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Staff Engineering Manager (Remote - US)

at BNSF Railway

📍 Remote, US Remote 💰 $225K – $300K USD / year Posted April 07, 2026
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Position Details

Salary $225K – $300K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience lead
Exp. Years 9+ years
Education Not specified
Category Executive & General Management

About this role

Staff Engineering Manager leading multiple distributed systems engineering teams with focus on scalability, observability, and secure, serverless architectures in a remote-capable logistics environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of 6-10 engineers
  • Drive technical vision across distributed systems
  • Mentor engineers
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams
  • Ensure secure coding practices and platform reliability

Technical Overview

Distributed architecture management with Kafka/RabbitMQ, API gateways, serverless platforms; cloud provider experience (AWS/Azure/GCP); strong emphasis on observability and security; cross-functional leadership.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is an experienced engineering leader capable of steering multiple distributed systems teams, with hands-on expertise in Kafka/RabbitMQ, serverless architectures, and cloud platforms, and a track record of delivering complex, scalable platforms in a remote setting.

Must-Have Skills

Authorized to work in the US9 years as a software engineer and/or manager6+ years as an engineer6+ years programming in at least one languageDistributed systems experience (KafkaRabbitMQAPI gatewaysSQL/NoSQL/Graph databasescachingserverless)CI/CD pipelinesGit workflowsDevOpsEnterprise product experience with open-source techObservability stacks (PrometheusGrafanaOpenTelemetry)Secure coding practicesCross-functional teamworkDesign reviews/incident retrospectives/RFC processes

Nice-to-Have Skills

Bachelor’s degree or higher in CS or related fieldCloud provider experience (AWSAzureor GCP)Large-scale distributed systems in productionServerless runtimes and event-driven architecturesDeveloper tooling familiaritySustainable infrastructure interestControl planes / single-pane-of-glass managementReact/Angular/Node.js/Spring Boot familiarity

Tools & Platforms

KafkaRabbitMQAPI GatewaysPrometheusGrafanaOpenTelemetryAWSAzureGoogle Cloud PlatformDockerKubernetesGitCI/CD

Required Skills

Distributed SystemsKafkaRabbitMQAPI GatewaysSQL / NoSQL / Graph DatabasesCaching SystemsServerless PlatformsCI/CDGit workflowsDevOpsObservability (PrometheusGrafanaOpenTelemetry)AWSAzureGoogle Cloud Platform

Hard Skills

Distributed SystemsKafkaRabbitMQAPI GatewaysSQL / NoSQL / Graph DatabasesCaching SystemsServerless PlatformsCI/CDGit workflowsDevOpsObservabilityPrometheusGrafanaOpenTelemetryAWSAzureGoogle Cloud PlatformOpenTelemetry

Soft Skills

LeadershipMentoringCross-functional collaborationStrong communication

Industry & Role

Industry Logistics
Role Subtype Staff Engineering Manager
Tech Domains Distributed Systems, Kafka, RabbitMQ, API Gateways, SQL / NoSQL / Graph Databases, Caching Systems, Serverless Platforms, Observability Stack, Git, CI/CD

Clearance & Visa

Visa Sponsorship Yes

Keywords for Your Resume

Staff Engineering ManagerDistributed SystemsKafkaRabbitMQAPI GatewaysSQL / NoSQL / Graph DatabasesCaching SystemsServerless PlatformsCI/CDGit workflowsDevOpsObservabilityPrometheusGrafanaOpenTelemetryAWSAzureGoogle Cloud PlatformReactAngularNode.jsSpring Bootdistributed systemskafkarabbitmqapi gatewaysci/cddevopsobservabilityawsazuregoogle cloud platform

Deal Breakers

Lack of US work authorization, No experience with distributed systems or CI/CD, Inability to work remotely with travel, No cloud platform experience

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