Senior Software Engineer

Job Summary
Our client is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their remote team! They are looking for engineers who can bridge legacy and modern systems, with the ability to decompose existing mainframe applications and help rebuild them in a more scalable, cloud-ready architecture.



Core Responsibilities

• Learn, develop and deliver high quality software that is highly visible, deliver innovative projects that directly impact our railroad logistics to effectively serve our customers to move freight on time
• Be involved in developing and deploying software for our core freight movement operations that spans across our customer experiences
• Lead the design and development of Software modules built by small group of software engineers and own the end to end delivery of the modules and dependencies
• 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 cutting edge front end customer experiences and workflows infused with AI
• 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
• Write maintainable and production ready code in web services, web and other front end technologies

Required Skills/Experience (Must-Haves)

• Modern containerized application stack experience, including: Linux , OpenShift / Kubernetes , Spring Boot / Java microservices, Kafka event streaming, DB2 LUW (mid-tier), MarkLogic and/or PostgreSQL
• 6+ years of software development or related experience
• Experience programming with Java
• Experience with developing, testing and deploying high quality software in production systems
• Experience (non-internship) 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 to adapt to new technologies quickly
• Strong communication and collaboration skills

Preferred Skills/Experience (Nice-to-Haves)

• Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, or related field
• Mainframe platform experience, including: z/OS, IMS, NATURAL / Adabas ecosystem, DB2 for Mainframe, IBM MQ / MQ on z/OS
• Experience building AI applications and using AI as part of Customer experiences and workflows
• Experience coding with latest AI developer tools in IDE environments
• Engineering experience with a public PaaS or cloud provider (AWS, Azure or GCP)
• Familiarity with frameworks like React, Angular, Node.js, Spring Boot
• Experience participating in design reviews, incident retrospectives, or RFC processes
• Experience with secure coding practices
• Experience in building and evolving UX design systems

Key Competencies & Behaviors

• Ownership and Accountability
• Collaboration and Communication
• Adaptability and Continuous Learning

Work Environment

• Location: Fully Remote
• Based in contiguous lower 48 states
• Employees will be required to occasionally travel to the corporate headquarters in Fort Worth, TX for in person meetings (travel expenses for business needs will be covered)

Compensation & Benefits

• Pay Range: The approximate pay range for this position is between $80.00 and $100.00 . Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to background, knowledge, skills, and location. We comply with local wage minimums.
• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance Plans
• Employee-Owned Profit Sharing (ESOP)
• 401K offered

This position is W-2 only. We do not work with third-party firms or C2C arrangements for this role.

About KellyMitchell
At KellyMitchell, our culture is world class. We're movers and shakers! We don't mind a bit of friendly competition, and we reward hard work with unlimited potential for growth. This is an exciting opportunity to join a company known for innovative solutions and unsurpassed customer service. We're passionate about helping companies solve their biggest IT staffing & project solutions challenges. As an employee-owned, women-led organization serving Fortune 500 companies nationwide, we deliver expert service at a moment's notice.



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