Remote Microservices Architect - Lead Cloud-Native Systems

Bright Vision Technologies; Canton Charter Township (MI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is 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.

Excellent communication and ability to lead architecture initiatives across multiple teams

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related discipline.
• 13+ years software engineering experience with architecture roles.
• Deep microservices design and distributed systems patterns.
• Hands-on Kubernetes and container orchestration experience.
• Proficiency in Java, Go, or C# for backend development.
• Strong API design and event-driven architectures knowledge.
• Experience operating high-traffic latency-sensitive systems.
• Cloud platforms knowledge across major providers.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to lead architecture initiatives across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and evolution of large-scale microservices ecosystems built on modern container platforms.
• Provide architectural leadership across complex transformations.
• Ensure resilience, observability, and security at scale.
• Maintainability and governance of the software estate over the long term.

Skills

Microservices architecture

Domain-driven design

Distributed systems

Resilience

Observability

Security

Architectural leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Lead architecture initiatives

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in CS

Tools

Kubernetes

Container orchestration

Service mesh

Istio

Linkerd

Envoy

AWS

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is 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.

Excellent communication and ability to lead architecture initiatives across multiple teams