Microservices Architect

Bright Vision Technologies•Piscataway Township, NJ

6d•$100,000 - $180,000•Remote

About The Position

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a seasoned Microservices Architect to lead the design and evolution of large-scale microservices ecosystems built on modern container platforms and cloud-native technology stacks. The position calls for deep expertise in service decomposition, domain-driven design, distributed data management, resilience, observability, and security at scale. The ideal candidate brings hands-on architectural leadership across complex transformations and sound judgment about when and how to adopt microservices and keep them maintainable over time. This is a full-time, direct W2 position that is 100% remote in the United States. The salary range is $100,000–$180,000 annually. Applicants may include U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, EAD holders, and H-1B transfer candidates; the company cannot sponsor new H-1B visa petitions for this position.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
12 or more years of software engineering experience, including 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.

Nice To Haves

Experience with platform engineering and internal developer platform construction.
Familiarity with Istio, Linkerd, Envoy, or comparable service mesh technologies.
Exposure to FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization at scale.
Public speaking, open-source contributions, or published technical writing.
Experience in regulated industries with strict compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

Define microservices architecture standards, service boundaries, and decomposition strategies aligned with domain-driven design principles.
Lead the modernization of legacy monoliths into well-bounded, independently deployable services with clear ownership.
Design service communication patterns using REST, gRPC, asynchronous messaging, and event streaming as appropriate.
Establish API contracts, schema governance, and versioning strategies that enable safe service evolution.
Architect resilient distributed systems using patterns such as circuit breakers, retries, bulkheads, and graceful degradation.
Define data ownership models, transactional boundaries, and patterns such as outbox, saga, and CQRS where appropriate.
Lead the design of platform capabilities including service mesh, API gateway, identity propagation, and shared observability.
Drive performance engineering, capacity planning, and scalability analysis across critical service domains.
Establish CI/CD, testing, and deployment standards optimized for high-frequency, low-risk service releases.
Define observability standards including structured logging, distributed tracing, and SLO-driven monitoring.
Collaborate with security teams to embed zero-trust principles, secrets management, and runtime protection.
Mentor engineers and tech leads on microservices best practices and anti-pattern avoidance.
Lead architecture reviews and guide service design proposals across multiple teams.
Continuously evaluate emerging cloud-native technologies for adoption based on maturity and strategic fit.