Remote Senior Principal Engineer - Scale & Architecture

Bright Vision Technologies; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer to lead enterprise-wide architectural initiatives, define long-term strategy, and deliver scalable, resilient distributed systems. This role requires deep expertise in system design, performance engineering, and cross-organizational leadership.

The ideal candidate will mentor and elevate senior engineers, drive strategic engineering decisions across multiple teams, and contribute to shaping a culture of technical excellence within

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or 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 and define long-term technology strategy.
• Deliver highly scalable, resilient distributed systems across platforms and teams.
• Act as technical authority, guide decisions, and mentor senior engineers.
• Champion reliability engineering practices and drive cross-organizational collaboration.

Skills

Distributed systems

Architectural leadership

Java

Go

C++

Performance tuning

Mentoring

Cross-team collaboration

System reliability

Written communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer to lead enterprise-wide architectural initiatives, define long-term strategy, and deliver scalable, resilient distributed systems. This role requires deep expertise in system design, performance engineering, and cross-organizational leadership.

The ideal candidate will mentor and elevate senior engineers, drive strategic engineering decisions across multiple teams, and contribute to shaping a culture of technical excellence within