About the job
Ignite Your Future:
Are you a strategic Senior Principal Full-Stack Engineer (P5) eager to influence the technical vision of an entire function? At QAD, we are transforming the landscape of intelligent manufacturing. Join us as we revolutionize supply chain dynamics through our innovative, adaptive platform—an integrated System of Action that interlinks people, processes, and data. As a Senior Principal Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role as a technical leader, overseeing the architecture, governance, and delivery of our enterprise-grade SaaS solutions, all while maintaining Champion Pace. You will be acknowledged as an internal expert, offering thought leadership throughout the organization.
The Mission: What You'll Be Building
You will spearhead the ideation, design, development, and implementation of sophisticated models and procedures. By providing strategic technical guidance, mentoring senior and principal team members, and utilizing extensive expertise in specialized areas, you will craft solutions based on cloud-native architectures, microservices, and Agile methodologies. Your contributions will be critical in developing the next generation of our platform, which includes core components such as:
Adaptive Applications: The intelligent backbone that empowers the manufacturing enterprise.
Champion AI: Advanced AI solutions for manufacturing that enhance productivity and growth.
Your Impact/ What you will be doing:
Architectural Ownership & Technical Direction: Utilize your broad expertise to design, implement, and lead the development of highly complex systems. You will take comprehensive ownership of crucial cross-functional components across modern frontend frameworks and robust backend services, driving innovative solutions to fulfill company objectives.
Functional Problem Resolution: Engage with significant and unique challenges requiring deep analysis and evaluation. Proactively debug, diagnose, and resolve intricate technical issues and performance bottlenecks, applying conceptual thinking to address advanced problems and their implications in system design.
Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Direct the application of established principles while fostering the development of new policies and innovative ideas. Serve as a recognized internal authority to mentor engineers, oversee complex cross-team code reviews, and establish high-quality performance benchmarks.

