Principal Consultant (Fullstack .Net + Angular + GCP) - IT

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. 

A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

Job Summary

Flex intends to spin off its Cloud and Power Infrastructure segment into a new, independent publicly traded company, which we’re calling Axiom. The spin is planned for Q1 2027. If the intended spin occurs, this role will support Axiom, which will focus on critical digital infrastructure, delivering end-to-end power and thermal management solutions for AI data centers and other mission-critical applications.

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we're looking to add a Principal Consultant - Applications Architecture in Chennai.

Reporting to Senior Manager, IT, and the role involves providing hands-on technical leadership as an individual contributor, defining enterprise application architecture, and delivering secure, scalable, cloud-native and AI-enabled business solutions.

Role type: Individual Contributor 

Domain: Enterprise Applications & Cloud Architecture

Experience: 10+ Years 

What a typical day looks like:

• Define application and solution architectures using proven design patterns, microservices, API-first, event-driven and cloud-native principles.
• Architect and guide enterprise solutions using .NET, Angular, React, SQL Server and Snowflake, including modernization of legacy applications.
• Design and implement GCP solutions using Cloud Functions, Cloud Storage, Compute Engine, App Engine and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
• Lead integration architecture using MuleSoft and identity solutions using OKTA, including secure authentication, authorization and API governance.
• Leverage Gemini Enterprise for AI-based application development, workflow automation and responsible adoption of generative AI capabilities.
• Perform architecture, design and code reviews; establish reusable standards, reference architectures, engineering guardrails and technical documentation.
• Partner with business, security, data, infrastructure and delivery stakeholders to translate complex requirements into resilient and cost-effective solutions.
• Drive DevSecOps, CI/CD, observability, performance, reliability and production-readiness practices across the application lifecycle.
• Mentor engineers and influence technical decisions across teams without direct people-management responsibility.

The experience we're looking to add to our team:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or an equivalent discipline.
• Minimum 10+ years of experience in enterprise application development, solution architecture and complex technology delivery.
• Strong expertise in applications architecture, design patterns, SOLID principles, microservices and cloud-native development.
• Hands-on experience with GCP services, Kubernetes/GKE, .NET, Angular or React, SQL Server, Snowflake, MuleSoft and OKTA.
• Experience designing secure, highly available, scalable and maintainable enterprise applications and integrations.
• Practical exposure to Gemini Enterprise or generative AI-based application development, with awareness of responsible AI and data-security considerations.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, stakeholder-management and written/oral communication skills in English.
• Ability to operate independently as a principal-level individual contributor, manage competing priorities and deliver within strict timelines.

Here are a few examples of what you will get for the great work you provide:

• Health Insurance
• PTO

NK99

Job Category

IT

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