Remote Distributed Systems Architect - Microservices & Cloud

Bright Vision Technologies; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Competitive compensation

Health benefits

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a seasoned Distributed Systems Architect to lead the design and evolution of large-scale microservices built on modern cloud-native stacks.

The role requires deep expertise in service decomposition, domain-driven design, and distributed data management, with emphasis on resilience, observability, and security at scale.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on architectural leadership across complex transformations and 6+ years experience in this domain.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Eight+ years software engineering experience with architecture roles.
• Deep expertise in microservices, domain-driven design, and distributed patterns.
• Strong hands-on with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and service mesh.
• Proficiency in Java, Go, or C# and API design.
• Experience with asynchronous messaging and event-driven architectures.
• Proven ability to lead architecture initiatives across teams.
• Cloud platforms and managed services knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and evolution of large-scale microservices ecosystems on cloud-native stacks.
• Provide architectural leadership across multiple teams and projects.
• Ensure resilience, observability, and security at scale in production.
• Decide when to use microservices and how to evolve them safely over time.
• Collaborate with platform teams and stakeholders to align strategy.

Skills

Kubernetes

Microservices design

Domain-driven design

Distributed systems

Java/Go/C#

API design

Cloud platforms

Observability/Security

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/related

Tools

Istio

Linkerd

Envoy

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a seasoned Distributed Systems Architect to lead the design and evolution of large-scale microservices built on modern cloud-native stacks.

The role requires deep expertise in service decomposition, domain-driven design, and distributed data management, with emphasis on resilience, observability, and security at scale.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on architectural leadership across complex transformations and 6+ years experience in this domain.