Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. BNSF Railway is one of the largest U.S. railroads, dedicated to transporting freight across the nation. They are seeking a Staff Engineering Manager for Legal Technology who will set the technical vision and strategy for legal technology initiatives, providing hands-on leadership and overseeing critical platforms to enhance efficiency and compliance.
Responsibilities
- Provide hands-on technical leadership by guiding design reviews, setting engineering standards, and ensuring high-quality solution delivery
- Drive architecture ownership across legal technology platforms, including API strategy, data architecture, and cloud-native solutions
- Ensure engineering best practices are followed, including continuous integration/delivery, observability, system performance, and reliability
- Lead the implementation of AI/ML solutions, with clear accountability for how models and automation are integrated into legal workflows and systems
- Define and execute a multi-year legal tech roadmap aligned with risk reduction and modernization, prioritizing initiatives with measurable business value
- Oversee development, integration, and optimization of legal domain applications to enable seamless data flow and process automation
- Guide scalable, secure architecture for legal systems, making build-vs-buy decisions and establishing best practices for configuration and integration
- Lead adoption and deployment of AI tools and automation for claims, contracts, and eDiscovery while fostering a culture of experimentation
- Ensure reliability, security, and compliance through 'secure by design' practices, legal holds, and operational metrics tracking
- Act as product owner for legal tech capabilities, using human-centered design to optimize user experience and drive adoption
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing, inclusive engineering team that fosters autonomy, innovation, and collaboration
- Liaise between engineering and law department, communicate technical updates and business impacts, and manage vendor relationships
Skills
- Authorized to work in the US
- 9+ years in systems engineering, including team management
- 5+ years in legal technology platforms (CLM, matter management, claims)
- Hands-on experience with system integration, cloud SaaS, security, and compliance
- Strong leadership, communication, and product mindset
- 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)
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
- Direct experience in Legal Operations or compliance initiatives
- Certifications: CEDS, PMP, ITIL
- Experience with AI/ML, analytics, and large-scale transformation projects
- Background in complex or regulated industries (insurance, finance, government)
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 Overview
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. It was founded in 1994, and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.bnsf.com/.Company H1B Sponsorship
BNSF Railway has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 10 in 2026, 9 in 2025, 3 in 2024, 1 in 2023, 4 in 2022, 4 in 2021, 1 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.