Principal Applications Engineer - Remote Architect

Bright Vision Technologies; Artesia, Cerritos (CA, CA); Remote; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a highly experienced Principal Applications Engineer to lead enterprise-wide architectural initiatives, define long-term technology strategy, and deliver scalable, resilient distributed systems.

This role represents the highest level of technical contribution and requires deep expertise across system design, performance engineering, reliability, and cross-organizational leadership.

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.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide architectural initiatives and strategy.
• Define long-term technology direction for scalable distributed systems.
• Mentor senior engineers and elevate engineering talent.
• Collaborate across teams and platforms to drive technical decisions.
• Ensure reliability and performance through architecture and design.

Skills

Java

Go

C++

Distributed systems

Performance tuning

Cross-team leadership

Architectural decisions

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a highly experienced Principal Applications Engineer to lead enterprise-wide architectural initiatives, define long-term technology strategy, and deliver scalable, resilient distributed systems.

This role represents the highest level of technical contribution and requires deep expertise across system design, performance engineering, reliability, and cross-organizational leadership.