Associate Distinguished Engineer (Technology Architect, Automotive, Data Architecture, Generative AI, Integration, Cloud)

Location: Remote, , India
Department: Information Technology

Job Description

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in technology consulting, solution architecture, enterprise architecture, or digital engineering roles.
• Strong expertise in Digital Transformation initiatives across large-scale enterprise environments.
• Expert-level capability in aligning technology strategies with business objectives and driving business-oriented technology architecture decisions.
• Extensive experience in designing and governing complex enterprise architectures, distributed systems, microservices, APIs, and integration ecosystems.
• Deep understanding of Data Architecture, including data platforms, data governance, data integration, analytics, scalability, security, and enterprise data management.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of Generative AI technologies, including LLMs, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI agents, agentic workflows, AI integration patterns, and enterprise AI architectures.
• Experience with cloud-native architecture design and implementation on AWS, Azure, and/or GCP platforms.
• Proven expertise in defining technology roadmaps, architectural principles, standards, and governance frameworks.
• Strong engineering background with the ability to evaluate technical feasibility and guide implementation teams.
• Experience in architecture decision-making, technology evaluation, and managing technical trade-offs across enterprise initiatives.
• Knowledge of enterprise security, scalability, reliability, performance, and non-functional requirements.
• Strong stakeholder management, consulting, and executive communication skills.
• Experience collaborating with presales, consulting, engineering, cloud, AI, and delivery teams.
• Ability to create solution blueprints, reference architectures, reusable frameworks, and technology accelerators.
• Strong understanding of emerging technologies, intelligent automation, cloud, AI, and data-driven innovation.
• Automotive domain knowledge, including connected vehicles, customer experience, digital retail, dealer ecosystems, aftersales, mobility solutions, or related industry areas, is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end architecture design and technical strategy for strategic digital transformation and innovation initiatives.
• Translate business goals, market opportunities, and industry challenges into scalable, secure, and technically viable solution architectures.
• Define architecture frameworks, technology stacks, integration models, deployment strategies, and architectural standards.
• Drive architecture governance, design reviews, and technical decision-making across multiple initiatives.
• Lead the development and evolution of reusable accelerators, solution frameworks, reference architectures, and technology assets.
• Establish architectural best practices that promote scalability, maintainability, reusability, and operational excellence.
• Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies, with a focus on Generative AI, intelligent automation, cloud platforms, and advanced data architectures.
• Design enterprise AI solutions leveraging LLMs, RAG frameworks, AI agents, and agentic workflows to address business challenges.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, domain consultants, and presales teams to shape innovative solution offerings.
• Participate in customer-facing workshops, technical discovery sessions, architecture discussions, and solution presentations.
• Communicate architectural vision, technology recommendations, design rationale, and technical trade-offs to senior stakeholders and technology leadership teams.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to architects, engineers, and cross-functional teams.
• Partner with data, AI, cloud, engineering, and delivery teams to ensure successful implementation of architectural solutions.
• Drive the creation and maintenance of architecture documentation, technical standards, and knowledge-sharing practices.
• Assess solution feasibility, risks, security considerations, performance requirements, and long-term sustainability.
• Contribute to thought leadership, technology strategy, innovation initiatives, and industry-focused solution development within the organization.
• Support the development of differentiated solution offerings that strengthen organizational capabilities and market positioning.
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve business outcomes through technology innovation, data-driven solutions, and digital transformation initiatives.

Qualifications

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

Company Description

👋🏼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 a scale — across all devices and digital mediums, and our people exist everywhere in the world (18000+ experts across 36 countries, to be exact). Our work culture is dynamic and non-hierarchical. We are looking for great new colleagues. That is where you come in!