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About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Software Engineer to lead enterprise-wide architectural initiatives, define long-term technology strategy, and deliver highly scalable, resilient distributed systems. This role represents the highest level of individual technical contribution within the organization, requiring deep expertise in system design, performance engineering, reliability architecture, and cross-organizational technical leadership.

Responsibilities

Define enterprise-level architectural standards, system design principles, and engineering guardrails.
Lead the design and implementation of highly scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems.
Architect multi-region, fault-tolerant, and globally distributed platforms.
Drive enterprise modernization initiatives, including microservices transformation and platform consolidation.
Define API governance, data architecture, and service communication patterns.
Design systems for extreme scalability, availability, and security.
Evaluate and select high-performance data storage solutions.
Lead reliability engineering and incident response improvements.
Conduct deep architectural reviews and performance audits.
Guide engineering teams on concurrency, scalability, observability, and optimization strategies.
Design observability and monitoring frameworks at enterprise scale.
Define DevOps, CI/CD, and automation strategy.
Partner with executive leadership and product management on technology roadmap decisions.
Mentor Staff and Senior Engineers.
Drive innovation and evaluate emerging technologies.
Lead the resolution of critical system-level production issues.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
Ten or more years of professional software engineering experience.
Proven expertise designing distributed, high-scale systems in production.
Advanced proficiency in Java, Go, C++, or similar backend languages.
Deep understanding of data modeling, system optimization, and performance tuning.
Experience leading cross-team technical initiatives.
Strong expertise in reliability engineering and distributed architectures.
Demonstrated leadership in architectural decision-making at enterprise scale.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Track record of mentoring senior engineers and shaping engineering culture.
Public technical contributions (papers, talks, OSS leadership).
Experience driving multi-year transformation programs.
Familiarity with FinOps and large-scale cost optimization.
Exposure to regulated industries (financial services, healthcare, government).
Advanced degree or equivalent industry recognition.

Skills

System design
Performance engineering
Reliability architecture
Java
Go
C++
Data modeling
System optimization
Performance tuning
Reliability engineering
Distributed architectures
DevOps
CI/CD
Automation
Observability
Monitoring
API governance
Data architecture
Service communication patterns
Capacity planning
Resilience modeling

Location

100% Remote (U.S.)

Work Type

Full-time
Direct W2

Experience Level

6+ years
Ten or more years

Education Level

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline
Advanced degree or equivalent industry recognition

Salary/Compensations

$100,000–$150,000 Annually

About the Company

Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and well-respected organization offering tremendous career growth potential.

Equal Opportunity

Bright Vision Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Bright Vision Technologies (BV Teck) is committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) for all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status as defined by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
This commitment extends to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, transfer, leaves of absence, termination, layoffs, and recall.
BV Teck expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment or discrimination.
Any improper interference with employees' ability to perform their job duties may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.