Lead Developer

Summary

Join Thoughtworks as a Lead Developer and become the primary point of contact for clients, ensuring successful project delivery. You will bring a strategic mindset, collaborating with clients to realize technical visions. This role demands a balance of high-level and tactical thinking, working with both clients and team members. Thoughtworks is committed to delivering exceptional solutions, and Lead Developers guide and coach teams in implementation and application. We support Backstage adopters, helping them maximize success through setup, adoption, and platform transformation. The goal is to assist customers in implementing Backstage, integrating systems, and realizing business value through technical execution and cultural change. Lead Developers also help drive internal adoption of Backstage, improving software delivery metrics.

Requirements

• Proficiency with TypeScript, particularly helpful for working on Backstage plugins
• Experience with Spotify Backstage
• Familiarity with container deployment across cloud providers (e.g., AWS, Azure)
• Working knowledge of cloud infrastructure, including tuning relational databases
• Ability to debug and troubleshoot complex issues with minimal context
• Understanding of Kubernetes concepts (pod lifecycle, configuration, ingress/egress), even if not working with K8s directly
• Comfortable writing high-quality, well-tested code using Object-Oriented programming principles
• Active presence in the tech community through speaking, blogging, or open source contributions
• Comfort with Agile methodologies such as XP, Scrum, or Kanban
• You enjoy influencing others and always advocate for technical excellence while being open to change when needed
• You're resilient in ambiguous situations and can approach challenges from multiple perspectives
• Strong communication and teamwork skills, dedicated to discovering the most suitable solutions for any given scenario
• You genuinely enjoy interacting with teammates from across the business and have a knack for communicating technical concepts to non-technical audiences

Responsibilities

• Use continuous delivery practices to deliver high-quality software as well as value to end customers as early as possible
• Work in collaborative, value-driven teams to build innovative customer experiences for our clients
• Create large-scale distributed systems out of microservices
• Efficiently utilize DevOps tools and practices to build and deploy software
• Lead or take part in the entire cycle of software consulting and delivery from ideation to deployment and everything in between
• Act as a mentor for less-experienced peers through both your technical knowledge and leadership skills
• Support Backstage adopters with onboarding, catalog integration, and plugin customization
• Help drive internal adoption of Backstage, increasing developer activity and improving software delivery metrics
• Create reusable assets, contribute to implementation blueprints, and establish scalable customer onboarding processes
• Troubleshoot customer issues, often with limited information, and contribute to ongoing product improvement through captured feedback

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