API Solutions Architect

Bright Vision Technologies; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking an experienced API Solutions Architect for a 100% remote role in the United States. You will lead the design and evolution of large-scale microservices on cloud-native stacks, with deep expertise in service decomposition, domain-driven design, and distributed data management.

This senior role requires mentoring engineers, establishing API contracts, CI/CD standards, and secure, scalable architectures.

Qualifications

• Eight or more years of software engineering experience, with several years in architecture roles.
• Deep expertise in microservices design, domain-driven design, and distributed patterns.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and service mesh technologies.
• Proficiency in Java, Go, or C# and API design knowledge.
• Experience operating high-traffic, latency-sensitive systems in production.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Define microservices architecture standards, service boundaries, and decomposition strategies aligned with domain-driven design principles.
• Lead modernization of legacy monoliths into independently deployable services with clear ownership.
• Design service communication patterns using REST, gRPC, asynchronous messaging, and event streaming.
• Architect resilient distributed systems with circuit breakers, retries, bulkheads, and graceful degradation.
• Define data ownership models and patterns such as outbox, saga, and CQRS.
• Lead platform capabilities including service mesh, API gateway, identity propagation, and observability.
• Drive performance engineering, capacity planning, and scalability analysis.
• Establish CI/CD and testing standards optimized for high-frequency releases.
• Define observability standards with structured logging, tracing, and SLO-driven monitoring.
• Collaborate with security teams to embed zero-trust, secrets management, and runtime protection.
• Mentor engineers and tech leads on best practices; lead architecture reviews across teams.
• Continuously evaluate emerging cloud-native technologies for maturity and fit.

Skills

Microservices architecture

Domain-driven design

Distributed systems

API design

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Java/Go/C#

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Kubernetes

Service mesh

Envoy

Istio

CI/CD tooling

AWS/GCP/Azure

Job description

API Solutions Architect -Remote

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.

Job Title: API Solutions Architect

Location: 100% Remote (U.S.)

Position Type: Full-time, Direct W2

Salary Range: $100,000–$150,000 Annually

Experience Required: 6+ years

Sponsorship: U.S. Citizens, Green Card Holders, EAD Holders, and H-1B transfer candidates are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor new H-1B visa petitions for this position.

Job Summary

We are seeking a seasoned Microservices Architect to lead the design and evolution of large-scale microservices ecosystems built on modern container platforms and cloud-native technology stacks. The role requires deep expertise in service decomposition, domain-driven design, distributed data management, and runtime concerns such as resilience, observability, and security at scale. The ideal candidate brings hands-on architectural leadership across complex transformations, with a clear point of view on when microservices are the right answer, how to evolve them safely, and how to keep the resulting estate maintainable over the long term.

Key Responsibilities

• Definemicroservicesarchitecture standards, service boundaries, and decomposition strategies aligned with domain-driven design principles.
• Lead the modernization of legacy monoliths into well-bounded, independently deployable services with clear ownership.
• Design service communication patternsleveragingREST,gRPC, asynchronous messaging, and event streaming asappropriate.Establish API contracts, schema governance, and versioning strategies that enable safe evolution of services over time.
• Architect resilient distributed systems incorporating circuit breakers, retries, bulkheads, and graceful degradation patterns.
• Define data ownership models, transactional boundaries, and patterns such as outbox, saga, and CQRS whereappropriate.
• Lead the design of platform capabilities including service mesh, API gateway, identity propagation, and shared observability.
• Drive performance engineering, capacity planning, and scalability analysis across critical service domains.
• Establish CI/CD, testing, and deployment standardsoptimizedfor high-frequency, low-risk service releases.
• Define observability standards including structured logging, distributed tracing, and SLO-driven monitoring.
• Collaborate with security teams to ensure zero-trust principles,secretsmanagement, and runtime protection are embedded.
• Mentor engineers and techleadson microservices best practices and anti-pattern avoidance.
• Lead architecture reviews and provide guidance on service design proposals across multiple teams.
• Continuously evaluate emerging cloud-native technologies for adoption based on maturity and strategic fit.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s orMaster’s degree in Computer Scienceora relateddiscipline.
• Eight or more years of software engineering experience, with several years in architecture roles.
• Deepexpertiseinmicroservicesdesign, domain-driven design, and distributed systems patterns.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and service mesh technologies.
• Proficiencyin at least one major backend language such as Java, Go, or C#.
• Strong understanding of API design, event-drivenarchitectures, and asynchronous messaging.
• Experience operating high-traffic, latency-sensitive systems in production.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms and managed services across at least one major provider.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead architecture initiatives spanning multiple teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with platform engineering and internaldeveloperplatform construction.
• Familiarity with Istio,Linkerd, Envoy, or comparable service mesh technologies.
• Exposure to FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization at scale.
• Public speaking, open-source contributions, or published technical writing.
• Experience in regulated industries with strict compliance requirements.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement

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.