Remote Canada: Principal Software Engineer, Cloud-Native

Quest Software; The Nation; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Canada is seeking a Software Development Principal Engineer to lead design and development of cloud-native SaaS products on Microsoft Azure. This role involves hands-on technical leadership, collaboration with engineers, and driving technical excellence across multi-tenant systems. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with containerization technologies, cloud-native solutions, and will contribute to innovative enterprise-grade solutions.

Benefits

Health and wellness programs

Career development opportunities

Collaborative work environment

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development experience.
• Strong knowledge of containerization and cloud-native solutions.
• Expertise in Kubernetes/AKS and infrastructure optimization.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical vision for enterprise SaaS platforms.
• Architect scalable containerized microservices.
• Design customer-facing RESTful and GraphQL APIs.

Skills

Containerization technologies

Cloud-native solutions

Software architecture

C#/.NET

Kubernetes

Python

Angular

Terraform

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Docker

Azure Services

Elasticsearch

Grafana

Job description

A leading technology company in Canada is seeking a Software Development Principal Engineer to lead design and development of cloud-native SaaS products on Microsoft Azure. This role involves hands-on technical leadership, collaboration with engineers, and driving technical excellence across multi-tenant systems. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with containerization technologies, cloud-native solutions, and will contribute to innovative enterprise-grade solutions.