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

Summary

BNSF Railway is one of the largest U.S. railroads, and they are seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer to support the movement of essential products and materials. The role involves developing high-quality software solutions to enhance freight logistics and improve operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• 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
• Seek feedback proactively and apply it to improve
• 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

Skills

• 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
• 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 to adapt to new technologies quickly
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• 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

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 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
• 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 to adapt to new technologies quickly
• Strong communication and collaboration skills

Nice to Haves

• 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 position is open to candidates who are currently authorized to work in the United States. We are also open to sponsoring H-1B transfers, TN nonimmigrant status, and STEM OPT candidates with at least 2 years of remaining eligibility.
• 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.
• 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.
• 24/7 on-call rotation
• 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.