Senior Principal Engineer - Cloud-Scale Systems (Remote)

Bright Vision Technologies; Round Rock (TX); On-site; USD 245,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a highly experienced Principal Software Engineer to lead architectural initiatives and define long-term technology strategy. You will deliver highly scalable, resilient distributed systems and mentor engineers across teams.

This role represents the highest level of technical contribution, requiring deep expertise in system design, performance engineering, and cross-organizational leadership within an established organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline.
• 10+ 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 multiple teams.
• Mentor senior engineers and elevate engineering culture across the organization.
• Drive architectural decisions with deep technical mastery and broad influence.

Skills

Java

Go

C++

Distributed systems

Reliability engineering

Mentoring

Cross-team leadership

Performance tuning

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a highly experienced Principal Software Engineer to lead architectural initiatives and define long-term technology strategy. You will deliver highly scalable, resilient distributed systems and mentor engineers across teams.

This role represents the highest level of technical contribution, requiring deep expertise in system design, performance engineering, and cross-organizational leadership within an established organization.