Lead Developer Full Stack (Node)

Lead Developers act as the primary point of contact for our clients, ensuring that teams are successful in their delivery. In this role, you will bring a strategic mindset to projects and spend time collaborating and negotiating with clients to bring a technical vision to life. Having a balance of high-level and tactical mindsets is a must, as you will spend time both with clients and your teammates.

At Thoughtworks, we believe in going above and beyond the standard and are committed to delivering best-in-class solutions that exceed our clients' expectations. Our standard engineering and delivery practices reflect our commitment to quality, and our team is always looking to innovate and improve. Lead Developers guide and coach their teams in their implementation and application.

Job responsibilities

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

Full Stack Developer with strong experience in the Backend with NodeJS and NestJs framework; and strong experience in the Frontend with Javascript; React and NextJS

Strong Experience en Event Management with Kafka Confluence

Strong Experience en GraphQL

Experience working with API Management

Experience working with Agile teams and Engineering practices

Spanish advanced / English intermediate high

Professional Skills

You have experience influencing others and always advocate for technical excellence while being open to change when needed

You bridge product and technology by helping to translate business needs to software requirements

You have the ability to develop and execute a technical vision with a focus on business value

You will act as a mentor for less experienced peers through both your technical knowledge and ability to inspire a team to deliver extraordinary impact together

You’re resilient in ambiguous situations and can approach challenges from multiple perspectives

Other things to know

Learning & Development

There is no one-size-fits-all career path at Thoughtworks: however you want to develop your career is entirely up to you. But we also balance autonomy with the strength of our cultivation culture. This means your career is supported by interactive tools, numerous development programs and teammates who want to help you grow. We see value in helping each other be our best and that extends to empowering our employees in their career journeys.

About Thoughtworks

Thoughtworks is a global technology consultancy that integrates strategy, design and engineering to drive digital innovation. For 30+ years, our clients have trusted our autonomous teams to build solutions that look past the obvious. Here, computer science grads come together with seasoned technologists, self-taught developers, midlife career changers and more to learn from and challenge each other. Career journeys flourish with the strength of our cultivation culture, which has won numerous awards around the world.

Join Thoughtworks and thrive. Together, our extra curiosity, innovation, passion and dedication overcomes ordinary.