VP, Engineering

Ignite Your Future: 

At QAD were building the next generation of intelligent adaptive enterprise platformsand were looking for a bold forwardthinking Senior Director of Engineering to lead the charge. 

This is a highly visible highimpact leadership role where you will define technical strategy architect modern cloud platforms on AWS and lead endtoend delivery of enterprisescale SaaS products. Youll operate with Champion Pace shaping how AI BI and datadriven insights are embedded across the SDLC while building a culture of ownership agility and platform excellence.

You will balance deep technical credibility with strong business acumen acting as a proactive assertive leader who inspires teams and influences senior stakeholders while delivering secure scalable and futureready solutions.

The Mission: What Youll Be Building

You will be a core driver behind the design development and evolution of QADs nextgeneration platform anchored on:

• Adaptive Applications The intelligent backbone powering modern manufacturing enterprises.

• Champion AI Agentic AI capabilities that unlock measurable productivity automation and growth.

From greenfield platform development to largescale modernization you will lead teams building cloudnative AIenabled datadriven platforms on AWS integrating BI analytics and intelligent automation deeply into the product lifecycle

Your Impact/ What you will be doing: 

Platform Architecture & Technical Strategy

• Own and drive the endtoend technical vision for a critical platform function aligning architecture and execution with business strategy.

• Lead AWSbased cloud architecture leveraging microservices eventdriven design and infrastructureascode (Terraform/CDK).

• Champion APIfirst platformasaproduct thinking enabling extensibility scalability and faster innovation.

New Platform Development & Innovation

• Lead the conceptualization and launch of new platforms and major capabilities from ideation through production and scale.

• Embed AI ML and BI capabilities into the SDLCdriving intelligent workflows predictive insights and datadriven decisionmaking.

• Stay ahead of emerging technologies and proactively introduce innovations that create competitive advantage.

Agile Delivery Velocity & Quality

• Drive Agile productcentric engineering practices enabling fast iteration without compromising quality or security.

• Establish strong CI/CD pipelines DevOps practices automated testing and observability.

• Define and track DORA metrics engineering KPIs and platform health indicators to continuously improve delivery and reliability.

Technical Leadership & Mentorship

• Act as a handson credible technical leader guiding architectural decisions and resolving the most complex crosssystem challenges.

• Mentor Directors Managers Architects and Senior/Principal Engineers building a strong leadership bench.

• Lead highimpact design and code reviews across teams setting a high bar for engineering excellence.

CrossFunctional Influence & Executive Partnership

• Partner closely with Product Info Security and other groups to deliver worldclass SaaS solutions.

• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to executive and nontechnical stakeholders influencing decisions and driving alignment.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on platform cloud and AI strategy.

Strategic Accountability & Operations

• Own outcomes that impact the broader organization including delivery reliability cost and scalability.

• Manage engineering budgets headcount planning tooling strategy and vendor partnerships.

• Ensure adherence to security compliance and data governance standards (SOC2 GDPR etc.).

Qualifications :

Required Skills & Qualifications

Experience & Leadership

• 12 years of progressive software engineering experience with 5 years in senior engineering leadership roles (Director / Senior Director / VP).

• Proven success building and scaling highperforming teams across managers architects and senior ICs.

• Strong track record of launching complex enterprisegrade platforms or products.

Core Technical Foundations / What we are looking for 

Cloud Platform & Architecture Expertise

• Deep handson experience with AWS (EKS ECS Lambda API Gateway RDS/DynamoDB S3 CloudWatch etc.).

• Strong background in microservices distributed systems and API design (REST/GraphQL).

• Expertise in databases (SQL & NoSQL) data modeling and platform scalability patterns.

Engineering Foundations

• Strong command of Data Structures & Algorithms OOP principles and system design.

• Experience with modern backend technologies (Java Python) and web platforms.

• Solid understanding of BI analytics pipelines and datadriven architectures.

DevOps Security & SDLC

• Experience with Kubernetes Terraform CI/CD tooling Gitbased workflows and observability stacks.

• Strong grasp of secure SDLC practices compliance and cloud security.

The Mindset:

• Visionary & Strategic: Sees the big picture and translates strategy into executable technical roadmaps.

• Proactive & Assertive Leader: Anticipates challenges drives decisions and leads with confidence and clarity.

• Agile & OutcomeDriven: Focused on delivering customer and business value fast.

• AI & DataCurious: Passionate about leveraging AI BI and automation to transform platforms and processes.

• OwnershipOriented: Takes full accountability for quality performance and longterm sustainability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in AIdriven platforms FinTech or highgrowth SaaS environments.

• Background in startup or scaleup environments building platforms from the ground up.

• Exposure to agentic AI intelligent automation or advanced analytics platforms.

Additional Information :

Why QAD

Youll be shaping the future of intelligent manufacturing platforms at global scaleworking with ambitious leaders modern cloud technologies and AIdriven innovation that delivers realworld impact.

Company Description:

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. QADs 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. 

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. QADs 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. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time