Principal Software Engineer

Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States. They are seeking a highly experienced Principal Software Engineer to lead architectural initiatives and drive technology strategy within the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Lead enterprise-wide architectural initiatives
• Define long-term technology strategy
• Deliver highly scalable, resilient distributed systems
• Drive strategic engineering decisions
• Serve as a technical authority across multiple teams and platforms
• Mentor and elevate senior engineers across the organization

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 architectural decision-making at enterprise scale
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Track record of mentoring senior engineers and shaping engineering culture
• Public technical contributions (papers, talks, OSS leadership)
• Experience driving multi-year transformation programs
• Familiarity with FinOps and large-scale cost optimization
• Exposure to regulated industries (financial services, healthcare, government)
• Advanced degree or equivalent industry recognition