Cloud-Native Architect

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Bright Vision TechnologiesTechnology Consulting
100% Remote (U.S.)Full-TimeSenior
Salary100,000 - 150,000 USD per year
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Job Details

Experience
6+ years
Required Skills
JavaKubernetesC#GoMicroservicesDistributed Systems

Requirements

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

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.
  • Design service communication patterns leveraging REST, gRPC, asynchronous messaging, and event streaming.
  • Architect resilient distributed systems incorporating circuit breakers, retries, and bulkheads.
  • Lead the design of platform capabilities including service mesh, API gateway, and shared observability.
  • Establish CI/CD and deployment standards optimized for high-frequency, low-risk releases.
  • Collaborate with security teams to ensure zero-trust principles and secrets management are embedded.
  • Mentor engineers and tech leads on microservices best practices and anti-pattern avoidance.
  • Lead architecture reviews and provide guidance on service design proposals across multiple teams.
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