Remote Senior Microservices Architect - Cloud-Native Leader

Bright Vision Technologies; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 150,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a seasoned Software Architect to lead the design and evolution of large-scale microservices ecosystems built on modern container platforms and cloud-native stacks. The role requires expertise in service decomposition, domain-driven design, distributed data management, and runtime concerns such as resilience, observability, and security at scale.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on architectural leadership across complex transformations, with a clear point of

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 backend languages (e.g., Java, Go, C#).
• Strong knowledge 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and evolution of large-scale microservices ecosystems.
• Drive service decomposition and domain-driven design across platforms.
• Ensure resilience, observability, and security at scale in production.

Skills

Microservices design

Domain-driven design

Distributed systems patterns

API design

Event-driven architectures

Asynchronous messaging

Resilience, observability, security

Leadership across teams

Communication with stakeholders

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Kubernetes

Container orchestration

Service mesh technologies (Istio/Linkerd/Envoy)

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a seasoned Software Architect to lead the design and evolution of large-scale microservices ecosystems built on modern container platforms and cloud-native stacks. The role requires expertise in service decomposition, domain-driven design, distributed data management, and runtime concerns such as resilience, observability, and security at scale.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on architectural leadership across complex transformations, with a clear point of