Senior Pega Developer

Location Designation: Hybrid - 3 days per week 

Our New York Life culture has laid the foundation for over 180 years of commitment to our employees, agents, policy owners, and the communities where we live and work. Here you become a valued part of a welcoming, inclusive, and caring organization with a long-standing legacy in stability and growth. The strength revolves around our diversified, multi-dimensional business portfolio that goes beyond life insurance.

As a Fortune 100 company and industry leader, we provide an environment where you can explore your career ambitions, offering opportunities to tackle meaningful challenges and stretch your skills while balancing work and life priorities.  You will be part of an inclusive team guided by our belief to always be there for each other–providing the support and flexibility to grow and reach new heights while making an impact in the lives of others.

You are our future, and we commit to investing in you accordingly.

This position primarily involves a hybrid work schedule - working remotely: Monday & Friday / on site: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. 

Role Overview:

The Senior Pega Systems Developer leads the design, development, and support of business applications using the Pega platform. This role combines technical expertise with business insight to deliver scalable, cost-effective solutions aligned with organizational goals. The developer is a proactive self-starter who works seamlessly with cross-functional teams., ensures adherence to Pega best practices, and drives continuous improvement through proactive system enhancements and integrations.

What You’ll Do:

• Provides leadership, technical expertise and business knowledge spanning many processing platforms in the efforts of detailed design and development and/or support activities within the Pega development team.
• The development and maintenance of cost effective application software utilizing knowledge of tools, concepts and principles to construct and deliver software in direct support of customer business needs in the Pega platform utilizing Pega best practices.
• Takes ownership, directs, plans, manages, schedules and reports status on assigned efforts involved in the development, implementation, support and maintenance of systems across internal development platforms.
• Interacts with internal customers and other Systems department personnel to design, develop and maintain business applications that effectively support the NYL Direct Operations.                                                                            
• Proactively identifies and recommends opportunities to apply Pega technologies to business processes.
• Strong analysis and design skills with a focus on system design, flow and performance.

What you'll bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Management Information Systems preferred
• 5+ years’ related experience required
• Indepth knowledge of the Pega platform. 
• Pega 8.x Senior Systems Architect Cert desired but not required with significant work experience
• Pega multi-channel platform development experience (Bix, conversational channel intergration, PDC)
• Experience with Pega platform upgrades
• Experience integrating with internal and external systems using APIs (Mule, Rest, SOAP)
• Relational database experience (Oracle, MS SQL, PostgresSQL)
• Extensive Troubleshooting experience
• Ability to deliver solutions that meet business requirements while aligning with the strategic vision of the Architecture team and modern Pega best practices.
• Ability to identify key issues impacting projects and resolve in a timely manner.  Evaluate and provide recommendations on vendor system software packages and productivity tools.
• Ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to various levels of the organization.
• Ability to create and deliver senior level presentations. 
• Ability to negotiate one on one with senior leaders and team members to resolve complex issues.

This position primarily involves a hybrid work schedule - working remotely: Monday & Friday / on site: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. 

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Pay Transparency

Salary Range:  $75,300-$140,000 

Overtime eligible: Exempt 

Discretionary bonus eligible: Yes 

Sales bonus eligible: No 

Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual’s experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.

Our Benefits

We provide a full package of benefits for employees – and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work. Click here to discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site.

Our Commitment to Inclusion
At New York Life, fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to who we are and how we serve our communities. We have a longstanding commitment to creating an environment where individuals can contribute their best and succeed together. This foundation is rooted in our core values of humanity and integrity, ensuring that every employee feels valued and supported. By embracing a broad range of perspectives and experiences, we achieve greater success and fulfill our promise of providing financial security and peace of mind to families across all communities. Click here to learn more about New York Life’s leadership in this space.​

Recognized as one of Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by the Foundation. We're proud that due to our mutuality, we operate in the best interests of our policy owners. To learn more about career opportunities at New York Life, please visit the Careers page of www.NewYorkLife.com.

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Job Requisition ID: 91840