BNSF Railway ยท 2 days ago
Sr/Staff Infrastructure Software Engineer (Remote - US)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$165K/yr - $300K/yr
6+ years expBNSF Railway is one of the largest U.S. railroads, dedicated to transforming the future of freight rail through technology. The Sr/Staff Infrastructure Software Engineer will be responsible for building and operating cloud-native systems, collaborating with internal teams, and enhancing platform usability to support essential freight transportation services.
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Responsibilities
Develop and operate cloud-native systems and services using GitOps workflows
Build and operate IaaS (compute, storage, and networking), PaaS (DBs, messages, API, and serverless), identity/access, observability/alerting/remediation, and developer services
Collaborate with internal application teams to improve platform usability and feedback
Help design and run systems that scale across our data centers, edge devices, and public cloud environments powering always on services
Qualification
Required
Authorized to work in the US
6+ years of proficiency with modern programming languages used in infrastructure (e.g. Go, Python, and Java)
5+ years of experience with IaaS, PaaS, Service Mesh, block/object storage, and Linux
3+ years experience with streaming data services and SQL/NoSQL/Graph DBs
Proficiency with container-based development
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and DevOps practices
Interest in open-source infrastructure and developer platforms
Experience with observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)
Experience with secure coding practices and infrastructure security principles
Experience with secrets management and identity and access control
Proven ability to independently deliver features that improve developer workflows or platform capabilities
Experience collaborating across teams and mentoring junior engineers
Familiarity with designing scalable systems and contributing to architectural decisions
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
Preferred
Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or a related field
Engineering experience with a public IaaS company (AWS, Digital Ocean, GCP, CoreWeave,etc.)
Experience running infrastructure platforms in production such as OpenStack, Ceph, Kubernetes, DBaaS, service mesh, and API gateways
Github commits to open-source infrastructure and developer platforms projects
Experience with edge systems and hybrid environments
Experience with developer tooling as a builder and/or user
Interest in sustainable infrastructure and cost/resource awareness
Familiarity with frameworks like React, Angular, Node.js, Spring Boot
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)
Benefits
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).
Access to discounts on travel, gym memberships, counseling services and wellness support.
Annual bonus (Incentive Compensation Program)
Generous leave / time off policies.
Company
BNSF Railway
BNSF Railway operates one of the largest railroad networks in North America, with about 32,500 route miles in 28 states and three Canadian provinces.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2010-02-12Acquired
Leadership Team
Kathryn M. Farmer
President & CEO
Recent News
2025-12-19
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