Lead Fullstack Developer

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

• Inception Facilitation: Ability to lead and structure project kick-offs.
• Strong Consulting Skills: Guide stakeholders and align technical strategy.
• Team Leadership: Lead a team of developers, data engineers, and QA professionals to: deliver a web application and supporting services
• Oversee data integration with other services.
• Architecture Development: Develop and provide feedback on microservices architecture and headless APIs.
• Ideally, develop and provide feedback on event-driven architecture and CQRS.
• Availability for 2-week travel to Texas (TX) for Inception Facilitation .

Job qualifications

Technical Skills

• Advanced English is required.
• You must have experience as a Fullstack developer and be well-versed in two programming languages: for backend Java (MicroProfile) and in frontend Angular (Javascript, Typescript, and be comfortable with the latest Object-Oriented technology.
• You must have experience with MACH architecture, MongoDB database, Ditto for data sync, event streaming with Microsoft Azure Event Hub,Dynatrace APM, or Splunk for monitoring and logging.
• 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.

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 dynamic and inclusive community of bright and supportive colleagues who are revolutionizing tech. As a leading technology consultancy, we’re pushing boundaries through our purposeful and impactful work. For 30+ years, we’ve delivered extraordinary impact together with our clients by helping them solve complex business problems with technology as the differentiator. Bring your brilliant expertise and commitment for continuous learning to Thoughtworks. Together, let’s be extraordinary.