Platform & Enterprise Full Stack Sr Software Engineer

Overview

Platform & Enterprise Full Stack Sr Staff Software Engineer — Remote (within the contiguous 48 states). The role is part of BNSF Tech, a technology division focused on innovating and transforming the future of freight rail. The position involves owning and delivering highly visible, innovative projects that impact railroad logistics and support the movement of freight, with responsibilities across scoping, design, implementation, testing, and delivery of software for core freight movement operations.

This is a full-stack engineering role focused on platform services including messaging systems, micro-services, data platforms, serverless runtimes, customer experiences, and applying AI/ML to develop scalable and 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.

Basic Qualifications (convert to Basic Qualifications for clarity)

• Authorized to work in the US
• Minimum 6 years of software development or related experience
• 6+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language
• Experience with distributed systems and technologies such as messaging frameworks (Kafka, Rabbit
  
  MQ), API gateways, SQL/No
  
  SQL/Graph databases, caching systems, and serverless platforms
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and Dev Ops practices
• Interest in open-source platform and infrastructure technologies
• Familiarity with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Open Telemetry)
• Experience with secure coding practices and platform security principles
• 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 adapt to new technologies quickly
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Experience as a mentor or tech lead in an engineering team

Preferred 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 in obtaining employment authorization (e.g., H-1B, STEM OPT/CPT, TN) if applicable

• Industry-leading 401(k) and Railroad Retirement program
• Comprehensive health care options for you and dependents (medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, mental health, cancer support, network options)
• Health care spending accounts (HSA) with employer contributions, life and disability insurance
• Family benefits including parental, pediatric and family building…