Senior Cloud-Native Architect: Kubernetes & Microservices

Socket.dev; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States.

We are seeking a seasoned Cloud-Native Architect to lead the design and evolution of large-scale microservices ecosystems built on modern container platforms and cloud-native technology stacks. This remote role demands strong leadership of architecture initiatives and collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in CS or related; 8+ years in software engineering with architecture focus.
• Deep microservices, DDD, and distributed systems expertise.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and service mesh technologies.
• Strong API design and event-driven architectures.
• Experience operating high-traffic, latency-sensitive systems.

Responsibilities

• Define microservices architecture standards, service boundaries, and decomposition strategies aligned with domain-driven design principles.
• Lead modernization of legacy monoliths into independently deployable services with clear ownership.
• Design service communication patterns using REST, gRPC, asynchronous messaging, and event streaming.
• Establish API contracts, schema governance, and versioning strategies for safe evolution of services.
• Architect resilient distributed systems with circuit breakers, retries, bulkheads, and graceful degradation.
• Define data ownership models and patterns such as outbox, saga, and 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 with SLO-driven monitoring.
• Collaborate with security teams to ensure zero-trust principles and runtime protection are embedded.
• Mentor engineers and tech leads on microservices best practices and anti-patterns.
• Lead architecture reviews and provide guidance on service designs across teams.
• Continuously evaluate emerging cloud-native technologies for strategic fit.

Skills

Microservices design

Domain-driven design

Distributed systems patterns

Kubernetes

Container orchestration

Service mesh

Backend languages (Java/Go/C#)

API design

Stakeholder management

Leadership architecture initiatives

Education

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

Tools

Istio/Linkerd/Envoy

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States.

We are seeking a seasoned Cloud-Native Architect to lead the design and evolution of large-scale microservices ecosystems built on modern container platforms and cloud-native technology stacks. This remote role demands strong leadership of architecture initiatives and collaboration across teams.