Staff Applications Engineer

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Durham, NC, USA
In-Office
150K-190K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • Software • Consulting
The Role
Provides technical leadership across engineering teams by defining architecture, technical strategy, engineering standards, and roadmaps. Leads complex distributed-system and cloud-native initiatives from design through production, mentors senior engineers, drives scalability, reliability, security, CI/CD, observability, and operational improvements, leads incident response, conducts architecture reviews and code reviews, and partners with product and executive stakeholders on technology decisions.
Summary Generated by Built In

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: Staff Applications Engineer

Location: 100% Remote (U.S.)
Position Type: Full-time, Direct W2
Salary Range: $150,000–$190,000 Annually
Experience Required: 10+ 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 Staff Applications Engineer with 10+ years of professional software engineering experience to provide deep technical leadership across multiple engineering teams and drive the design and execution of complex, cross-functional initiatives. As a Staff Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in defining technical strategy, shaping architecture, establishing engineering best practices, and delivering scalable, high-quality software solutions that support long-term business objectives.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead the architecture, design, and execution of large-scale, cross-team engineering initiatives from concept through production.
  • Define architectural standards, engineering principles, and reusable design patterns adopted across multiple product and platform teams.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to senior engineers, influencing engineering excellence across the organization.
  • Lead architecture reviews, technical design discussions, and engineering decision-making for mission-critical systems.
  • Translate long-term technology strategy into executable engineering roadmaps and technical initiatives.
  • Drive improvements in scalability, reliability, performance, security, and maintainability of critical applications and platforms.
  • Lead incident response for high-impact production issues and establish processes for continuous operational improvement.
  • Collaborate closely with engineering leadership, product management, architects, and executive stakeholders to align technical strategy with business priorities.
  • Establish and maintain engineering best practices for software development, testing, documentation, CI/CD, observability, and operational excellence.
  • Conduct code reviews and contribute hands-on development to high-impact components where technical leadership is most valuable.
  • Raise the engineering hiring bar by participating in technical interviews, mentoring interviewers, and improving hiring processes.
  • Represent engineering in cross-functional planning, prioritization, and roadmap discussions, helping stakeholders make informed technical decisions.
  • Author and review architecture documents, technical RFCs, design specifications, and architecture decision records (ADRs) to create lasting technical documentation.
Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
  • 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant experience leading large-scale, cross-functional engineering initiatives.
  • Proven success designing and delivering complex distributed systems, cloud-native applications, or large-scale enterprise platforms.
  • Deep expertise in one or more areas including distributed systems, cloud platforms, microservices architecture, or large-scale data systems.
  • Strong programming skills in at least one modern backend language such as Java, C#, Go, Python, or C++.
  • Extensive experience with system architecture, software design patterns, scalability, reliability, and performance optimization.
  • Demonstrated experience mentoring senior engineers and providing technical leadership across multiple engineering teams.
  • Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, observability, monitoring, and operational excellence.
  • Excellent communication, collaboration, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience leading enterprise-scale platform modernization or digital transformation initiatives.
  • Public technical contributions such as conference presentations, open-source projects, technical blogs, or published papers.
  • Hands-on experience operating and supporting high-scale production systems.
  • Experience influencing engineering organizations, technology strategy, and software architecture across multiple teams.
  • Familiarity with FinOps, cloud cost optimization, and cost-aware engineering practices.
  • Experience with Kubernetes, containerization, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation), and modern cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
How to Apply

Would you like to learn more about this opportunity? For immediate consideration, please send your resume to [email protected] or contact us at (908) 505-3545.

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, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline
  • 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Experience leading large-scale, cross-functional engineering initiatives
  • Experience designing and delivering complex distributed systems, cloud-native applications, or large-scale enterprise platforms
  • Deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud platforms, microservices architecture, or large-scale data systems
  • Strong programming skills in at least one of Java, C#, Go, Python, or C++
  • Experience with system architecture, software design patterns, scalability, reliability, and performance optimization
  • Experience mentoring senior engineers and providing technical leadership across multiple engineering teams
  • Understanding of cloud infrastructure, DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, observability, monitoring, and operational excellence
  • Excellent communication, collaboration, analytical, and problem-solving skills
  • Experience leading enterprise-scale platform modernization or digital transformation initiatives
  • Public technical contributions such as conference presentations, open-source projects, technical blogs, or published papers
  • Hands-on experience operating and supporting high-scale production systems
  • Experience influencing engineering organizations, technology strategy, and software architecture across multiple teams
  • Familiarity with FinOps, cloud cost optimization, and cost-aware engineering practices
  • Experience with Kubernetes, containerization, Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or CloudFormation, and AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
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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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