Staff Engineering Manager; Remote

Job Overview

A Staff Engineering Manager will lead and mentor engineering teams across a variety of technical domains, drive architectural decisions, ensure engineering excellence, and deliver innovative solutions that impact core freight movement operations.

Job Location:

Remote US
Anticipated

Start Date:

06/01/2026
Travel: up to 20%—occasional travel to Fort Worth, TX for in‑person meetings (travel expenses covered by BNSF).

Salary Range: $225,000 - $300,000 (US base).

• Industry‑leading 401(k) and Railroad Retirement program.
• Robust healthcare options (medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, mental health, cancer support, high‑quality care network).
  HSA with employer contributions, life and disability insurance at no cost.
• Family benefits: parental, pediatric, family building support, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, dependent care spending account (with employer match).
• Discounts on travel, gym memberships, counseling services and wellness support.
• Annual bonus (Incentive Compensation Program).

• Lead a team of 6‑10 engineers, guiding end‑to‑end technical execution.
• Drive technical vision and strategy across distributed systems.
• Mentor junior and senior engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to align on technical solutions.
• Ensure secure coding practices and platform reliability.
• Own architecture for large‑scale systems and make critical technical decisions.
• Translate railroad business requirements into scalable digital solutions.
• Establish engineering best practices, observability, and technical debt management.

• Authorized to work in the US.
• Minimum of 9 years experience as a software engineer and/or manager.
• Minimum of 6 years experience as an engineer.
• 6+ years programming experience with at least one software programming language.
• Experience with distributed systems and technologies such as 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.
• Experience building enterprise products leveraging open‑source platform and infrastructure technologies.
• Familiarity with observability stacks (e.g., 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 quickly.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience leading multiple teams and delivering cross‑organizational platform and products.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science or related field.
• Ability to work now and in the future without BNSF assistance in obtaining, maintaining, or extending employment authorization.
• 6+ years of full software development life cycle experience (coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, operations).
• 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.

We are committed to a culture where all employees are included, belong, and have an equal opportunity to achieve their full potential.

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.

All positions require pre‑employment background verification.