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

About the role

Be part of a team that values safety, inclusion, and excellence. We are one of the largest U.S. railroads transporting the nation’s freight across 28 western states and 3 Canadian provinces. As a member of our team, you will play a role in supporting the movement of essential products and materials that help feed, clothe, supply, and power communities throughout America and the world.

Responsibilities

• Bridge the gap between vision and reality by transforming complex rail logistics and workflows into high-performing products that meet user needs, enhance efficiency and accelerate our business.
• Develop software platforms that enable our product and business teams to develop applications serving our customers through use of reusable and scalable software services operating with high efficiency.
• Build and operate large scale distributed systems such as messaging systems, micro-services, data platforms, serverless runtimes, customer experiences and apply AI/ML to develop scalable and highly reliable solutions.
• 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.
• 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.

Requirements

Basic Qualifications:

• Authorized to work in the US
• Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or a related field OR 2 years of software development relevant experience without a Bachelor's degree
• 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
• Able 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

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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

Benefits

This is a full-time remote position. Employees may work from anywhere within the contiguous 48 states of the United States. Travel is up to 20%. Employees will be required to occasionally travel to our corporate headquarters in Fort Worth, TX for in-person meetings. Travel expenses for business needs will be covered by BNSF.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is provided below: Salary Range: $93,750-$175,000 L3: $93,750 - $125,000 L4: $123,750 - $175,000

In addition to base pay and bonus eligibility, BNSF offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• 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).
• Discounts on travel, gym memberships, counseling services and wellness support.
• An annual bonus (Incentive Compensation Program).
• Generous leave / time off policies.

For more information, visit Benefits.

Federal authority requires BNSF employees, whose work requires unescorted access to secure areas of port facilities, to obtain a TWIC. More information is available at https://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/twic.

BNSF Railway is an Equal Opportunity Employer, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.