Lead Software Engineer

Are you passionate about software development, engineering best practices, and making an impact? Thoughtworks, a global technology consultancy, is seeking talented individuals to join their team of innovators.

As a Lead Consultant at Thoughtworks, you will:

• You will champion and adopt best practices like writing clean and reusable code using TDD, pair programming and design patterns
• You will oversee or take part in the entire cycle of software consulting and delivery from ideation to evolution in production and everything in between
• You will use and advocate for continuous delivery practices to deliver high-quality software as well as value to end customers as early as possible
• You will design solutions and choose technologies that solve clients’ problems while working within constraints and make pragmatic tradeoffs
• You will collaborate with a variety of teammates to build features, design concepts and interactive prototypes and ensure best practices and UX specifications are embedded along the wayYou will apply the latest technology thinking from our Technology Radar to solve client problems
• You will apply a variety of languages and tools to your work and continue to code alongside Developers; you will not be post-technical in this role
• You will efficiently utilize and champion DevSecOps tools and practices to build and deploy software, advocating devops culture and shifting security left in development
• You will cultivate Thoughtworker growth and development by encouraging feedback and fostering an inclusive, supportive team culture

Job qualifications

Technical Skills

• You are well-versed in two or more languages (Java, Reactjs, Kotlin, JavaScript, TypeScript, Ruby, C#, etc.) and are comfortable with the latest Object-Oriented technology
• You have led software development teams using Agile, Lean and/or Continuous
• Knowledge of delivery approaches such as TDD, continuous integration, pairing and infrastructure automation
• Bonus points if you have knowledge of cloud technology such as AWS, Docker or Kubernetes
• You enjoy continuously learning and improving, whether it is through functional programming paradigms, event driven architecture, platform engineering or others