About the Role

 

iCapital is seeking an experienced Pega Systems Architect to lead the design, governance, and technical direction of our Pega platform. This role will be responsible for ensuring the platform is scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise architecture standards while supporting the delivery of workflow and case management solutions. The ideal candidate will establish development standards, guide architectural decisions, and mentor the technical team. This position plays a critical role in ensuring the long-term stability and success of the organization’s Pega platform.

 

Responsibilities

 

• Define and maintain the overall architecture and technical standards for the Pega platform.
• Establish and enforce Pega guardrails, development standards, and governance practices.
• Lead technical design and architecture reviews for new workflows, case types, and platform enhancements.
• Design scalable case management models, decision rules, and workflow orchestration.
• Provide guidance to developers on rule design, reuse, performance optimization, and best practices.
• Oversee integration design with internal and external systems (APIs, services, middleware).
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex platform or performance issues.
• Partner with DevOps and Infrastructure teams on environment management, deployments, and upgrades.
• Support platform roadmap planning, including version upgrades and new capability adoption.
• Mentor and provide technical leadership to Pega developers and engineering teams.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and product owners to translate business processes into scalable Pega solutions and lead project management around implementation and creation of workflows.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, backlog refinement, and release planning.

 

Qualifications

 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• 5+ years of enterprise application development experience
• 3-5+ years of hands-on experience with the Pega platform
• Strong experience designing Pega case management applications and workflows
• Deep understanding of Pega rules engine, decision tables, data pages, and rule reuse strategies
• Experience building and managing system integrations using REST, SOAP, and APIs
• Familiar with application performance tuning and troubleshooting in enterprise systems
• Experience working in Agile software development environments
• Strong architecture, problem-solving, and technical leadership skills
• Pega Certified Senior System Architect (CSSA) or Lead System Architect (CLSA) certification is preferred
• Experience with cloud deployments (AWS, Azure, or Pega Cloud) and CI/CD practices is a plus

 

 

Benefits

The base salary range for this role is $150,000 to $170,000.  iCapital offers a compensation package which includes salary, equity for all full-time employees, and an annual performance bonus. Employees also receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes an employer matched retirement plan, generously subsidized healthcare with 100% employer paid dental, vision, telemedicine, and virtual mental health counseling, parental leave, and unlimited paid time off (PTO).

 

We believe the best ideas and innovation happen when we are together. Employees in this role will work in the office Monday-Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday.

 

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iCapital is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.