Remote Principal Engineer — Enterprise-Scale Architect

Bright Vision Technologies; Chesterfield (MO); Remote; USD 245,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a highly experienced Technical Principal Engineer to lead architectural initiatives and define long-term technology strategy for scalable, resilient systems across the enterprise.

The role requires deep expertise in system design, performance engineering, reliability architecture, and cross-organizational leadership, with a focus on mentoring senior engineers and elevating engineering culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a 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.
• Define long-term technology strategy and drive critical outcomes.
• Deliver highly scalable, resilient distributed systems.
• Mentor and elevate senior engineers across the organization.
• Serve as a technical authority across multiple teams and platforms.

Skills

Distributed systems design

Architectural leadership

Mentoring engineers

Cross-team leadership

Performance tuning

Reliability engineering

System design

Excellent communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Master’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Java

Go

C++

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a highly experienced Technical Principal Engineer to lead architectural initiatives and define long-term technology strategy for scalable, resilient systems across the enterprise.

The role requires deep expertise in system design, performance engineering, reliability architecture, and cross-organizational leadership, with a focus on mentoring senior engineers and elevating engineering culture.