Staff Applications Engineer

Bright Vision Technologies • Apex, MO

5d • $150,000 - $190,000 • Remote

About The Position

We are seeking a highly experienced Staff Applications Engineer with 10+ years of professional software engineering experience to provide deep technical leadership across multiple engineering teams and drive the design and execution of complex, cross-functional initiatives. As a Staff Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in defining technical strategy, shaping architecture, establishing engineering best practices, and delivering scalable, high-quality software solutions that support long-term business objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant experience leading large-scale, cross-functional engineering initiatives.
• Proven success designing and delivering complex distributed systems, cloud-native applications, or large-scale enterprise platforms.
• Deep expertise in one or more areas including distributed systems, cloud platforms, microservices architecture, or large-scale data systems.
• Strong programming skills in at least one modern backend language such as Java, C#, Go, Python, or C++.
• Extensive experience with system architecture, software design patterns, scalability, reliability, and performance optimization.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring senior engineers and providing technical leadership across multiple engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, observability, monitoring, and operational excellence.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading enterprise-scale platform modernization or digital transformation initiatives.
• Public technical contributions such as conference presentations, open-source projects, technical blogs, or published papers.
• Hands-on experience operating and supporting high-scale production systems.
• Experience influencing engineering organizations, technology strategy, and software architecture across multiple teams.
• Familiarity with FinOps, cloud cost optimization, and cost-aware engineering practices.
• Experience with Kubernetes, containerization, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation), and modern cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and execution of large-scale, cross-team engineering initiatives from concept through production.
• Define architectural standards, engineering principles, and reusable design patterns adopted across multiple product and platform teams.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to senior engineers, influencing engineering excellence across the organization.
• Lead architecture reviews, technical design discussions, and engineering decision-making for mission-critical systems.
• Translate long-term technology strategy into executable engineering roadmaps and technical initiatives.
• Drive improvements in scalability, reliability, performance, security, and maintainability of critical applications and platforms.
• Lead incident response for high-impact production issues and establish processes for continuous operational improvement.
• Collaborate closely with engineering leadership, product management, architects, and executive stakeholders to align technical strategy with business priorities.
• Establish and maintain engineering best practices for software development, testing, documentation, CI/CD, observability, and operational excellence.
• Conduct code reviews and contribute hands-on development to high-impact components where technical leadership is most valuable.
• Raise the engineering hiring bar by participating in technical interviews, mentoring interviewers, and improving hiring processes.
• Represent engineering in cross-functional planning, prioritization, and roadmap discussions, helping stakeholders make informed technical decisions.
• Author and review architecture documents, technical RFCs, design specifications, and architecture decision records (ADRs) to create lasting technical documentation.

Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer
• Commitment to equal employment opportunity (EEO) for all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status as defined by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
• Prohibition of workplace harassment or discrimination.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree