Meet Our Team
We are the face of Pega, delivering world-class technical support and guidance on Pega products and applications.Our goal is to make every client interaction easy, rewarding, and professional. You'll collaborate with top-tier colleagues and clients from around the globe.
Picture Yourself At Pega
The Principal Engineer, Technical Support is a key technical role within Global Client Support (GCS). You would be the first point of contact for customers to address technical issues, escalation and solve complex problems.You will be responsible for managing high-severity incidents, performing root cause analysis, and ensuring platform stability across global client environments. You will work closely with engineering, cloud operations, and client success teams to resolve complex technical issues and proactively prevent recurrence.This position develops customer satisfaction and loyalty by providing superior support services for our global client base.
What You'll Do At Pega
- Build strong client relationships by resolving issues swiftly and professionally, setting clear priorities and timelines.
- Lead resolution of complex technical issues within your area of expertise.
- Apply deep knowledge of Pega products to support clients through development, staging, and production.
- Own issues end-to-end, collaborating across teams and providing regular client updates.
- Work with global teams to remove blockers and meet resolution deadlines.
- Proactively manage issues to prevent escalations and meet SLAs.
- Continuously learn and share knowledge on new Pega technologies.
- Leverage AI tools and automation to enhance diagnostics, accelerate issue resolution, and improve support efficiency.
- Be flexible with staggered shifts, on-call duties, and weekend coverage as needed.
- Mentor new team members and help them integrate into Pega's culture and technology.
Who You Are
- Strong oral and written communication, with composure under pressure and a collaborative mindset in agile environments.
- Proven customer-facing abilities, including expectation management and clear, professional communication across all levels.
- Advanced teamwork and conflict resolution skills, with experience negotiating across groups.
- Strong technical aptitude for diagnosing and resolving complex enterprise application issues across full-stack deployments.
- Skilled in handling Severity-1, Major Incident Management, and critical client escalations with rapid understanding of architecture and root cause identification.
What You've Accomplished
- 7-10 years?in product support, ideally within a product organization.
- Proficient in?Core Java/JEE?or certified?Pega System Architect.
- Strong?troubleshooting and debugging?skills for enterprise software solutions.
- Quick learner with ability to integrate new technologies into existing products.
- Skilled in handling?Severity-1, FTS, and critical client escalations with rapid understanding of architecture and root cause identification.
- Effective communicator and team player, capable of working independently or collaboratively.
- Strong tactical thinkingadept at providing workarounds, analyzing real-world problems, and approaching challenges with creative solutions.
- Knowledge of RCA frameworks and incident documentation standards
- Hands-on experience with?Pega or Java?(mandatory).
- Familiarity with?Kubernetes,?Docker,?performance tuning,?databases, and?monitoring tools?is a plus.
Pega Offers You
- Gartner Analyst acclaimed technology leadership across our categories of products
- Continuous learning and development opportunities
- An innovative, inclusive, agile, flexible, and fun work environment
- Competitive global benefits program inclusive of pay + bonus incentive, employee equity in the company
Job ID: 22666
