Job Title: Pega Certified Lead Systems Architect (LSA)
Location: Fully Remote (U.S.-based candidates)
Type: 1099/C2C Independent Contractor
Pay Rate: $75 – $85 per hour
Duration: Ongoing Contract
Start Date: ASAP
About Cayuse Commercial
Cayuse Commercial Services (CCS) delivers fresh solutions to business challenges in the technology and business services environment. Services available are application development, business process outsourcing, data services, and professional services. Cayuse helps clients to achieve impactful outcomes such as improved efficiency, reduced cost, increased profitability and accelerated time to market.
About the Role
We are seeking a hands-on Pega Lead Systems Architect (LSA) to lead and guide a pod of 7–10 developers in the design, development, and delivery of Pega-based enterprise solutions. This fully remote contract role is ideal for an experienced and certified Pega professional who is comfortable both leading technical teams and contributing directly to solution development.
You will be responsible for ensuring best practices are followed, conducting design/code reviews, mentoring developers, and maintaining high quality across deliverables.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and mentor a Pega delivery team (onshore and/or offshore) of 7–10 developers
Provide architectural oversight and hands-on development in Pega 8.x environments
Conduct design reviews, enforce design and coding standards, and ensure technical quality
Translate business requirements into scalable and maintainable Pega solutions
Collaborate with stakeholders, project managers, and business analysts to align on deliverables
Guide solution architecture, data modeling, and system integration approaches
Support sprint planning and technical backlog refinement
Required Qualifications
Pega Certified Lead System Architect (CLSA)
Minimum 5+ years of Pega development experience, including large-scale enterprise projects
Hands-on expertise with Pega 8.x platform (application development, integration, case management, etc.)
Strong experience with design patterns, guardrails, and performance optimization in Pega
Proven experience leading teams and providing technical coaching in Agile environments
Excellent communication and documentation skills
Comfortable working independently in a remote, contractor capacity
Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Cayuse is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, skills, and abilities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment in accordance with any applicable federal, state, or local law.
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