Associate Principal Engineer, Dotnet Fullstack

Nagarro; Chennai District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Nagarro is seeking an Associate Principal Engineer, Dotnet Fullstack, to lead the architectural design of multi-tier data applications and scalable cloud solutions. The role requires deep experience across .NET Core/.NET 10, C#, SQL/Oracle/PostgreSQL, and modern data architectures.

You will drive architecture decisions, mentoring teams, and ensuring delivery aligned with strategic business goals. The ideal candidate brings 11+ years of experience, strong communication, and hands-on capability to

Qualifications

• 11+ years of software engineering experience.
• Design full-stack solutions for multi-tiered modern software/data applications.
• Hands-on in .NET Core/.NET 10, ASP.NET MVC/Web API, and C#.
• Databases: SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL.
• Ability to deliver architecture diagrams and documentation.
• Strong software engineering background with focus on architecture/refactoring.
• Experience architecting AI/workflows with LangGraph/Semantic Kernel.
• Cloud design in Azure/AWS with Docker/Kubernetes.
• Data lake/warehousing/processing in the cloud.
• DevOps, CI/CD, IaC, SRE best practices.
• Roadmapping, tech choices, risk management for strategic investments.
• Strong communication/presentation skills for senior audiences.
• Security engineering awareness.

Responsibilities

• Write and review high-quality code.
• Lead architectural design for multi‑tier products and data apps.
• Provide design leadership to multiple engineering teams.
• Develop technology roadmaps and manage tech debt.
• Create PoCs to validate design/tech choices.
• Coordinate requirements, schedules, and activities for delivery.
• Lead/support UAT and production rollouts.
• Ensure architecture standards across teams and promote knowledge sharing.
• Balance architectural purity with business constraints.
• Identify opportunities to reduce tech costs and improve efficiency.

Skills

Full‑stack design

ASP.NET Core/.NET 10

C#

Cloud architectures

DevOps/CI‑CD

Data lake/data warehousing

Security engineering awareness

Architecture documentation

Agentic AI / RAG workflows

Docker/Kubernetes

LangGraph

Semantic Kernel

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science/Information Technology

Tools

LangGraph

Semantic Kernel

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Associate Principal Engineer, Dotnet Fullstack

• Full-time
• Service Region: South Asia

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 mediums, 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.
• Must have experience designing full‑stack solutions for multi‑tiered modern software and data applications.
• Must have experience with development using .NET Core .NET 10 (or .NET 4.8; we are currently upgrading), ASP.NET MVC/Web API, and C#.
• Hands on experience with database: SQL, Oracle, Postgresql.
• Should be able to deliver solutions architecture documentation and diagrams.
• Strong hands‑on Software Engineering background and a passion for innovation.
• Should have applied understanding of software architecture and refactoring patterns.
• Should have experience architecting Agentic AI and RAG workflows with technical proficiency in orchestration and agentic frameworks such as LangGraph and Semantic Kernel.
• Should have experience designing high‑availability cloud architectures on Azure/AWS, leveraging PaaS, IaaS + containerised workloads on Docker/Kubernetes.
• Should have experience designing data lake, warehousing, and data processing solutions in the Cloud.
• Should have experience in DevOps, CI/CD, IaC, and SRE best practices.
• Experience building technology roadmaps, planning the evolution of solutions, technology choices and mitigating risks/issues to progress towards a strategic vision and in support of investment cases.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills applicable to a wide audience including senior management and customers.
• Should have awareness of Security Engineering best practice.

Responsibilities

• Writing and reviewing great quality code.
• Understanding functional requirements thoroughly and analysing the client’s needs in the context of the project.
• 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.
• Develop proof of concept solutions to validate design / technology choices, approaches, and patterns, in collaboration with engineering team members.
• Solve problems, promote knowledge sharing and maintain architecture standards across engineering teams.
• Prepare and maintain technology roadmaps from current to target state.
• Proactively research, monitor, learn, and assess industry trends, alternative technologies, and solutions, in support of business growth.
• Advanced problem‑solving experience, leading teams in identifying, researching, and coordinating the resources necessary to effectively diagnose and troubleshoot complex project issues.
• Strong modelling capability with the ability to clearly represent complex ideas graphically.
• 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.
• Ability to balance architectural purity with constraints and commercial goals.
• Identify opportunities to reduce technology costs and increase business efficiency.
• Envisioning the overall solution for defined functional and non‑functional requirements, and being able to define technologies, patterns and frameworks to realize it.
• Determining and implementing design methodologies and tool sets.
• Enabling application development by coordinating requirements, schedules, and activities.
• Being able to lead/support UAT and production roll outs.
• Creating, understanding and validating WBS and estimated effort for given module/task, and being able to justify it.
• Addressing issues promptly, responding positively to setbacks and challenges with a mindset of continuous improvement.
• Giving constructive feedback to the team members and setting clear expectations.
• Helping the team troubleshoot and resolve complex bugs.
• Coming up with solutions to any issue that is raised during code/design review and being able to justify the decision taken.

Education

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.