Pega Developer, Lead

Duties And Responsibilities

• Lead hands-on development and sprint execution for complex Pega workflows, case types, rules, data objects, user experiences, reports, and integrations.
• Translate architecture and design direction into technical stories, development tasks, estimates, dependencies, and implementation sequencing.
• Cookpday day-to-day work across Pega developers and collaborate with System Architects, data/integration engineers, testers, and release personnel.
• Implement high-complexity features while promoting configuration-first patterns, reuse, guardrail compliance, modularity, and upgradeability.
• Conduct peer reviews of rules, configurations, custom extensions, unit tests, and technical documentation; identify and correct quality or maintainability issues.
• Mentor senior and mid-level developers in Pega patterns, debugging, performance, security, accessibility, and documentation practices.
• Support integration design, data mapping, role-based access, audit history, reporting, and operational behavior within assigned components.
• Lead technical defect triage, root-cause analysis, remediation, and regression support for complex development issues.
• Support sprint demonstrations, release readiness, deployment validation, post-deployment stabilization, and production support.
• Maintain technical documentation and provide transparent progress, risk, and dependency information to architecture and delivery leadership.

Knowledge And Skills Required

• 8+ years of software or enterprise application development experience, including 5+ years of hands-on Pega development experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading the work of Pega developers while remaining an active contributor.
• Advanced knowledge of Pega case management, workflows, rules, data pages, integrations, user-interface configuration, security, reporting, and unit testing.
• Experience decomposing designs into technical stories and coordinating complex implementation across multiple sprints or components.
• Experience conducting Pega configuration or code reviews and enforcing guardrails, reuse, maintainability, and documentation standards.
• Strong troubleshooting, performance-analysis, defect-resolution, and root-cause-analysis skills.
• Experience with Agile delivery, CI/CD, version control, testing, release planning, and production support.
• Strong technical leadership, mentoring, written communication, and collaboration skills.

Knowledge And Skills Desired

• Pega Certified Senior System Architect certification is preferred; Lead System Architect certification or equivalent experience is a plus.
• Experience with Pega Cloud, Deployment Manager, PegaUnit, Scenario Testing, or Pega Diagnostic Center.
• Experience in Federal, financial, acquisition, health, or another regulated environment; VA experience is optional.
• Familiarity with Section 508, FedRAMP, Zero Trust, API integration, AI-enabled workflow, or performance tuning.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Clearance

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.