Designs and leads scalable, low-latency software architectures on AWS using Node.js, TypeScript, and JavaScript. Responsibilities include multi-tenant security, PostgreSQL/Aurora data architecture, REST APIs, SDK integrations, audit and evidence systems, event-driven designs, capacity and cost modeling, architecture documentation, technical reviews, mentoring, and presenting decisions to clients. The role requires collaboration across US business hours and emphasizes technical leadership, accountability, and client-focused delivery.
Bluelight is a leading software consultancy dedicated to designing and developing innovative technology that enhances users' lives. With a steadfast commitment to delivering exceptional service to our clients, Bluelight excels in its focus on quality and customer satisfaction. Our mission is not only to create cutting-edge applications but also to foster a collaborative and enriching work environment where each team member can grow and thrive. With a presence across the United States and Central/South America, Bluelight is in an exciting phase of expansion, continually seeking exceptional talent to join its dynamic and diverse community.
We are looking for a skilled individual to join our rapidly growing team at Bluelight. This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where everyone's opinions and efforts are valued and appreciated. You will have the opportunity to contribute to challenging and meaningful projects, developing high-quality applications that stand out in the market. We value continuous learning, personal growth, and hard work, offering a collaborative environment that promotes professional development. If you are passionate about software development and eager to be part of a growing software consultancy, we invite you to apply and join us on this exciting journey.
Requirements
- 8+ years professional software development experience, with 3+ years in an architecture-focused role
- Deep experience designing low-latency service architectures in AWS, including judgment about when distributed components (queues, caches, search projections) earn their place
- Experience designing to explicit latency budgets (p95/p99), including synchronous durable commits in hot paths
- Experience designing audit/evidence systems: append-only event logs, versioned or bitemporal fact models, and deterministic historical replay
- Experience designing fail-open/fail-closed/degraded-state semantics and outage postures
- Proven experience architecting secure multi-tenant environments, including tradeoff analysis (RLS vs. schema-per-tenant vs. database-per-tenant)
- Deep experience with PostgreSQL/AuroraDB and Row-Level Security (RLS) at a data-modeling and architecture level
- Expertise in designing and building scalable RESTful APIs
- Experience architecting SDK integrations to other services
- Strong expertise in Node.js, TypeScript, and JavaScript across the stack
- Experience building capacity models and cloud cost/performance projections (AWS Well-Architected Framework)
- Experience establishing technical standards, conducting architecture and code reviews, and mentoring engineering teams
- Experience producing architecture documentation, diagrams, and technical decision records (ADRs)
- Experience presenting and defending architecture decisions in client engineering and security reviews
- Experience working with AI coding assistants as part of daily development
- Substantial background architecting large, complex systems end-to-end
- Ability to overlap US business hours
- Bachelor's degree required
- Extreme ownership and accountability for deliverables
- Client-focused dedication to team commitments
- Best practices knowledge and adherence
- Strong problem-solving ability and technical leadership skills
- Positive mindset and can-do attitude
- Meticulous attention to detail
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in compliance-sensitive or regulated domains (e.g., TCPA/DNC, fintech decisioning, audit-heavy systems)
- Experience with event-driven design, message queues, and caching strategies at scale
- Advanced degree
Company Benefits
- Competitive salary and bonuses, including performance-based salary increases.
- Generous paid-time-off policy
- Flexible working hours
- Work remotely
- Continuing education, training, conferences
- Company-sponsored coursework, exams, and certifications
Being a consultant in our team is a fun, challenging, and rewarding career choice. Your contributions are highly valued by clients, and the work you do often has a direct and significant impact on their business.
You will have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects for our incredible clients, which will accelerate your career growth. You’ll collaborate with modern technologies and work alongside some of the best professionals in the industry!
If you’re eager to be part of an exciting, challenging, and rapidly growing consultancy, we encourage you to apply. #LI-Remote
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