Software Engineering Manager - Pega

Software Engineering Manager

Job Description Summary 

Focuses on technological solution delivery by guiding and inspiring strong coding practices and solid software design decisions among their team. Responsible for growing and mentoring engineers as it relates to technical skills and career development. Assists with cross-team strategic efforts, influencing decisions to achieve efficient delivery of business value. Understands cross-team technical roadmaps, advocating new product abilities based on technical strategy and constraints. 

Job Description 

Focuses on technological solution delivery by guiding and inspiring strong coding practices and solid software design decisions among their team. Responsible for growing and mentoring engineers as it relates to technical skills and career development. Assists with cross-team strategic efforts, influencing decisions to achieve efficient delivery of business value. Understands cross-team technical roadmaps, advocating new product abilities based on technical strategy and constraints.   

 Basic Qualifications  - Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience  - Six to eight years of relevant technical experience  - Five or more years of leading a software engineering team   Preferred Skills/Experience  - Complete understanding of the team's domain and drives the team's objectives and deliverables with an understanding of adjacent teams' business domains  - Complete understanding of a feature, the users impacted, the flows impacted and feature's purpose  - Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of business strategy and how the technical and engineering strategy aligns to this  - Advanced knowledge of information systems technology and software development processes and tools, especially industry specific applications  - Thorough knowledge of organizational policies and procedures  - Strong analytical, product management, tactical planning and leadership skills  - Excellent verbal and written communication skills  - Ability to communicate with all parties involved in the product team (engineers, product owner, scrum master, third party vendors, customers, etc.)  - Demonstrated management, leadership and interpersonal skills 

Preferred Skills/Experience 

• Pega certified system architect (CSSA) or higher strongly preferred 

• Strong experience leading delivery on the Pega platform (PRPC / Infinity), including case management, workflows, and decisioning frameworks 

• Proven ability to manage Pega-based enterprise applications, ensuring adherence to guardrails, performance standards, and governance practices 

• Ability to coach and recommend appropriate Pega development approaches when multiple options exist, and clearly articulate why the selected method supports long-term system stability, scalability, and maintainability. 

• Familiarity with Pega DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud deployment models (AWS/Azure/Kubernetes) 

• Ability to mentor teams on Pega architecture, design patterns, and certification progression (CSA, CSSA, LSA)