Senior Principal Software Engineer

QAD is a global leader in cloud-based enterprise solutions, empowering businesses to adapt faster and thrive in an increasingly dynamic, digital world. With a strong focus on innovation and AI-driven insights, QAD is shaping the future of enterprise transformation across industries. We foster a flexible, inclusive culture where bold ideas and future-focused talent to drive real impact. Join us to help build the intelligent, connected enterprise of tomorrow.

This hybrid position requires candidates to be based in Pune, with 3-4 days of in-office collaboration per week.

As an Expert Software Engineer specializing in Progress/OpenEdge, you'll lead the modernization of core ERP systems through architectural innovation, deep reverse engineering, and strategic integration efforts. Your role is pivotal in shaping the technical roadmap, elevating engineering capability, and enabling long-term product scalability and sustainability. This is a high-impact, cross-functional role requiring deep technical insight and organizational influence.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead strategic modernization of legacy Progress ERP components, identifying systemic issues and architecting scalable redesigns.

• Reverse-engineer legacy logic to uncover root causes of technical debt and performance bottlenecks, informing refactoring priorities.

• Architect and implement resilient, modular integrations with external systems including finance platforms, logistics providers, and data pipelines.

• Act as a technical advisor and working lead, coaching engineers across multiple teams and accelerating team maturity.

• Champion next-generation engineering practices including CI/CD pipelines, AI-assisted development tools, and automated testing frameworks.

• Drive architectural consistency and innovation in collaboration with enterprise architects, QA, DevOps, and Product.

• Co-lead the development of a new Engineering center in Pune, India.

• 12+ years of experience in Progress/OpenEdge ABL, with proven success in modernizing legacy systems.

• Demonstrated architectural leadership in redesigning complex ERP applications and integrations.

• Extensive experience with enterprise-grade system integrations via APIs, custom middleware, or messaging systems.

• Recognized for elevating team performance and coaching engineers to operate at higher levels of autonomy and quality.

• Skilled in hybrid collaboration models and influencing across globally distributed teams.

• Bonus: Experience with containerized environments, GitHub Copilot, Jenkins, or test automation frameworks.

Preferred Stack & Tools

• Languages/Frameworks: Progress/OpenEdge ABL, JavaScript, REST APIs

• Tools: GitHub, Jenkins, GitHub Copilot, JIRA

• Integrations: REST, XML/JSON, SQL, custom middleware

• Methodologies: Agile, CI/CD, architectural reviews, automated testing

• We offer an amazing culture and comprehensive suite of health and wellness benefits so that employees can focus on helping customers reach our vision for them: the Effective Enterprise.

• Opportunity to join a growing business, launching into its next phase of expansion and transformation.

• The collaborative culture of smart and hard-working people who support one another to get the job done.

• Our employees tell us they love working for a global organization focused on collaboration, teamwork and customer outcomes.

• Your health and well being are important to us at QAD. We provide programs that help you strike a healthy work-life balance.

• An atmosphere of growth and opportunity, where idea-sharing is always prioritized over level or hierarchy.

• Compensation packages based on experience and desired skill set.

About QAD:

QAD Inc. is a leading provider of adaptive, cloud-based enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies. Global manufacturers face ever-increasing disruption caused by technology-driven innovation and changing consumer preferences. In order to survive and thrive, manufacturers must be able to innovate and change business models at unprecedented rates of speed. QAD calls these companies Adaptive Manufacturing Enterprises. QAD solutions help customers in the automotive, life sciences, packaging, consumer products, food and beverage, high tech and industrial manufacturing industries rapidly adapt to change and innovate for competitive advantage.

QAD is committed to ensuring that every employee feels they work in an environment that values their contributions, respects their unique perspectives and provides opportunities for growth regardless of background. QAD's DEI program is driving higher levels of diversity, equity and inclusion so that employees can bring their whole self to work.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.