Senior Pega Developer

Job Title: Senior Pega Developer (Smart Investigate)

Location: Dallas, TX (Hybrid onsite, local candidates preferred)
Employment Type: Contract
Duration: Dec 31, 2026 to Dec 31, 2028 (2 years)

About the Role

We're looking for a certified Senior Pega Developer / Senior System Architect with strong financial services experience. You'll lead the design, development, testing, and rollout of new features for business process management (BPM) applications built on the Pega Smart Investigate framework. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams to automate and optimize Payment Operations workflows, with a focus on reliable, scalable, and secure transaction management.

Responsibilities

• Architect, configure, and deploy end-to-end solutions on the Pega Smart Investigate framework to streamline exceptions, disputes, and investigation workflows
• Build and maintain scalable case management workflows, business process rules, data models, and background processing components (Queue Processors, Job Schedulers)
• Design and configure secure integrations (REST, SOAP, MQ, Kafka, file listeners) with external banking ledgers and core transaction systems
• Develop full-stack applications with attention to security, design, validation, and SDLC standards
• Build resilient, scalable, and secure modules using cloud-native services
• Enforce Pega guardrails, conduct code reviews, and troubleshoot errors and performance bottlenecks
• Collaborate with product managers, business operations, and engineers to define requirements and objectives
• Provide architectural direction and mentor junior engineers in an Agile/Scrum environment

Required Skills & Experience

• 7+ years of hands-on Pega PRPC development (Pega 8.x preferred)
• Pega Certified Senior System Architect (PCSSA) and Pega Certified System Architect (PCSA), both required
• Hands-on project experience with the Pega Smart Investigate framework
• Deep understanding of global payment systems and banking regulations
• Strong knowledge of Pega Case Management, Enterprise Class Structure (ECS) design, Data Pages, Declarative expressions, UI rules, and Report Definitions
• Familiarity with object-oriented programming concepts
• Proficiency with algorithms, data structures, and software design
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, multi-direction environment

Preferred

• Additional Pega certifications such as CSSA or CLSA
• Financial services experience, especially corporate cash management
• Experience with AWS services
• Strong communication skills, drive, and ownership

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