Senior Pega Developer

Experience: 10+ Years
Role: Senior Pega Developer / Lead Pega Developer
Employment Type: Contract W2

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Pega Developer with 10+ years of software development experience and strong hands-on expertise in Pega PRPC / Pega Platform. The candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, integrating, deploying, and supporting enterprise-scale Pega applications.

The ideal candidate should have strong experience in Case Management, BPM, Pega Rules, SAIL/UI, Data Modeling, REST/SOAP integrations, decisioning, performance optimization, and production support. The role also requires the ability to work with business stakeholders, architects, QA teams, and offshore/onshore development teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement scalable enterprise applications using Pega PRPC / Pega Platform.
• Analyze business and technical requirements and translate them into effective Pega solutions.
• Develop complex Case Types, Workflows, Stages, Processes, Activities, Data Transforms, Decision Tables, and Business Rules.
• Configure and maintain Pega applications following Pega guardrails and best practices.
• Develop responsive user interfaces using Pega UI/SAIL, Sections, Harnesses, Views, Portals, and Constellation.
• Design and implement Case Management and Business Process Management (BPM) solutions.
• Develop integrations using REST, SOAP, APIs, Connectors, Services, MQ, and external databases.
• Work with Data Pages, Data Types, Data Models, Report Definitions, and database integrations.
• Develop and optimize SQL queries and work with databases such as Oracle, SQL Server, or PostgreSQL.
• Perform application performance tuning, debugging, and troubleshooting.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure adherence to Pega development standards.
• Manage application deployments across DEV, QA, UAT, and Production environments.
• Provide production support, root-cause analysis, and resolution of application issues.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Solution Architects, QA teams, and business stakeholders.
• Mentor junior and mid-level Pega developers and provide technical guidance.
• Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies, sprint planning, estimation, and technical design discussions.
• Contribute to architecture and solution design decisions for complex Pega implementations.

Required Technical Skills

• 10+ years of overall software development experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Pega PRPC / Pega Platform.
• Expertise in Pega 7.x/8.x and modern Pega Platform.
• Strong knowledge of:
  • Case Management
  • BPM / Workflow
  • Pega Rules
  • Process Models
  • Data Pages
  • Data Transforms
  • Decision Tables
  • Activities
  • Report Definitions
  • Security and Access Groups
  • UI/SAIL
  • Application Architecture
• Strong experience with REST and SOAP Web Services.
• Experience with JSON, XML, APIs, and external system integrations.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and relational databases.
• Good understanding of Java/J2EE, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Experience with application performance tuning and debugging.
• Experience with Git, Jenkins, CI/CD, or DevOps tools.
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Preferred Skills

• Pega Certified Senior System Architect (CSSA) certification preferred.
• Pega Certified System Architect (CSA).
• Experience with Pega Constellation.
• Experience with Pega Customer Service, Customer Decision Hub (CDH), Decisioning, or Industry Frameworks.
• Experience with cloud-based Pega deployments.
• Exposure to AWS or Azure.
• Experience with CI/CD and automated Pega deployments.
• Knowledge of event-driven architecture, messaging, or microservices.
• Experience working on large-scale enterprise applications.

Leadership Responsibilities

• Lead technical design and development for complex Pega applications.
• Provide technical guidance to development teams.
• Review solution designs and ensure scalability, maintainability, and performance.
• Conduct code reviews and enforce Pega best practices.
• Mentor junior developers and support knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Coordinate with architects, project managers, business analysts, and client stakeholders.
• Participate in estimation, planning, technical workshops, and production support activities.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.