Principal Software Engineer (Progress 4GL)

QAD is redefining manufacturing and supply chains through its intelligent, adaptive platform that connects people, processes, and data into a single System of Action. With three core pillars — Redzone (frontline empowerment), Adaptive Applications (the intelligent backbone), and Champion AI (Agentic AI for manufacturing) — QAD | Redzone helps manufacturers operate with Champion Pace, achieving measurable productivity, resilience, and growth in just 90 days.

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. 

Ignite Your Future: 

Are you an experienced Principal Software Engineer ready to independently drive solutions, resolve complex technical challenges, and contribute significantly to the future of intelligent manufacturing? Join QAD, where we are redefining the supply chain through our intelligent, adaptive platform—a single System of Action that connects people, processes, and data. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be a fully qualified, experienced professional responsible for the implementation and delivery of our enterprise-scale SaaS products, operating with Champion Pace.

The Mission: What You'll Be Building

• Examination and fixing of assigned customer incidents related to QAD core products post training

• Translate high level business analysis into physical code. Maintain defined quality standards and procedures

• Write Unit and System test plans/specifications and perform testing

• Code review (self & peer) to ensure conformance to quality standards and specifications

• Analyze, design, develops, test, troubleshoot and debug enhancements to the product

• Participate in the Patch Release activities

Your Impact/ What you will be doing: 

• Independent Design & Implementation: Independently design, implement, and lead the development and testing of scalable web application features. Take end-to-end ownership of critical components across modern frontend frameworks and robust backend services.

• Complex Problem Resolution: Provide solutions to complex issues in creative and effective ways. Proactively debug, diagnose, and resolve a wide range of complex technical issues and performance bottlenecks across the stack with limited guidance. Understand the interrelationships of different disciplines and apply this knowledge to system design.

• Technical Guidance & Mentorship: Serve as a subject matter expert to mentor junior engineers, lead complex cross-team code reviews, and help set quality and performance standards. Adapt style to differing audiences and often advise others on difficult matters.

• Code for Scale & Efficiency: Optimize existing code and system architecture for performance, scalability, and maintainability, translating complex product and technical requirements into clean, efficient, and working code.

• Strategic Collaboration: Engage in cross-functional collaboration with Product, QA, and DevOps to deliver world-class enterprise SaaS products used by global customers. Enhance relationships and networks with senior internal/external partners.

• Tactical Accountability: Determine methods and procedures on new assignments. Work is done independently and is reviewed at critical points.

The Mindset:

• Strategic Problem Solver: Strong logical thinking and problem-solving abilities. Exercises judgment in selecting methods, evaluating, adapting of complex techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. Devises solutions based on limited information and precedent and adapts existing approaches to resolve issues. Uses evaluation, judgment, and interpretation to select the right course of action.

• Adaptability: Eagerness to quickly learn and adopt cutting-edge technologies. Understands and works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.

• Ownership & Quality: A detail-oriented mindset with a focus on quality, demonstrating end-to-end responsibility for features and architectural components.

• Proactive Leader: Takes initiative to anticipate and address future needs, risks, or improvements.

• Quick Learner: Demonstrates a rapid capacity to grasp new technologies, complex systems, and development methodologies.

Core Technical Foundations / What we are looking for 

• IT background (BE, B.Sc IT, M.Sc, BCA, MCA) or Non IT background with appropriate certification. Cleared your graduation in the first attempt

• IT skills like Progress 4GL, .NET, Java, OOPS concepts, Python, Spring MVC Spring Boot, Angular with Typescript and Preferred knowledge of Nifi/Kafka

• Knowledge of Linux/Unix, RDBMS is mandatory

• Functional and general concept of Supply chain and / or ERP is good to have

• Good spoken & written English skills

• Experience of 5+ yrs with Progress language and QAD products

• Basic understanding of client server and API architecture

• Basic understanding of XML

• Working knowledge of any one Development IDE - Visual Studio,OpenEdge Architect,Spring Tool,Eclipse

• Basic knowledge of any one software source control like Git,CVS,SVN,VSTS

• Preferred basic knowledge of any one build tools like Jenkins,Maven,Gradle,Bamboo,CI/CD Pipeline

• AI-Assisted Development: Working knowledge of coding agents such as Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot.
   

• DevOps Practices: Familiarity with DevOps workflows, release management, and continuous improvement principles.
   

• Cloud Platforms: Understanding of core AWS services across compute, storage, and networking for SaaS deployments.

Qualifications & Next Steps

• Degree: Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

• Experience: Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related professional software development experience. 

• Location: This is an on-site opportunity based in Mumbai. Only candidates willing to be based in Mumbai will be eligible.

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

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

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

• 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 | Redzone is redefining manufacturing and supply chains through its intelligent, adaptive platform that connects people, processes, and data into a single System of Action. With three core pillars — Redzone (frontline empowerment), Adaptive Applications (the intelligent backbone), and Champion AI (Agentic AI for manufacturing) — QAD | Redzone helps manufacturers operate with Champion Pace, achieving measurable productivity, resilience, and growth in just 90 days.

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.