.NET Solution Architect (Hands-On)

Experience : 9+ years

Location : Trivandrum, Kochi, Chennai, Bangalore

Job Summary :

Own the end-to-end technical architecture of our enterprise .NET applications while remaining hands-on in development. The role combines architectural ownership with practical engineering, requiring proven experience in distributed systems design, cloud platforms, and applying AI technologies in production software.

Key Responsibilities :

- Define and own end-to-end architecture: service boundaries, data models, integration patterns, deployment topology.

- Stay hands on reference implementations, technical spikes, critical-path code, and cross-team code reviews.

- Set and enforce non-functional requirements: performance, scalability, availability, security, and operating cost.

- Drive AI-assisted development across the team and guide how AI/LLM services are integrated into applications.

- Lead cloud adoption and modernisation, including migration of legacy .NET Framework workloads.

- Produce architecture decision records, technical documentation, and engineering standards.

- Mentor senior engineers and raise the standard of technical design across engineering.

Technical Skills (Mandatory) :

- Languages/Frameworks : C#, .NET 8/9, Entity Framework Core.

- Architecture : Microservices, modular monolith, DDD, event-driven, CQRS, REST, gRPC, resilience patterns (circuit breaker, retry, bulkhead).

- Cloud : Azure (App Service, Functions, Container Apps, AKS, Storage, Key Vault, API Management) or equivalent depth in AWS/GCP.

- Messaging : Deep knowledge of one platform Service Bus, Kafka, or RabbitMQ.

- Databases/Caching : One relational + non-relational store (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Cosmos DB), Redis, query optimisation.

- AI/ML : Azure OpenAI, Semantic Kernel, RAG, vector search (Azure AI Search/pgvector), prompt engineering, agentic workflows, tool/function calling, MCP.

- DevOps : Docker, CI/CD (Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions), IaC concepts (Bicep/Terraform).

- Security : OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, secrets management, OWASP Top 10.

Experience Requirements :

- Proven ownership of end-to-end architecture for production systems at scale.

- Substantial hands-on development experience this is not a documentation-only role.

- Demonstrated use of AI tools in daily development and building/integrating AI/LLM-enabled features.

- In-depth production experience with at least one major cloud platform (Azure preferred).

- Experience mentoring senior engineers and leading technical design reviews.

- Strong written and verbal communication skills for both technical and business stakeholders.