Chief Software Engineer

Bright Vision Technologies•Centennial, CO

1d•$100,000 - $150,000•Remote

About The Position

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a highly experienced Chief Software Engineer to lead enterprise-wide architectural initiatives, define long-term technology strategy, and deliver scalable, resilient distributed systems. This is the organization’s highest level of individual technical contribution, combining deep expertise in system design, performance engineering, and reliability architecture with cross-organizational technical leadership. The role will guide strategic engineering decisions, serve as a technical authority across teams and platforms, and mentor senior engineers. This is a full-time, direct W-2 position with Bright Vision Technologies, performed 100% remotely in the continental United States. The work is part of the company’s in-house Statement of Work engagement, with no third-party client, vendor, or implementation partner. The company does not engage in C2C or 1099 arrangements and does not offer new H-1B sponsorship; qualified candidates who need an H-1B transfer may apply. A technical coding assessment is mandatory.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a 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 enterprise-scale architectural decision-making.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Track record of mentoring senior engineers and shaping engineering culture.

Nice To Haves

Public technical contributions, such as papers, talks, or open-source leadership.
Experience driving multi-year transformation programs.
Familiarity with FinOps and large-scale cost optimization.
Exposure to regulated industries such as financial services, healthcare, or government.
An advanced degree or equivalent industry recognition.

Responsibilities

Define enterprise-level architectural standards, system design principles, and engineering guardrails across business units.
Lead the design and implementation of highly scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems operating at global scale.
Architect multi-region and globally distributed platforms, emphasizing availability, durability, and disaster recovery.
Drive enterprise modernization initiatives, including microservices transformation, platform consolidation, and legacy decommissioning.
Define API governance, data architecture, and service communication patterns across the engineering organization.
Design systems for scalability, availability, and security, including capacity planning and resilience modeling.
Evaluate and select high-performance data storage solutions for different workload classes.
Lead reliability engineering and incident response improvements across the organization.
Conduct architectural reviews and performance audits across multiple platforms.
Guide engineering teams on concurrency, scalability, observability, and optimization strategies.
Design enterprise-scale observability and monitoring frameworks and standards for metrics, logs, and traces across teams and production environments.
Define DevOps, CI/CD, and automation strategy across engineering teams and platforms.
Partner with executive leadership and product management on technology roadmap decisions.
Mentor Staff and Senior Engineers and contribute to talent development across the organization.
Drive innovation and evaluate emerging technologies for strategic adoption.
Lead resolution of critical production issues requiring deep architectural insight.