Senior AI Software Developer Job Québec Province de Québec Canada,Software Development

Location: Quebec

Quest Software is seeking an experienced Senior Software Developer to help bring AI-powered coding practices into an established on-premises enterprise software product. This role combines strong hands-on C#/.NET and C++ development with practical experience using AI coding agents, AI-assisted software development tools, and agentic development workflows.

This is a remote position ~ Candidate must be located in Canada.

Responsibilities

Design, estimate, code, test, document, and maintain components of a commercial on-premises enterprise software product.
Work in a C#/.NET and C++ codebase, contributing to both new development and maintenance of existing product components.
Champion the adoption of AI-assisted software development practices across the project team.
Evaluate, introduce, and establish practical best practices for AI coding agents and agentic development workflows.
Identify opportunities to improve developer productivity, code quality, automated testing, troubleshooting, technical documentation, and delivery using AI-powered development tools.
Mentor and guide team members in effective, responsible, and secure use of AI coding tools within the software development lifecycle.
Participate in all phases of Agile/SCRUM delivery, including design discussions, implementation, code reviews, testing, and release readiness.
Develop high-quality, maintainable code using software engineering best practices, static analysis, automated testing, and continuous integration.
Contribute to component design, technical decision‑making, and ownership of key product functionality.
Collaborate with product management, quality engineering, support, and fellow developers to deliver reliable customer‑focused solutions.

Qualifications

5+ years of professional C# and .NET development experience.
Computer Science undergraduate degree or equivalent practical experience.
Experience with Claude Code, Claude, Git Hub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, or similar AI‑powered development platforms.
Professional experience using AI coding agents, AI‑assisted software development tools, or agentic development workflows.
Demonstrated ability to apply AI coding tools to improve software development productivity, code quality, testing, debugging, refactoring, or technical documentation.
Experience working with Azure Dev Ops, Jira, or comparable Dev Ops tooling, including test integration in the development pipeline.
Experience with unit testing, mocking, automation, integration testing, code coverage, code reviews, and continuous integration.
Strong object‑oriented design, debugging, troubleshooting, and analytical problem‑solving skills.
Experience working within Agile development teams and SCRUM‑based delivery environments.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment.
Leadership experience, mentoring capability, or ownership of component‑level design and delivery.

Nice to Have

Professional C++ development experience in a commercial software environment.
Experience with Active Directory, Microsoft Entra , Exchange, Office 365, SharePoint, IIS, DNS, One Drive, Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, or related Microsoft technologies.
Experience with Windows networking infrastructure, virtualization technologies such as Azure VMs and enterprise deployment environments.
Experience securing APIs, dependency injection, and secure…