Staff Engineering Manager (Remote - US)BNSF Railway • New York, New York, United States
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Staff Engineering Manager (Remote - US)
BNSF Railway
- New York, New York, United States
- New York, New York, United States
About
Job Location:
Remote US
Anticipated Start Date:
06/01/2026
Salary Range:
$225,000 - $300,000
As a Staff Engineering Manager, you will lead and mentor engineering teams across a variety of technical domains. You will drive architectural decisions, ensure engineering excellence, and deliver innovative solutions that impact core freight movement operations. This position is a full‑time remote role where employees may work from anywhere within the contiguous 48 states of the United States. Travel is up to 20% and may include occasional visits to our corporate headquarters in Fort Worth, TX, with travel expenses covered by BNSF.
Key Responsibilities
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.
Basic Qualifications
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 of programming experience with at least one software programming language.
Experience with distributed systems and technologies such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, API gateways, SQL/NoSQL/Graph databases, caching systems, and serverless platforms.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and DevOps practices.
Experience building enterprise products leveraging open-source platform and infrastructure technologies.
Familiarity with observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).
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.
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 in obtaining, maintaining, or extending employment authorization (including H-1B, STEM OPT/CPT, or TN nonimmigrant status).
6+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience.
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.
Benefits
An industry-leading 401(k) and renowned Railroad Retirement program.
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).
Access to discounts on travel, gym memberships, counseling services, and wellness support.
Annual bonus (Incentive Compensation Program).
Generous leave / time off policies.
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.
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Languages
- English
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