Engineering Manager

Summary

Join Thoughtworks as an Engineering Manager to lead and mentor a team of software engineers, fostering a high-performing environment that encourages continuous learning and collaboration. You will play a key role in shaping our engineering culture, driving agile processes, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure products meet customer and business needs. Develop high-performance teams, facilitate cross-functional collaboration, and empower development excellence by acting as a resource for developers and encouraging high coding standards. The role requires strong technical and professional skills, including experience in backend and frontend development, cloud platforms, and agile methodologies. Thoughtworks offers a supportive and collaborative work environment with opportunities for professional development.

Requirements

• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and develop engineering teams effectively
• Track record of delivering projects on time, setting priorities, and managing scope
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles and ability to guide technical decisions
• Previous experience as a backend developer, preferably with Java
• Previous experience as a frontend developer, preferably with Angular, React, or TypeScript
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms like AWS or GCP
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, preferably using Jenkins or GitLab-CI
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture
• Experience using JIRA for task management and team collaboration
• Ability to motivate and inspire team members and stakeholders
• Demonstrable problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to make sound decisions in complex and fast-paced environments
• Competent communicator/interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to align technical efforts with business objectives and identify innovation opportunities

Responsibilities

• Developing high performance team
• Foster a high-performing team where individuals feel valued, empowered, and aligned with team goals
• Create an environment that encourages continuous learning, collaboration, and innovation
• Identify strengths and areas for improvement, set clear goals, and provide resources for success
• Actively eliminate performance barriers and build a resilient, adaptable team that exceeds objectives
• Foster Cross-functional Collaboration
• Facilitate communication between engineering, product, design, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment on goals and priorities
• Resolve conflicts and ensure that trade-offs between customer needs, business objectives, and technical feasibility are addressed constructively
• Keep all stakeholders informed on project progress, challenges, and roadmap adjustments to ensure shared understanding
• Ensure that engineering efforts support the company’s strategic goals and product vision, driving effective decision-making and prioritization
• Empowering Development Excellence
• Act as a resource for developers, offering support with architectural decisions, debugging, and solving complex technical challenges
• Encourage high coding standards through regular code reviews, automated testing, and adherence to best practices across the team
• Organize team learning sessions, documentation efforts, and peer programming to enhance knowledge-sharing and skill development among developers

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in backend development using Python

Benefits

• 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