Senior Microservices Architect - Remote, Cloud-Native

Socket.dev; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a seasoned Microservices Architect to lead the design and evolution of large-scale microservices on cloud‑native stacks. The role requires deep 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 view on when microservices are the

Qualifications

• 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 at least one major backend language such as Java, Go, or C#.
• Strong understanding 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 built on modern container platforms and cloud‑native stacks.
• Oversee service decomposition, domain‑driven design, and runtime concerns like resilience, observability and security at scale.
• Provide hands‑on architectural leadership across complex transformations and guide safe evolution to maintainability.

Skills

Microservices design

Domain-driven design

Distributed systems

API design

Event-driven architecture

Asynchronous messaging

Cloud platforms

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Kubernetes

Container orchestration

Service mesh

Java

Go

C#

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a seasoned Microservices Architect to lead the design and evolution of large-scale microservices on cloud‑native stacks. The role requires deep 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 view on when microservices are the