Associate Principal Engineer, Dotnet AI Architect

👋🏼 We're Nagarro. We are a Digital Product Engineering company that is scaling in a big way! We build products, services, and experiences that inspire, excite, and delight. We work at scale — across all devices and digital , and our people exist everywhere in the world (18000+ experts across 40 countries, to be exact). Our work culture is dynamic and non-hierarchical. We're looking for great new colleagues. That's where you come in. REQUIREMENTS: Total experience 11+ years Strong working experience with architecture and development in C#,.net core,.net framework, entity framework, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web API and unit testing. Should have experience of designing full-stack solutions for multi-tiered modern software and data applications. Develop proof of concept solutions to validate design / technology choices, approaches, and patterns, in collaboration with engineering team members. Strong hands-on Software Engineering background and a passion for innovation. Applied understanding of software architecture and refactoring patterns. Deliver solutions architecture documentation and diagrams. Well versed with front end technologies like HTML5, CSS JavaScript, React framework. Strong knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming System, Microservices architecture (MSA), Rest and Service-oriented architecture. Should have experience with Azure DevOps or CI/CD tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Git, Azure DevOps, PowerShell, NPM, Terraform, ARM, IIS. Hands on experience in database like SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL Good understanding of design patterns, Concurrent design and multithreading. Strong troubleshooting skills in different disparate technologies and environments. Should have experience of architecting some AI related solution using AI assisted coding tools like Claude, exposure on working on solution where AI integration was involved. You will have a good understanding of MCP, prompt / context Engineering, model families and the risks and ethical considerations associated with LLMs. Should have experience in the design and delivery of high availability cloud architectures on Azure/AWS, leveraging PaaS, IaaS + containerised workloads on Docker/Kubernetes. Should have experience of designing data lake, warehousing, and data processing solutions in the Cloud. Must have experience of DevOps, CI/CD, IaC, and SRE best practices. Should have advanced problem-solving experience, leading teams in identifying, researching, and coordinating the resources necessary to effectively diagnose and troubleshoot complex project issues. Should have strong modelling capability with the ability to clearly represent complex ideas graphically. Should be able to provide guidance to engineering teams and partner closely with data/product stakeholders to lead solutions design across a range of initiatives, multiple functional groups, and departments in an agile environment. Should have ability to balance architectural purity with constraints and commercial goals. Must have experience of building technology roadmaps, planning the evolution of solutions, technology choices and mitigation of risks/issues to progress towards a strategic vision and in support of investment cases. Should have awareness of Security Engineering best practices. Clarity of thought and strong communication skills to effectively pitch solutions. Ability to explore and grasp new technologies. Mentoring your team members in projects and helping them keep up with new technologies. Empowering the team members to be solution providers and enable a flat environment where everyone’s point of view is considered and feedback is encouraged. Should have strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills applicable to a wide audience including senior management and customers. RESPONSIBILITIES: Provide proactive design leadership and direction to multiple engineering teams, maintaining effective partnerships with engineering leaders and Product managers. Lead the architectural design of multi-tiered products and data applications to meet stakeholder requirements across multiple projects and investments. Proactively manage the applications portfolio to address technology debt, mitigate risks and progress the technology stack. Understanding the client’s business use cases and technical requirements and be able to convert them into technical design which elegantly meets the requirements Mapping decisions with requirements and be able to translate the same to developers Identifying different solutions and being able to narrow down the best option that meets the client’s requirements Defining guidelines and benchmarks for NFR considerations during project implementation Writing and reviewing design document explaining overall architecture, framework, and high-level design of the application for the developers Reviewing architecture and design on various aspects like extensibility, scalability, security, design patterns, user experience, NFRs, etc., and ensure that all relevant best practices are followed Developing and designing the overall solution for defined functional and non-functional requirements; and defining technologies, patterns, and frameworks to materialize it Understanding and relating technology integration scenarios and applying these learnings in projects Resolving issues that are raised during code/review, through exhaustive systematic analysis of the root cause, and being able to justify the decision taken Carrying out POCs to make sure that suggested design/technologies meet the requirements Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.