Pega Software Engineer

Highmark Health is seeking a Pega Software Engineer to join their agile software engineering team. This role involves designing, building, and deploying complex Pega applications while ensuring optimal technical execution and mentoring junior engineers.

Responsibilities:

• The job is responsible for designing and creating engineering specifications for software applications and programs
• Responsible for designing & writing code that adheres to coding standards. Perform code reviews
• Responsible for idea generation, exploring and implementing appropriate technical solutions to achieve the required product features, as well as monitoring technical process against project plan while safeguarding functionality, scalability and performance
• A part of an agile work team and responsible for participating in all scrum ceremonies, assisting in sprint planning and completing required sprints in the development through final execution of software applications/programs. Communicate any issues/blockers to the Scrum Master in a timely manner
• Drive story creation (i.e. DoD, Acceptance Criteria, estimation). Creates Tasks for their stories in applicable software (ex: RTC or Jira), and updates status and assignment accordingly
• Monitor work against production schedule and provide progress updates and report any issues or technical difficulties to lead developers on a regular basis
• Mentor other associate software engineers as needed
• Other duties as assigned or requested

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Closely Related Field
• 3 years of Proficiency in design and analysis of algorithms, data structures, and design patterns in the building and deploying of scalable; highly available systems
• 3 years of Experience in at least one modern programming languages (Java, Python, JavaScript, ACE, IIB/ITX, Informatica preferred), and experience with at least two of the following: React, Angular v4+, NodeJS, NoSQL databases, HTML5, CSS, Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services
• 3 years of Understanding of web services technologies such as REST, HTTPS, JSON
• Master's Degree in in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Related Field
• 5 years of Experience with one or more general purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Java, Python (Django/Flask), C/C++, C#, Objective C, JavaScript, or Go
• 5 years of Experience defining system architectures and exploring technical feasibility trade-offs for optimizing short term execution while planning for long term technical capabilities
• 5 years of Experience working with a variety of technology systems, designing solutions or developing applications in healthcare
• 5 years of Experience translating design mockups, prototypes and user stories into working applications
• 5 years of Ability to produce code that is fault-tolerant, efficient, and maintainable
• Certified Pega Senior System Architect (CSSA) v8.x and higher