Remote Distributed Systems Architect: Microservices & Cloud

Bright Vision Technologies; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a seasoned Distributed Systems Architect to lead large-scale microservices ecosystems on cloud-native stacks. You will drive service decomposition, domain-driven design, and architecture governance across teams, with emphasis on resilience, observability, and security at scale.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years of software engineering and multiple years in architecture roles, deep Kubernetes and service mesh experience, and proficiency in Java, Go, or C#.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
• Eight or more years of software engineering experience, with several years in architecture roles.
• Deep expertise in microservices design, domain-driven design, and distributed systems patterns.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and service mesh technologies.
• Proficiency in at least one major backend language such as Java, Go, or C#.
• Strong understanding of API design, event‑driven architectures, 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.

Skills

Distributed systems

Microservices

Domain-driven design

Kubernetes

Container orchestration

Service mesh

Java

Go

C#

API design

Event-driven architectures

Asynchronous messaging

Cloud platforms

High-traffic systems

Cloud-native

Education

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

Tools

Kubernetes

Istio

Envoy

Linkerd

Service mesh technologies

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a seasoned Distributed Systems Architect to lead large-scale microservices ecosystems on cloud-native stacks. You will drive service decomposition, domain-driven design, and architecture governance across teams, with emphasis on resilience, observability, and security at scale.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years of software engineering and multiple years in architecture roles, deep Kubernetes and service mesh experience, and proficiency in Java, Go, or C#.