Remote Principal Applications Engineer - Architecture Leader

Bright Vision Technologies; United States; 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 individual technical contribution within the organization, requiring deep expertise and cross-organizational leadership.

The ideal candidate will drive strategic engineering decisions, mentor senior engineers, and collaborate

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Ten+ 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.
• Mentoring senior engineers and shaping engineering culture.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide architectural initiatives and define long-term technology strategy.
• Deliver highly scalable, resilient distributed systems across platforms.
• Serve as technical authority and mentor senior engineers across teams.
• Drive strategic engineering decisions and influence across multiple business units.

Skills

Distributed systems

Java

Go

C++

Mentoring

Leadership

Reliability engineering

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS

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 individual technical contribution within the organization, requiring deep expertise and cross-organizational leadership.

The ideal candidate will drive strategic engineering decisions, mentor senior engineers, and collaborate