Senior Principal Engineer

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Ashburn, VA, USA
In-Office
175K-200K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • Software • Consulting
The Role
Lead enterprise architecture and technology strategy, design and deliver highly scalable, resilient distributed systems, drive cross-team technical initiatives, mentor senior engineers, and own performance, reliability, and optimization at enterprise scale.
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Senior Principal Engineer – Remote 
Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States. 
 
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and well-respected organization offering tremendous career growth potential. 
Job Title: Senior Principal Engineer
Location: 100% Remote (United States)
Position Type: Full-time, Direct W2
Salary Range: $175,000–$200,000 Annually
Experience: 6+ years
Sponsorship: U.S. Citizens, Green Card Holders, EAD Holders, and H-1B transfer candidates are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor new H-1B visa petitions for this position. 
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.

 
Required Qualifications
  • 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.
Preferred Qualifications
  • 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.
How to Apply
Would you like to know more about this opportunity? For immediate consideration, please send your resume to[email protected] or contact us at (908) 650-6699. Learn more about Bright Vision Technologies at www.bvteck.com. 
 
Bright Vision Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 


 

Skills Required

  • 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.

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The Company
53 Employees
Year Founded: 2020

What We Do

Bright Vision Technologies is a minority-owned organization founded in July 2020 and based in New Jersey, USA. The company specializes in delivering top-tier staffing and IT consulting services, including custom computer programming and systems design. Additionally, they are a product engineering firm with a flagship AI-powered talent intelligence and enterprise automation platform called Lumina, which helps transform IT into a strategic asset for their valued partners.

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