Staff Infrastructure Software Engineer (Remote - US)

BNSF Railway • ,

2d • Remote

About The Position

BNSF | Tech is the technology division making BNSF the preeminent freight and mobility company in North America. This is a full stack infrastructure engineering role, involving backend services, APIs, and developer-facing services for our physical/digital infrastructure and platforms. A modern platform that brings together virtual machines, containers, storage, data services, networking, observability, and developer experience, all managed as software. We are committed to a culture where all employees are included, belong, and have equal opportunity to achieve their full potential. Come make a difference with us!

Requirements

• Authorized to work in the US
• 6+ years of proficiency with modern programming languages used in infrastructure (e.g. Go, Python, and Java)
• 5+ years of experience with IaaS, PaaS, Service Mesh, block/object storage, and Linux
• 3+ years experience with streaming data services and SQL/NoSQL/Graph DBs
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and DevOps practices
• Interest in open-source infrastructure and developer platforms
• Experience with observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)
• Experience with secure coding practices and infrastructure security principles
• Experience with secrets management and identity and access control
• Proven ability to independently deliver features that improve developer workflows or platform capabilities
• Experience collaborating across teams and mentoring junior engineers.
• Familiarity with designing scalable systems and contributing to architectural decisions.
• 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 a related field
• Engineering experience with a public IaaS company (AWS, Digital Ocean, GCP, CoreWeave,etc.)
• Experience running infrastructure platforms in production such as OpenStack, Ceph, Kubernetes, DBaaS, service mesh, and API gateways
• Github commits to open-source infrastructure and developer platforms projects
• Experience with edge systems and hybrid environments
• Experience with developer tooling as a builder and/or user
• Proficiency with container-based development
• Interest in sustainable infrastructure and cost/resource awareness
• Familiarity with frameworks like React, Angular, Node.js, Spring Boot
• 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).

Responsibilities

• Develop and operate cloud-native systems and services using GitOps workflows
• Build and operate IaaS (compute, storage, and networking), PaaS (DBs, messages, API, and serverless), identity/access, observability/alerting/remediation, and developer services
• Collaborate with internal application teams to improve platform usability and feedback
• Help design and run systems that scale across our data centers, edge devices, and public cloud environments powering always on services
• 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