Pega Application Engineer

Pega Application Engineer

Duration: 12 Months

Pay Rate: $55/hr

Interview: 2-3 rounds, virtual 

Assessment Requirement: Yes

Job Description

Our Information Technology department is seeking a Senior Application Engineer with Pega experience to join our growing team.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The successful candidate will support project focused on Pega Constellation implementations. 

Provide technology-enabled solutions to address complex business problems.

Will apply PEGA technical knowledge, capabilities, and development skills to design and build efficient PEGA solutions to enable business strategies.

Work closely with other information technologists to produce high-quality, IT-enabled applications, products and services.

Responsible for the overall technical implementation of applications, and frequently interact with internal and external partners, onshore and offshore staff.

IN THIS ROLE, YOU MAY:

Interprets simple to complex technical designs and creates the technical specifications or over sees the creation of the technical specifications.

Develops, maintains, troubleshoots, enhances and documents components

Assists Project Manager in project coordination

Provides technical direction for the development team.

Creates and coordinates the developer tasks and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.

Is responsible for managing technical risks throughout the project.

Communicates and enforces coding standards

Performs code reviews and mentors’ junior developers.

Manages technical resources within budget and project schedule.

Works with technical leadership to perform evaluations and feasibility reviews of creative concepts and technology solutions.

Proactively work with resource managers to ensure that appropriate staffing resources are assigned, put in place and effectively utilized at the appropriate time.

Works closely with quality assurance resources to create test plans and ensure that issues are properly assigned, fixed, and regressed

Defines and disseminates technology best practices

Seeks opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen client relationships

Keeps project managers well informed of status of development effort.

Easily recognizes system deficiencies and implements effective solutions.

Promotes code and supports setup of multiple test environments.

Drives Collaboration between project team members, including external and offshore resources, during development process.

Contributes to technical approach and design.

Stays current and builds in-depth knowledge of at least one or more programming language, systems applications, and related development tools.

Provides subject matter expertise to individuals and projects

Troubleshoots problems across domains and integration points.

Drives process improvements efforts

Coordinates, composes, and delivers training for Software delivery resources.

Fosters and encourages an environment that practices calculated risk taking 

Self-development and ownership.

Build knowledge of P&C concepts and application systems.

Takes necessary measures to avoid centralization of knowledge.

WHAT YOU NEED TO APPLY:

Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

5+ years of experience developing web-based Java/J2EE applications

Strong understanding of Object-Oriented design and methodologies

JavaScript, AngularJS, AJAX, JQuery, CSS and HTML5.

Industry Certifications like pega CLSA is a plus

Experience with Pega. Constellation , Constellation SDKs, Custom Component development .

Experience with devops tools.

Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations

Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers

Ability to analyze and creatively solve complex problems

Ability to effectively prioritize, lead, and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment

Flexible in working under changing and different work settings.

Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills

Initiative, adaptive, and willingness to learn

Understands how to tactfully communicate difficult/sensitive information.

Ability to elicit cooperation from a variety of sources

Ability to juggle multiple projects/customers simultaneously.

Versatile; comfortable performing a variety of roles and tasks within the company

Strong written and oral communication skills to a variety of audiences at different levels and with different backgrounds.

Thrives on learning and learns quickly. Dedicated to self-improvement and professional development. Takes advantage of various resources to self-educate.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Pega 24

React

Java

Tomcat  

understanding of Object-Oriented software development principles

UX experience knowledge

CCS3, HTML5

Agile methodologies

JSON