Principal Software Engineer

Bright Vision Technologies is a forward-thinking software development company dedicated to building innovative solutions that help businesses automate and optimize their operations. We leverage cutting-edge technologies to create scalable, secure, and user-friendly applications. As we continue to grow, we’re looking for a skilled Principal Software Engineer to join our dynamic team and contribute to our mission of transforming business processes through technology. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and well-respected organization offering tremendous career growth potential. **Job Title:** Principal Software Engineer **Location:** 100% Remote (Continental United States) **Position Type:** In-house Bright Vision Technologies SOW engagement (no third-party client or vendor) **Experience:** 10+ years Salary: 100K to 150K **Sponsorship:** No new H1B sponsorship available. H1B transfers welcomed for qualified candidates. **Employment Type:** Full-time, direct W2 with Bright Vision Technologies (no C2C, no 1099, no third-party) **Engagement:** Long-term, multi-year, aligned to the Bright Vision SOW delivery roadmap **Compensation:** Competitive base salary commensurate with experience, plus benefits. **Employment Terms & Visa Policy** **This is a 100% remote, full-time, direct W2 position with Bright Vision Technologies.** **This role is part of Bright Vision Technologies’ in-house Statement of Work (SOW) engagement.** The client, end customer, and employer for this position is Bright Vision Technologies — there is no third-party client, vendor, or implementation partner involved. We do not engage in C2C, 1099, or third-party arrangements for this role. **BUT STRICTLY NO C2C/1099/3RD PARTY COMPANIES. ALL OUR ROLES ARE W2 AND NO 3RD PARTY BROKERING PLEASE.** Candidates must be willing to work directly as a full-time W2 employee of Bright Vision Technologies and contribute to our in-house SOW deliverables. No new H1B sponsorship is available for this role. **However, candidates who are currently on a valid H1B visa and require a transfer are welcome to apply. We will support H1B transfers for qualified candidates.** For every role, a technical coding assessment is mandatory. Please apply only if you are confident in your technical abilities and hands-on experience. **Job Summary** We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Software Engineer to lead enterprise-wide architectural initiatives, define long-term technology strategy, and deliver highly scalable, resilient distributed systems. This role represents the highest level of individual technical contribution within the organization, requiring deep expertise in system design, performance engineering, reliability architecture, and cross-organizational technical leadership. The ideal candidate will drive strategic engineering decisions, serve as a technical authority across multiple teams and platforms, and combine deep technical mastery with mature judgment, broad influence, and the ability to mentor and elevate senior engineers across the organization. **Key Responsibilities** - Define enterprise-level architectural standards, system design principles, and engineering guardrails that shape engineering work across multiple business units. - Lead the design and implementation of highly scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems that operate at global scale. - Architect multi-region, fault-tolerant, and globally distributed platforms with rigorous attention to availability, durability, and disaster recovery. - Drive enterprise modernization initiatives, including microservices transformation, platform consolidation, and legacy decommissioning. - Define API governance, data architecture, and service communication patterns adopted across the engineering organization. - Design systems for extreme scalability, availability, and security, including detailed capacity planning and resilience modeling. - Evaluate and select high-performance data storage solutions appr…