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Job Description

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.

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 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 problem.

• Experience and hands on AI/ML development

• 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 relationship 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.

• Develops 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 to support 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 to organize, manage and lead 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

Required Education

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field

Required Experience

• 2+ years of demonstrated leadership experience.

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

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

• Pega LSA Certified is highly preferred

• Pega Decisioning and Gen AI knowledge preferred

Required License, Certification, Association

• Industry certifications required.

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: $117,731 - $275,491 / ANNUAL

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