Chief Software Engineer

Bright Vision Technologies•Highlands Ranch, CO

2d•$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 highest level of individual technical contribution within the organization, combining deep technical expertise in system design, performance engineering, and reliability architecture with cross-organizational leadership. The engineer will guide strategic decisions across teams and platforms and mentor senior engineers. This is a full-time, direct W-2 position with Bright Vision Technologies, working remotely within the continental United States on the company’s in-house Statement of Work engagement. There is no third-party client, vendor, or implementation partner. The salary range is $100,000–$150,000. No new H-1B sponsorship is available, but qualified candidates needing 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.
At least 10 years of professional software engineering experience.
Proven expertise designing high-scale distributed 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.
Must be willing to work directly as a full-time W-2 employee and contribute to in-house SOW deliverables.
Must complete a mandatory technical coding assessment.

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.
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, globally distributed platforms with strong availability, durability, and disaster-recovery capabilities.
Drive enterprise modernization, including microservices transformation, platform consolidation, and legacy-system decommissioning.
Define API governance, data architecture, and service communication patterns across the engineering organization.
Design for scalability, availability, and security, including capacity planning and resilience modeling.
Evaluate and select high-performance data storage solutions for different workload classes.
Improve reliability engineering and incident response practices across the enterprise.
Conduct architectural reviews and performance audits across platforms.
Guide teams on concurrency, scalability, observability, and optimization strategies.
Design enterprise-scale observability and monitoring frameworks and standards for metrics, logs, and traces.
Define DevOps, CI/CD, and automation strategy across teams and platforms.
Partner with executive leadership and product management on technology roadmaps.
Mentor Staff and Senior Engineers and support talent development across the organization.
Drive innovation and evaluate emerging technologies for strategic adoption.
Lead resolution of critical production issues requiring deep architectural insight.