Backend Solutions Architect

About the role

The Backend Solutions Architect (Senior Backend Engineer) will design, build, and operate large‑scale, high‑throughput distributed backend services that power mission‑critical workloads, architect core platforms for other engineering teams, lead architecture reviews, mentor engineers, and collaborate with SRE and platform teams to ensure reliability and shape multi‑year technical roadmaps.

About the company

Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development firm that delivers cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States, positioning itself as an established, well‑respected organization with strong career‑growth potential.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
• Six or more years of professional backend engineering experience, with significant time on distributed systems.
• Strong programming skills in Java, Go, Scala, or similar.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts, including consensus, replication, and CAP trade‑offs.
• Hands‑on experience with high‑throughput message systems such as Kafka.
• Experience operating systems at scale, including capacity planning and performance tuning.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with both relational and NoSQL data stores.
• Hands‑on experience with major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Strong debugging and root‑cause analysis skills.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and mentorship skills.
• Experience leading complex technical initiatives across multiple teams (preferred).
• Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes‑based platforms in production (preferred).
• Exposure to service‑mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd) (preferred).
• Familiarity with chaos engineering practices and tools (preferred).
• Open‑source contributions to relevant distributed systems projects (preferred).