Principal Engineer, Technical Support

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.

Own issues end-to-end, collaborating across teams and providing regular client updates.

Proactively manage issues to prevent escalations and meet SLAs.

Leverage AI tools and automation to enhance diagnostics, accelerate issue resolution, and improve support efficiency.

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 :

Minimum 7+ years in product support, ideally within a product organization.

Skilled in handling Severity-1, FTS, and critical client escalations with rapid understanding of architecture and root cause identification.

Strong tactical thinking—adept at providing workarounds, analyzing real-world problems, and approaching challenges with creative solutions.

Knowledge of RCA frameworks and incident documentation standards

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

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