Lead Systems Engineer - 90416789

Amtrak; United States; Hybrid; USD 94,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K with Employer Match

Paid Time Off

Rail Pass Privileges

Job summary

Amtrak is seeking an experienced senior software engineer to oversee complex projects and provide technical direction across the full development lifecycle. You will design and build enterprise applications, APIs, and cloud-native solutions using Java, Spring Boot, and AWS.

You will champion CI/CD, automated testing, security, and observability while leading production troubleshooting and performance improvements within Agile teams across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with relevant experience.
• 6+ years of experience with Java SpringBoot, REST APIs, OO design.
• Experience with AWS services (Lambda, Kinesis, DynamoDB, etc.).
• Knowledge of J2EE, Oracle/SQL, Kafka/MQ, JSON/XML and integration patterns.
• Experience with GitHub/GitLab, SonarQube, JUnit, CI/CD and automated tests.
• Strong security understanding: auth, encryption, secure coding.
• Ability to lead initiatives and collaborate across Agile teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee complex projects providing subject matter expertise and technical direction.
• Design, develop, integrate, and enhance enterprise systems and APIs.
• Lead microservices, REST/SOAP APIs, and cloud-native solutions on AWS.
• Champion CI/CD, automated testing, DevOps, observability, and code quality.
• Troubleshoot production issues, analyze root causes, and optimize performance.

Skills

Java Spring Boot

REST APIs

AWS

CI/CD

GitHub/GitLab

Application security

Agile collaboration

API design

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

Tools

GitHub/GitLab

SonarQube

JUnit

CI/CD tooling

Job description

As we move America’s workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country. We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our employees.

Are you ready to join our team?

Our values of ‘Do the Right Thing, Excel Together and Put Customers First’ are at the heart of what matters most to us, and our Core Capabilities, ‘Building Trust, Accountability, Effective Communication, Customer Focus, and Proactive Safety & Security’ are what every employee needs to know and do to be most impactful at Amtrak. By living the Amtrak values, focusing on our capabilities, and actively embracing and fostering diverse ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives, together we will honor our past and make Amtrak a company of the future.

Job Summary

Oversee complex projects providing subject matter expertise and technical direction. Accountable and responsible for systems analysis, design, development, integration, and enhancements. Participate in day‐to‐day enhancement and development of company systems. Responds to change requests, Tier‐3 trouble ticket resolution, monitor platforms for failures/ exceptions/threshold issues, performance tuning, optimize applications performance and testing applications for product upgrades and patches. Work closely with stakeholders to understand the business requirements that drive the analysis and design of quality technical solutions.

Essential Functions

• Participate and support systems development by ensuring requirements and specifications are clear. Follow a documented development/build methodology and make sure a robust unit, system and integration testing regimen is followed to deliver solutions per design.
• Creates and updates documentation as necessary to ensure architectures, designs and other descriptions are up to date and describe the as‑deployed system.
• Lead the design, development, and support of enterprise applications, APIs, and cloud‑native solutions using Java, Spring Boot, and AWS.
• Build scalable microservices, event‑driven solutions, REST/SOAP APIs, and enterprise integrations.
• Champion CI/CD, automated testing, DevOps, security, observability, and code quality practices.
• Lead production troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and improvements to performance, availability, and resiliency.
• Leverage GitHub Copilot and AI‑assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity and quality.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education, training and/or relevant experience.
• Plus 6 years of relevant work experience with Java SpringBoot, Rest API's and object oriented design.
• Experience with AWS services such as Lambda, Kinesis, DynamoDB, Aurora, S3, IAM, SNS/SQS, and CloudWatch.
• Experience with J2EE, Oracle/SQL, Kafka/MQ, JSON/XML, web services, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Experience with GitHub/GitLab, SonarQube, JUnit, CI/CD, and automated testing.
• Strong understanding of application security, authentication/authorization, encryption, and secure coding.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives, support production issues, and collaborate across Agile teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education, training and/or relevant experience.
• Plus 8 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience in fintech, payments, travel, e-commerce, or other high-volume transaction environments.
• Experience with payment platforms such as Cybersource, ACI, Stripe, Adyen, or PayPal.
• Knowledge of payment processing, tokenization, fraud prevention, reconciliation, and PCI DSS.
• Experience building and supporting high‑availability, resilient, customer‑facing systems.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Broad systems development and/or systems analysis experience with a displayed mastery of multiple program languages, infrastructure components or technology platforms
• Broad level of understanding of information systems and systems architecture and integration standards
• Ability to focus on business goals while ensuring development is completed on time
• Proven ability to utilize adaptable communication skills to effectively translate between technical and business language
• Ability to identify, propose and oversee the execution of business and IT solutions as well as interpret documents communicating business and IT needs and requirements

Environmental Conditions/Physical Demands

The salary/hourly range is $94,300.00 – $122,256.00. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. Depending on an employee’s assigned worksite or location, Amtrak may consider a geo-pay differential to be applied to the employee’s base salary. Amtrak may offer additional incentive and pay programs to recognize and reward our employees, including a short‑term incentive bonus based upon factors such as individual and company performance that is commensurate with the level of the position.

Health and Wellbeing Financial and Retirement Work and Family Life Support

Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance 401K with Employer Match Generous Paid Time Off

Wellness Programs Railroad Retirement Benefits Paid Caregiving Days and Backup Care

Health Savings Account Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness Fertility and Family Building Benefits

No-cost Personal Health Advocate Student Loan Assistance Adoption and Surrogacy Assistance

Medical Plan Opt-out Credit Tuition and Education Reimbursement Paid Family Leave

Life Insurance Rail Pass Privileges

Short- and Long-term Disability Insurance Employee Assistance Program

No-cost Financial Advisor Sessions Commuter and Flexible Spending Accounts

Requisition ID:167465

Work Arrangement:02-Remote Optional
Relocation Offered:No
Travel Requirements:Up to 25%

You power our progress through your performance.

We want your work at Amtrak to be more than a job. We want your career at Amtrak to be a fulfilling experience where you find challenging work, rewarding opportunities, respect among colleagues, and attractive compensation. Amtrak maintains a culture that values high performance and recognizes individual employee contributions.

Amtrak is committed to a safe workplace free of drugs and alcohol. All Amtrak positions requires a pre‑employment background check that includes prior employment verification, a criminal history check and a pre‑employment drug screen.

Candidates who test positive for marijuana will be disqualified, regardless of any state or local statute, ordinance, regulation, or other law that legalizes or decriminalizes the use or possession of marijuana, whether for medical, recreational, or other use. Amtrak's pre‑employment drug testing program is administered in accordance with DOT regulations and applicable law.

In accordance with DOT regulations (49 CFR § 40.25), Amtrak is required to obtain prior drug and alcohol testing records for applicants/employees intending to perform safety‑sensitive duties for covered Department of Transportation positions. If an applicant/employee refuses to provide written consent for Amtrak to obtain these records, the individual will not be permitted to perform safety‑sensitive functions.

In accordance with federal law governing security checks of covered individuals for providers of public transportation (Title 6 U.S.C. §1143), Amtrak is required to screen applicants for any permanent or interim disqualifying criminal offenses.

Note that any education requirement listed above may be deemed satisfied if you have an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Amtrak is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/color, to include traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and hairstyles such as braids, locks and twists, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions, such as lactation), national origin/ethnicity, disability (intellectual, mental and physical), veteran status, marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, genetic information, citizenship or any other personal characteristics protected by law.