical vision and strategy for legal technology initiatives, ensuring these align closely with overall business objectives, while providing hands-on technical leadership and architectural oversight. This role oversees critical platforms such as matter and case management (TeamConnect), contract lifecycle management (Apttus/Conga), legal holds, eDiscovery systems, and their integrations. Collaboration with legal stakeholders is essential to maintain compliance, safeguard data, and streamline processes for greater efficiency. Additionally, the manager serves as a champion for the adoption of AI and automation across legal workflows, including leveraging machine learning to assess claims risk and applying natural language processing to enhance contract management. The position is full-time, remote within the contiguous 48 states of the United States, with up to 20% travel required to Fort Worth, TX.

Requirements

• Authorized to work in the US
• 9+ years in systems engineering, including team management
• 5+ years in legal technology platforms (CLM, matter management, claims)
• Hands-on experience with system integration, cloud SaaS, security, and compliance
• Strong leadership, communication, and product mindset

Nice To Haves

• 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).
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
• Direct experience in Legal Operations or compliance initiatives
• Certifications: CEDS, PMP, ITIL.
• Experience with AI/ML, analytics, and large-scale transformation projects.
• Background in complex or regulated industries (insurance, finance, government)

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on technical leadership by guiding design reviews, setting engineering standards, and ensuring high-quality solution delivery
• Drive architecture ownership across legal technology platforms, including API strategy, data architecture, and cloud-native solutions
• Ensure engineering best practices are followed, including continuous integration/delivery, observability, system performance, and reliability
• Lead the implementation of AI/ML solutions, with clear accountability for how models and automation are integrated into legal workflows and systems
• Define and execute a multi-year legal tech roadmap aligned with risk reduction and modernization, prioritizing initiatives with measurable business value
• Oversee development, integration, and optimization of legal domain applications to enable seamless data flow and process automation
• Guide scalable, secure architecture for legal systems, making build-vs-buy decisions and establishing best practices for configuration and integration
• Lead adoption and deployment of AI tools and automation for claims, contracts, and eDiscovery while fostering a culture of experimentation
• Ensure reliability, security, and compliance through “secure by design” practices, legal holds, and operational metrics tracking
• Act as product owner for legal tech capabilities, using human-centered design to optimize user experience and drive adoption
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing, inclusive engineering team that fosters autonomy, innovation, and collaboration
• Liaise between engineering and law department, communicate technical updates and business impacts, and manage vendor relationships

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: Manager