Associate Principal Engineer (Solution Architect)

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In a changing and evolving world, challenges are ever more unique and complex.

Nagarro

Employee count: 5000+

China only

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The Associate Principal Engineer (Solution Architect) will lead a team of Full stack Platform Engineers in a technical lead capacity, setting direction, making architectural decisions, and guiding implementation. This is a hands-on technical leadership position with a strong emphasis on architecture, integration design, and stakeholder communication.

Requirements

Proven experience as a solution or platform architect in cloud-native environments
Ability to define and document technical direction through Architectural Decision Records (ADRs)
Experience translating global technical strategies into region-specific implementations
Strong understanding of system integration patterns, API design, and distributed systems
Track record of leading technical teams without formal management authority
Deep understanding of CIAM concepts: OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, federation, SSO
Experience with China-compatible identity providers, preferably Authing or Alibaba IDaaS
Ability to design identity architectures that bridge China-local and global identity systems
Understanding of Auth0 (or similar global IDP) to ensure compatibility with WSA's existing setup
Knowledge of Chinese data residency and privacy regulations affecting identity management
Strong experience with Microsoft Azure (ideally 21Vianet) and Alibaba Cloud
Deep Kubernetes knowledge: architecture, networking, security, multi-cluster patterns
Infrastructure-as-code proficiency (Terraform, Pulumi, or similar)
Understanding of China-specific cloud constraints (ICP, Great Firewall, data sovereignty)
Familiarity with C#/.NET backend architecture
Understanding of React frontend architecture for the online fitting application
Experience with CI/CD pipeline design and deployment strategies
Knowledge of monitoring and observability architecture (Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor)
Excellent written and verbal English for regular communication with HQ R&D teams
Ability to produce clear technical documentation, design proposals, and architecture diagrams
Experience working across time zones and cultures with distributed engineering teams
Comfortable presenting technical concepts to both engineering and non-technical stakeholders

Benefits

Generous Paid Time Off

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About the job

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May 26, 2026

Posted on

Mar 27, 2026

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid-level

Location requirements

China

Hiring timezones

China +/- 0 hours

About Nagarro

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In a changing and evolving world, challenges are ever more unique and complex. Nagarro (Frankfurt: NA9) helps to transform, adapt, and build new ways into the future through a forward thinking, agile and caring mindset. We excel at digital product engineering and deliver on our promise of thinking breakthroughs. Today, we are 8,400+ experts across 26 countries, forming a Nation of Nagarrians, ready to help our customers succeed.

To be one of us is to embrace challenge, embody intelligence, and move quickly. It means you see technology as a means, but the end is always making an impact in our clients' most pressing challenges. We want you to feel empowered, be free to embrace your inner-entrepreneur, and drive to deliver solutions that you are proud of. This is what CARING is all about.

We are shaping the company of tomorrow

Challenging projects

We create the solutions of tomorrow and are always thinking breakthroughs. Does this sound like you?

Giving Back

Our culture goes beyond work and we actively embrace the challenge of making the world a better place.

Flat hierarchy

We empower our colleagues to be brave, creative, entrepreneurial, agile and responsible.

Education

The world and technology are constantly evolving, we help you stay ahead of the curve. We want you to always learn and grow with us.

Fun@Work

We know that happy employees are healthier, more creative, and efficient. Having fun improves communication and collaboration. Fun is not a word we frown at, we enable it.

Work-life

Live to work or work to live? We do not ask you to decide. Yes, your work-life balance matters to us.

More than a job, be a part of something bigger, and have fun doing it.

Caring is at the heart of who we are, it makes us better colleagues, drives us to want excellence and connects us to Nagarro, transforms us into what we call a Nation of Nagarrians.

The only certain thing is your starting point, the rest of the journey we build together. Caring for us means giving you the tools to succeed, the means to always learn more and the freedom to live your life without being worried about that appointment you have in the middle of the day. You are not an employee, you are our colleague and the journey starts here.

Tech stack

Learn about the tools and technologies that Nagarro uses to build, market, and sell its products.

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Sass

.NET

Bootstrap

JavaScript

HTML5

Java

CSS 3

ASP.NET

XML

TypeScript

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Employee benefits

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Paid vacation

At least 3 weeks per year.

Life insurance

We'll cover your life insurance so you don't have to worry.

Employee assistance program (EAP)

We offer an employee assistance program focused on mental health.

Healthcare insurance

Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents.

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