Application Specialist- Pega (Hybrid)

At Selective, we don't just insure uniquely, we employ uniqueness.

Selective is a midsized U.S. domestic property and casualty insurance company with a history of strong, consistent financial performance for nearly 100 years. Selective's unique position as both a leading insurance group and an employer of choice is recognized in a wide variety of awards and honors, including listing in Forbes Best Midsize Employers in 2024 and certification as a Great Place to Work in 2024 for the fifth consecutive year.

Employees are empowered and encouraged to Be Uniquely You by being their true, unique selves and contributing their diverse talents, experiences, and perspectives to our shared success. Together, we are a high-performing team working to serve our customers responsibly by helping to mitigate loss, keep them safe, and restore their lives and businesses after an insured loss occurs.

Selective Insurance is looking for a highly motivated IT Application Specialist to provide business solutions and support for our Pega based applications. The role will focus on the architecture, design, and delivery of solutions built on the Pega BPM platform. This individual will be a key contributor to the design, development and implementation of critical projects. This individual will analyze, plan, develop, test, and document solutions and provide support as required for mid to large size maintenance and enhancement projects for our commercial lines applications. The candidate will have client/server software application development experience with Web based systems and analytical and problem solving skills.

• Collaborate and manage work with Application Managers, Project Managers, Developers and peers to accomplish a coordinated implementation effort.
• Assists with developing project cost and benefit estimates to establish project worth including the development of alternative considerations leading to recommendations for new systems or changes to existing ones.
• Plans and performs the full range of programming actions needed to achieve desired end-results on complex problems
• Will be responsible for projects that span more than one system.
• Responsible for providing architectural design documents for teams throughout the organization.
• Responsible for providing end to end solutions.
• Independently perform problem determination and resolution in the production environment.
• Coordinate testing and debugging for programming changes and assist subordinates with debugging, whenever necessary.
• Gain extensive working knowledge of business data and user functions. Share knowledge and train others.
• Meet with business unit representatives to define and evaluate moderately complex business automation needs. Work with a Systems Analyst to interpret business specifications to prepare for analysis/design functions.
• Development, design and analysis of systems and/or programs and system implementation schedules.
• Responsible for providing technical guidance and solutions to other developers across all layers of application stack
• Works closely with application architecture to ensure architecture vision is being implemented across development areas
• Unit testing the built solution before SIT for seamless SIT execution with fewer defects.
• Reviewing the code of other developers to validate functionality and implementation of solutions, at the same time adhering to the technical best practices as well.
• Conduct sessions with the end users to understand the current workflow of their processes.

• College degree in Computer Science, Management Information Science, Business Administration or related field preferred. A minimum of 6 years' experience in software application development and maintenance required with web development experience which includes:
• Ability to effectively collaborate with people in other departments and/or outside of the enterprise.
• 3-5+ years of experience with Pega PRPC v.7.1.x/v.8.x/23.x
• Holding a Pega Senior System Architect or Pega Lead System Architect certification is a plus.
• Have a working knowledge of Web Services, Scripting and Automation.
• Experience implementing Pega Insurance Framework or Claims is a plus.
• Experience with Theme Cosmos or Constellation is a plus
• Experience migrating Pega solutions to the cloud is a plus.
• Ability to understand and analyze improvement areas which can make the tasks of the end-users easy, proposing the solution changes to client.
• Extensive Hands-on experience on UIs, Integrations (REST/SOAP/SQL etc), Agents, Declarative Rules, etc.
• Considerable experience developing/supporting enterprise web applications.
• Experience with object-oriented programming, design concepts, and frameworks e.g. Java, .NET
• Strong foundation in System Development Lifecycle principles.
• Property Casualty insurance experience preferred, but not required.
• College degree in Computer Science, Management Information Science, Business Administration or related field preferred.

Selective Insurance offers a total rewards package that includes a competitive base salary, incentive plan eligibility at all levels, and a wide array of benefits designed to help you and your family stay healthy, achieve your financial goals, and balance the demands of your work and personal life. These benefits include comprehensive health care plans, retirement savings plan with company match, discounted Employee Stock Purchase Program, tuition assistance and reimbursement programs, and paid time off plans. Additional details about our total rewards package will be provided during the recruiting process.

The actual base salary is based on geographic location, and the range is representative of salaries for this role throughout Selective's footprint. Additional considerations include relevant education, qualifications, experience, skills, performance, and business needs.

Selective is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. That means we respect and value every individual's unique opinions, beliefs, abilities, and perspectives. We are committed to promoting a welcoming culture that celebrates diverse talent, individual identity, different points of view and experiences - and empowers employees to contribute new ideas that support our continued and growing success. Building a highly engaged team is one of our core strategic imperatives, which we believe is enhanced by diversity, equity, and inclusion. We expect and encourage all employees and all of our business partners to embrace, practice, and monitor the attitudes, values, and goals of acceptance; address biases; and foster diversity of viewpoints and opinions.