Pega Lead Developer

About the role

Location: Charlotte, NC (Onsite). We are seeking a hands-on Pega Lead Developer with expertise in Pega Case Management and system integrations. This role combines technical leadership with active development responsibilities. The ideal candidate will design and build high-quality Pega solutions while guiding team members, enforcing best practices, and partnering with architects, product owners, and integration teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of Pega applications, with a strong emphasis on case management and workflow orchestration.
• Actively contribute to development, including rules, flows, integrations, UI, and decisioning, as a hands-on lead.
• Translate business requirements into scalable, maintainable Pega designs.
• Ensure solutions align with Pega Guardrails, performance standards, and enterprise architecture guidelines.
• Design and implement end-to-end case lifecycles, including stages, steps, SLAs, approvals, and escalations.
• Mentor and support junior and mid-level developers through code reviews and hands-on guidance.
• Participate in performance tuning and defect resolution.
• Support deployment activities and production troubleshooting when needed.

Requirements

• 8+ years of IT experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on Pega engineering and platform experience, with significant development.
• Strong expertise in complex Pega Case Management.
• Proven experience with Pega system integrations (REST/SOAP, services, connectors).
• Experience leading or mentoring development teams.
• Pega certifications such as CSSA and/or CLSA.

Qualifications

• Cloud migration experience.
• Experience with Pega Infinity.
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices for Pega.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.

Benefits

Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Pay

Pay Rate: $69/hr - $74/hr. Contract Length: 18 Months.