Lead System Architect

Lead System Architect act as the primary point of contact for our clients, ensuring that teams are successful in their delivery, translate complex customer challenges into cutting-edge technical solutions by orchestrating the entire solution lifecycle—from the initial proposal and successful delivery to ongoing support through managed services. 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 System Architect guide and coach their teams in their implementation and application.

Job responsibilities

• You will focus on understanding and documenting the client problems and requirements, and provide managed service solutions to address them.

• You will build the proposal development process from managed services solution strategy discussions through solution design, pricing, proposal document preparation and pitching to internal account leadership teams and clients.

• 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

• You have advanced/fluent English skills.

• Bonus points if you speak Spanish.

• You have a strong technical foundation with hands-on software development skills and a combination of architecture and coding experience.

• You have expertise in Java and Springboot.

• You have deep experience with GCP and other cloud environments.

• You have proven ability to design and scale microservices.

• You have experience in managed services and exposure to emerging technologies.

• You have experience with putting together proposals that respond to customer requirements and win work.

• You have experience in defining operating model for support coverage and distribution of teams according to the business needs.

• Knowledge of delivery approaches such as TDD, continuous integration, pairing and infrastructure automation.

Professional Skills

• You understand the importance of stakeholder management and can easily liaise between clients and other key stakeholders throughout projects, ensuring buy-in and gaining trust along the way.

• You are resilient in ambiguous situations and can adapt your role to approach challenges from multiple perspectives.

• You don’t shy away from risks or conflicts, instead you take them on and skillfully manage them.

• You are eager to coach, mentor and motivate others and you aspire to influence teammates to take positive action and accountability for their work.

• You enjoy influencing others and always advocate for technical excellence while being open to change when needed.

• You are a proven leader with a track record of encouraging teammates in their professional development and relationships.

• Cultivating strong partnerships comes naturally to you; You understand the importance of relationship building and how it can bring new opportunities to our business.

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.

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