Chief Software Engineer — Global-Scale Systems Architect

Bright Vision Technologies; Woodbury (MN); Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a highly experienced Chief Software Engineer to lead enterprise-wide architectural initiatives and define long-term technology strategy. The role requires deep expertise in system design, performance engineering, and reliability architecture, with responsibility to mentor senior engineers and influence across multiple teams.

The position is 100% remote, full-time, and comes with an in-house SOW engagement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or 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 across multiple business units.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise-level architectural standards across multiple business units.
• Lead design of scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems at global scale.
• Architect multi-region platforms with strong availability and disaster recovery.
• Drive modernization including microservices and platform consolidation.
• Define API governance, data architecture, and service communication patterns.
• Design systems for extreme scalability, availability, and security.
• Lead reliability engineering and incident response improvements enterprise-wide.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to talent growth across the organization.
• Lead architectural reviews and performance audits across platforms.
• Define DevOps, CI/CD, and automation strategy across teams.

Skills

Java

Go

C++

Distributed systems

Reliability engineering

Leadership

Mentoring

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a highly experienced Chief Software Engineer to lead enterprise-wide architectural initiatives and define long-term technology strategy. The role requires deep expertise in system design, performance engineering, and reliability architecture, with responsibility to mentor senior engineers and influence across multiple teams.

The position is 100% remote, full-time, and comes with an in-house SOW engagement.