Lead Full Stack Developer

Summary

Join Thoughtworks as a Lead Developer and become the primary point of contact for clients, ensuring successful project delivery. You will collaborate with clients and team members, bringing a strategic and tactical mindset to projects. Champion best practices, oversee the software development lifecycle, and advocate for continuous delivery. Design solutions, choose appropriate technologies, and collaborate with teammates to build features and prototypes. Apply the latest technology thinking and utilize DevSecOps tools and practices. Cultivate team growth and development by fostering an inclusive and supportive environment. Thoughtworks offers a supportive culture and numerous development programs to help you grow your career.

Requirements

• Experience as a Lead Fullstack or Backend Developer, with a strong focus on Node.js
• Proven expertise working with the NestJS
• Previous experience with frontend (Javascript; React, Next.js)
• Deep understanding and practical experience in Event Management utilizing Kafka
• Experience developing and implementing GraphQL APIs
• Solid technical skills in error handling strategies and API Management best practices
• Experience with Azure cloud
• Demonstrated experience working within Agile teams, ideally with methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban, and a strong understanding of modern engineering practices
• Professional proficiency in Spanish (Advanced) and English (Intermediate High)

Responsibilities

• Champion and adopt best practices like writing clean and reusable code using TDD, pair programming and design patterns
• Oversee or take part in the entire cycle of software consulting and delivery from ideation to evolution in production and everything in between
• Use and advocate for continuous delivery practices to deliver high-quality software as well as value to end customers as early as possible
• Design solutions and choose technologies that solve clients’ problems while working within constraints and make pragmatic tradeoffs
• 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 way
• Apply the latest technology thinking from our Technology Radar to solve client problems
• 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
• Efficiently utilize and champion DevSecOps tools and practices to build and deploy software, advocating devops culture and shifting security left in development
• Cultivate Thoughtworker growth and development by encouraging feedback and fostering an inclusive, supportive team culture

Preferred Qualifications

• A solid understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles, gained through experience with Node.js or other relevant languages (e.g., JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, C#, etc.)
• A commitment to writing high-quality, well-tested code
• Familiarity with Test-Driven Development (TDD), Continuous Integration (CI), and Continuous Delivery (CD) pipelines and tools
• Bonus points for working knowledge of cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, and Docker
• 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

Benefits

• 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