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.

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