Senior Pega Developer

Job Title: Software Development Lead

We are seeking a skilled and experienced software development lead to join our team. As a key member of our technology department, you will be responsible for leading the design, development, and implementation of complex software solutions.

• Analyze software requirements to determine the best solution to deliver business goals, including estimating and planning throughout an agile software development lifecycle.
• Modify Pega configuration and codebase to implement complex software modifications, following appropriate standards for coding and design patterns, source code control, unit testing, and continuous integration and deployment.
• Deploy and maintain Pega implementations in cloud environments, perform application administration activities such as installation, managing security, configuration, and developing case flows and interfaces.
• Recommend the design, architecture, and implementation of Pega in development, test, and production environments.
• Lead the setting of standards for Pega development, configuration, and customization.
• Ensure standards are met before changes are rolled to the production environment.
• Analyze and troubleshoot complex errors in Pega Platform and integrated ecosystems to determine root cause and resolution.
• Assist with testing and written descriptions of application software changes, collaborate with team members, actively participate in all Scrum ceremonies and activities, including pair programming and peer code review, with a constant focus on continuous improvement.
• Drive innovation on the Scrum team by leading or assisting in technical research initiatives, sometimes working with other teams.
• Protect, secure, and properly handle all confidential data held by clients to ensure against unauthorized access, improper transmission, and/or unapproved disclosure of information that could result in harm to clients.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related experience preferred.
• Technical leadership skills for effective participation in design discussions with both technical and non-technical audiences, creating technical documentation and diagrams.
• Strong understanding of good object-oriented design principles, patterns, cohesion/coupling, S.O.L.I.D., data structures, and algorithms.
• Strong experience writing clean and maintainable code using engineering best practices, such as unit testing, TDD, continuous integration and deployment, automation, design patterns, refactoring, etc.
• Experience with Agile SDLC practices, strong problem-solving and communication skills, strong trouble-shooting skills.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience developing software & systems on Pega Platform at an Enterprise level.
• Must have Pega CSA certification at minimum.
• Basic experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Good understanding of design principles, patterns, cohesion/coupling, S.O.L.I.D.
• Strong knowledge of object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithms.
• Familiarity with Services Oriented Architecture and RESTful services development.
• Good experience with writing clean and maintainable code using engineering best practices.
• Experience working with other developers, quality engineers (QE), ops engineers, and support engineers to ensure smooth deployment and continual operation.
• Passion for developing good software and adherence to Pega guardrails.
• Experience participating in design discussions with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Familiarity or experience with Agile engineering practices (test-driven development, continuous integration, and pair programming, etc.).
• Experience with continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD).