Software Dev Principal Engineer

Role Overview: You will be responsible for leading the modernization of our flagship data modeling desktop product into a scalable, cloud-native SaaS platform. This role requires a combination of deep technical expertise, architecture leadership, and domain knowledge in data modeling, databases, and platform scalability. Key Responsibilities: - Architect and drive the cloud transformation of a legacy desktop-based data modeling product into a multi-tenant, cloud-native application. - Define the modern architecture, including microservices, APIs, cloud storage strategies, and user/data management. - Lead the design and integration of collaborative, browser-based modeling features, version control, and real-time updates. - Create migration strategies for data-intensive features, schema management, model validation, and history tracking. - Collaborate with Product, UX, DevOps, and QA teams to ensure platform scalability, resilience, and extensibility. - Provide technical leadership across teams, mentor engineers, and establish best practices for data platform engineering. - Champion CI/CD, DevSecOps, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) in a cloud environment (AWS/Azure/GCP) while ensuring compliance with enterprise security, governance, and privacy regulations. Qualifications Required: - At least 10 years of software engineering experience, with a minimum of 3 years leading cloud transformation or re-platforming initiatives. - Deep expertise in modernizing data-centric desktop applications (.NET, Java, C++ or similar) to web/cloud platforms. - Strong understanding of data modeling concepts, ER modeling, schema design tools, and versioning mechanisms. - Proficiency in cloud-native architecture, including microservices, serverless, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud databases. - Experience with real-time collaboration, diagramming tools, or similar interactive data tools will be beneficial. - Strong skills in API-first design (REST/GraphQL), scalable backend frameworks, asynchronous processing, cloud platform services (Azure preferred), IaC tools (Terraform/CDK), CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring systems. Additional Details: Join us at Quest, where we fulfill promises by managing, modernizing, and securing business software. We offer a collaborative environment with dedicated professionals passionate about technology. Your health and wellness are our priority, and we invest in programs to help you pursue a fulfilling career. Visit Quest Careers | Where next meets now to learn more and join us in conquering challenges together.,