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Molina Healthcare is seeking a Principal Engineer, Applications (Pega) to lead and elevate our enterprise application landscape. We are looking for a highly experienced, self-motivated professional with 20+ years of technology and software development experience, including deep expertise in Pega-based solutions and enterprise system design.
As a senior technical leader, you will drive architectural decisions, mentor engineering teams, and ensure that our applications are scalable, secure, and aligned with strategic objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Designs and builds company specific enterprise application systems and technology expertise across multiple disciplines for enterprise-level Pega applications.
- Applies and promotes key principles (e.g. stability, scalability, performance, security, compatibility, re-use), helping ensure a balance between tactical and strategic technology solutions.
- Considers business problems "end-to-end": including people, process, and technology, both within and outside the enterprise, as part of any design solution.
- Promotes use of industry and enterprise technology standards.
- Monitors emerging technologies for potential application within or across the Corporation.
- Adheres to design and application development standards, methodology and, framework within Architectural compliance and governance.
- Guide and mentor development teams, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.
Evaluate emerging technologies and contribute to long-term digital transformation efforts.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities - Extensive hands-on experience with Pega application development, including architecture and design patterns.
- Practices and leads SW and applications design and development methodologies in adherence to SW development standards.
- Designs and develops SW applications or systems solving specific business or processing problem.
- Experience and hands on AI/ML development
- Gathers business requirements and develops conceptual design and technical design for multiple projects concurrently.
- Works closely with Architects and business teams to align application systems design and development with the enterprise strategic direction.
- Builds relationship with IT leadership, technical teams (applications, infrastructure and others), vendors etc. to understand and solve problems.
- Provides leadership and direction to the engineers in the team and across the enterprise.
- Develops software (hands on code development) to meet key business objectives.
- Conducts peer review of other developers (internal and contract staff) to ensure standards and quality.
- Responsible for quality deliveries for self and application engineers. Participates in build vs. buy evaluation process.
- Leads architecture and design discussions in adherence to SW development standards.
- Provides design and architectural expertise on application systems / technologies, to both technical teams and business partners.
- Responsible to support the application system / service owner for system performance, budgeting and planning.
- Responsible for application system stability and scalability related activities.
- Responsible for alignment with project methodologies and change management processes.
- Responsible to organize, manage and lead cross-team project tasks and deliverables.
- Responsible for designing and building enterprise level application systems.
- Responsible for presentations and solutions submitted to technical and business review committees.
- Responsible for understanding the business area being supported by the team and the company's overall business.
- Ownership to provide cross-organization teamwork, collaboration, communication and leadership.
- Provides constructive feedback on people, process and technology for continuous improvement.
Job Qualifications Required Education Bachelor's Degree in relevant field
Required Experience - 2+ years of demonstrated leadership experience.
- 5+ years of hands-on technical implementation experience in mid to large IT Enterprise environments.
- 8+ years of IT technical experience with IT enterprise infrastructure.
- Pega LSA Certified is highly preferred
- Pega Decisioning and Gen AI knowledge preferred
Required License, Certification, Association Industry certifications required.
To all current Molina employees: If you are interested in applying for this position, please apply through the intranet job listing.
Molina Healthcare offers a competitive benefits and compensation package. Molina Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/D/V.
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