Ignite Your Future:
As a Senior Manager of Engineering at QAD, you will be responsible for leading multiple agile teams and Engineering Managers, driving execution excellence while shaping technical solutions for enterprise‑scale platforms. This role is ideal for a leader who thrives at the intersection of people, process, and technology.
Active use of AI-native development workflows — Cursor, Claude Code, and CodeRabbit or equivalent — is a baseline requirement, not a nice-to-have. We treat AI augmentation as the standard engineering operating model. Leaders are expected to use these tools personally, set norms for their teams, and demonstrate that AI tooling raises the output of their entire squad. Candidates who view AI tools as optional or experimental are not the right fit for this organization.
The Mission: What You'll Be Building
You will lead teams delivering key capabilities across QAD’s intelligent, adaptive platform, including cloud‑native services, APIs, and AI‑enabled workflows supporting global manufacturing customers.
Track Lead for ERP Modernization, owning the end-to-end migration of business logic from Progress to Java/PostgreSQL.
Your Impact/ What you will be doing:
Define the migration roadmap and rollback strategy for the full Progress → Java/PgSQL migration
Lead the App Migration and DB Migration squads; manage 1× M5 EM, 2× P6 Principal Engineers, and 16 SWEs
Set Java/Spring Boot and PostgreSQL architecture standards in collaboration with Principal Engineers
Design and run structured knowledge-extraction programs to capture legacy ERP domain logic before migration
Own stakeholder communication — translate migration complexity into clear risk and progress reporting for the VPE
Lead hiring for the 20-person track
What we are looking for
12+ years in software engineering with at least 5 years leading teams
Proven track record of delivering large-scale legacy migrations (ERP, monolith, or platform) end-to-end
Deep Java/Spring Boot expertise — can review architecture decisions and earn the respect of P6 Principals
Strong PostgreSQL knowledge — schema migration, query optimization, and replication strategies
Experience managing an Engineering Manager within your team
Prior ERP experience — SAP, Oracle, or QAD platform knowledge
Progress/OpenEdge or MOPTE codebase familiarity
Experience with Kafka/CDC for live data migration pipelines
The Mindset:
Delivery Leader: Owns outcomes and drives teams toward predictable, high-quality delivery.
Coach & Multiplier: Develops managers and senior engineers, amplifying their impact.
Collaborative Partner: Works effectively across Product, QA, and Architecture.
Pragmatic Decision-Maker: Balances ideal architecture with business realities.
Growth-Oriented: Champions continuous learning and improvement.
Why QAD?
You will move beyond individual delivery to drive strategic impact across our global platform. You will be instrumental in scaling our intelligent, adaptive platform, leading and mentoring engineering managers and teams to deliver cloud-native services and AI-driven solutions that redefine manufacturing. Join us to work alongside ambitious leaders, define technical strategy, and deliver real-world impact at global scale.
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. 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.
About QAD:
QAD
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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.
