QAD Inc.: Chief Technical Architect, Engineering (IC Role) — Pune, MH, India

About QAD Inc.

QAD Inc. develops enterprise resource planning software for manufacturers. Its QAD Adaptive ERP covers finance, manufacturing, inventory, supply chain and related business functions, delivered on cloud and other models, and is built around the operating needs of manufacturing and supply-chain companies. The company works globally from United States bases and operates an Indian engineering and delivery centre in Pune, which its announcements describe as a centre of excellence for engineering and delivery.

The position and its setting

QAD Inc. lists Chief Technical Architect, Engineering (IC Role) in Pune, MH, India, under reference REF2166N. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Department: Engineering
• Employment type: Full-time
• Employer listing date: 15 October 2026
• Brands: QAD, Inc.

Responsibilities and work described

• Ignite Your Future: Technical Leadership
• Are you a senior architect who has shaped the technology direction of a large SaaS platform, and who is equally comfortable presenting a three-year technology plan to the CTO and reviewing a low-level design with engineers?
• Join QAD, where we are redefining the supply chain through a single System of Action that connects people, processes, and data
• As Technical Architect (Chief Architect level), you will own the architecture of our enterprise-scale SaaS platform and our Agentic AI initiatives
• Be the most senior technical voice across product pillars, setting the technical bar for the organization and influencing a large engineering community without needing a large reporting line
• This is a deeply technical leadership role, not a people-management role
• The Mission: Defining the Platform's Future
• Set the technical north star for the platform, translate company strategy into a multi-year architecture roadmap, and ensure architectural alignment across all product pillars
• Technical guidance: principal-level engineers, drive build-versus-buy decisions, and govern standards for cloud-native architectures, data platforms and AI systems
• Help the platform deliver on its core pillars:
• Adaptive Applications: The intelligent backbone powering the manufacturing enterprise
• Champion AI: Agentic AI for manufacturing that drives measurable productivity and growth
• Technology Vision & Long Range Planning: Define, communicate and drive the 3-5 year technology strategy and architecture roadmap for the platform or a significant product area, working directly with the CTO and product leadership
• Platform Architecture at Scale: Architect multi-tenant, multi-region platform services with clear service boundaries, and set guardrails for reliability, performance, security and cost
• Move teams from product silos toward shared, reusable platform capabilities
• Agentic AI & Data Platform Architecture: Lead the architecture of the GenAI and agentic platform (LLM orchestration, RAG pipelines, vector search, evaluation, observability, model governance) and the data foundations behind it (streaming, lakehouse, analytics)

Essential requirements and candidate background

• Architectural Depth: Deep knowledge of cloud-native systems, distributed computing, microservices, event-driven architectures and modern data architectures (SQL/NoSQL, streaming, lakehouse), sufficient to make high-stakes, long-term decisions
• Applied AI
• Hands-on experience designing production GenAI or agentic systems: LLM orchestration, RAG, vector databases, evaluation pipelines and AI observability
• Hands-on Technical Credibility: foundations in data structures and algorithms, OOP and modern engineering practices, with working fluency in Java, Python, Scala, Go or Node.js and a recent history of hands-on design and code reviews
• System Governance & Security: ability to establish governance for quality, performance, resilience, security and data privacy at enterprise scale
• Measurable Outcomes: A track record of quantified impact: scale, uptime, latency, cost reduction or delivery-speed improvement
• The Mindset
• Strategic Thinker: Sees the big picture and the implications of technology choices, and can defend a position with data and sound judgment
• Influencer Without Authority: Builds consensus across product and platform teams, mediates conflicts and moves large engineering groups in one direction
• Adaptable & Innovative: Quickly assesses and adopts emerging technologies, particularly in AI, where they create competitive advantage
• Proactive: Anticipates technical, organizational and business risks and needs without explicit direction
• Degree: Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• Scope: Has owned architecture across multiple teams or platform areas and influenced 50+ engineers
• Experience: platform consolidation, cloud migration or monolith-to-platform transformation is a plus
• Location: This is an on-site opportunity based in Pune with 3-4 days work from the office
• Only candidates willing to be based in Pune will be eligible
• Why QAD?
• Scope & Access: Own the technical direction of a platform and Agentic AI roadmap at the heart of a global manufacturing software company, with direct access to senior leadership
• Structured Mentorship: Benefit from a structured program and training designed for rapid career development
• Inclusive Culture: Join a collaborative and inclusive environment that champions learning, growth, and diverse perspectives

Preferred experience and additional strengths

• Preferred: Experience in ERP, supply chain or manufacturing software; patents or publications; conference talks or other external technical recognition

Location, schedule and contract conditions

• Work arrangement: Remote
• Advertised location: Pune, MH, India

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Pay and application dates

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How to apply to QAD Inc.

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Relevant skills

• Python
• Java
• SQL
• NoSQL
• AI/ML
• LLMs
• Node.js
• AI
• manufacturing
• supply chain
• training