Pega Principal Engineer

Job Summary

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.

must be willing to work PST hours

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 the 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 problems.

• 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 relationships 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.

• Develop 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 for supporting 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 for organizing, managing and leading 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

• 20+ years of experience in enterprise software engineering, with a focus on application development and system integration.

• Strong knowledge of system architecture, enterprise integration, and cloud technologies.

• Proven leadership in large-scale solution delivery and cross-functional collaboration.

• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence across all levels of the organization.

Required Education

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field

Required Experience

• 5+ years of demonstrated leadership experience.

• 15+ years of hands-on technical implementation experience in mid to large IT Enterprise environments involving Pega.

• 20+ years of IT technical experience with IT enterprise infrastructure.

Desired License, Certification and Experience

• Pega Decisioning and Gen AI knowledge preferred.
• Pega LSA certifications highly preferred.

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.

Pay Range: $107,028 - $250,446 / ANNUAL

Actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education and/or skill level.