Senior API & Microservices Architect (Remote)

Bright Vision Technologies; Kirkland (WA); Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking an experienced API Solutions Architect to lead the design of large-scale microservices on modern cloud-native stacks. This remote role requires deep expertise in service decomposition, domain-driven design, and resilient distributed systems.

You will guide architecture across teams, shaping API contracts and deployment patterns. Join a cloud-focused firm delivering scalable solutions nationwide, with emphasis on observability, security, and rapid, safe

Qualifications

• Eight+ years of software engineering experience with architecture focus.
• Deep expertise in microservices design and distributed patterns.
• Strong Kubernetes and container orchestration experience.

Responsibilities

• Define microservices architecture standards and decomposition strategies aligned with domain-driven design.
• Lead modernization of legacy monoliths into independently deployable services with clear ownership.
• Architect resilient distributed systems with circuit breakers, retries, bulkheads, and graceful degradation.
• Define data ownership, transactional boundaries, and patterns like outbox/saga/CQRS where appropriate.
• Lead design of platform capabilities including service mesh, API gateway, identity propagation, and observability.
• Drive performance engineering, capacity planning, and scalability analysis across critical service domains.
• Establish CI/CD, testing, and deployment standards for high-frequency, low-risk releases.
• Define observability standards including structured logging and distributed tracing.
• Collaborate with security teams to embed zero-trust, secrets management, and runtime protection.
• Mentor engineers and tech leads on microservices best practices and anti-patterns.
• Lead architecture reviews and provide guidance on service design across teams.
• Continuously evaluate emerging cloud-native technologies for adoption.

Skills

Microservices design

Domain-driven design

Distributed systems

Kubernetes

Java/Go/C#

API design

Event-driven

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science or related

Tools

Kubernetes

Container orchestration

Service mesh

CI/CD tooling

Cloud platforms

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking an experienced API Solutions Architect to lead the design of large-scale microservices on modern cloud-native stacks. This remote role requires deep expertise in service decomposition, domain-driven design, and resilient distributed systems.

You will guide architecture across teams, shaping API contracts and deployment patterns. Join a cloud-focused firm delivering scalable solutions nationwide, with emphasis on observability, security, and rapid, safe