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

About the role

BNSF | Tech is the technology division of BNSF, the largest U.S. rail carrier. We innovate and transform the future of freight rail, and we are seeking talented engineers to join our team.

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 reusable and scalable software services operating with high efficiency.
• 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.

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
• Experience working in cross-functional teams and communicating with stakeholders
• Experience participating in design reviews, incident retrospectives, or RFC processes
• Demonstrated ability to learn new technical concepts and adapt to new technologies quickly
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Experience as a mentor, or a tech lead in an engineering team

Qualifications

• 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
• 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).

Skills

• Modern software programming languages (e.g., Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, etc.)
• Distributed systems and use of technologies (e.g., messaging frameworks, API gateways, SQL/NoSQL/Graph databases, caching systems, serverless platforms)
• CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and DevOps practices
• Observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)
• Secure coding practices and platform security principles
• Open-source platform and infrastructure technologies
• Serverless runtimes and event-driven architectures
• Developer tooling as a builder and/or user
• Sustainable infrastructure and cost/resource awareness
• Single-pane-of-glass management platforms or control planes for distributed systems
• Frameworks like React, Angular, Node.js, Spring Boot
• Full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience

Benefits

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

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