Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Product, Platform & Enterprise Front End

Role Description

Be part of a team that values safety, inclusion, and excellence. As a member of our team, you will play a role in supporting the movement of essential products and materials that help feed, clothe, supply, and power communities throughout America and the world.

As a Sr/Staff Software Engineer, you will have the opportunity to:

• Learn, develop, and deliver high-quality software that is highly visible.
• Deliver innovative projects that directly impact our railroad logistics.
• Lead the design and development of software modules built by a small group of software engineers.
• Own the end-to-end delivery of the modules and dependencies.

This is a Front End Engineer role, focusing on:

• Framework development for web, mobile devices, and mobile web browsers.
• Building experiences with mobile cross-platform development frameworks like React Native, Angular, and Flutter.
• Fluency in Typescript, Javascript, and knowledge of GraphQL.
• Partnering closely with UX designers, product, and other senior engineers.
• Mentoring junior peers who share a passion for front-end work.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Writing production-quality code for well-defined tasks.
• Following team coding standards and processes.
• Participating in design reviews to learn best practices.
• Writing and maintaining unit/integration tests.
• Debugging and fixing straightforward issues.
• Seeking feedback proactively and applying it to improve.
• Developing APIs, automation, and tools to improve platform integration.
• Building and maintaining monitoring and alerting systems for services.
• Collaborating with application teams to enhance reliability and performance.
• Designing and operating cutting-edge front-end customer experiences infused with AI.
• Innovating in distributed computing and driving industry transformation.
• Writing maintainable and production-ready code in web services and other front-end technologies.

Qualifications

• Authorized to work in the US.
• Minimum 6 years of software development or related experience.
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design.
• Experience with developing, testing, and deploying high-quality software in production systems.
• Experience with building web application technologies such as Javascript, CSS, AJAX, React.
• Experience in web applications design and development.
• Experience collaborating with product managers, developers, and other stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new technical concepts and adapt to new technologies quickly.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science, or related field (preferred).
• Experience building AI applications and using AI as part of customer experiences and workflows (preferred).
• Experience coding with the latest AI developer tools in IDE environments (preferred).
• Engineering experience with a public PaaS or cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP) (preferred).
• Familiarity with frameworks like React, Angular, Node.js, Spring Boot (preferred).
• Experience participating in design reviews, incident retrospectives, or RFC processes (preferred).
• Experience with secure coding practices (preferred).
• Experience in building and evolving UX design systems (preferred).
• Able to work now and in the future without BNSF’s assistance in obtaining, maintaining, or extending employment authorization (preferred).

Benefits

• An industry-leading 401(k) and renowned Railroad Retirement program.
• A range of robust health care options for you and your dependents, 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.