Job Description

Job Title: Lead Developer

Company: ThoughtWorks

Years of Exp: 9+ years

Location: Bangalore, India

Role Type: Full-Time

Salary: As per company policy

Eligibility: 9+ years’ experience in software development, with leadership exposure and hands-on coding expertise.

Role Overview:

As a Lead Developer, you will serve as the primary client contact, driving the strategic technical vision and ensuring the successful delivery of projects. You’ll balance high-level solutioning with hands-on coding, collaborating with clients and teams to deliver scalable, secure, and high-quality software.

Key Responsibilities:

• Champion best practices: clean/reusable code, TDD, pair programming, design patterns
• Oversee full software delivery lifecycle: ideation → production → evolution
• Advocate Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), ensuring early value delivery to customers
• Design pragmatic solutions & technology choices within client constraints
• Collaborate with teams on features, prototypes, UX, and design concepts
• Apply insights from Technology Radar and the latest tech trends
• Code actively in Java, Python, GenAI; remain hands-on and not post-technical
• Champion DevSecOps culture: shift security left, CI/CD pipelines, automation
• Cultivate team growth through mentorship, feedback, and inclusion

Skills & Qualifications:

• Primary Skill: Java | Secondary Skill: Python | Mandatory: GenAI experience
• Strong in Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
• Proven experience leading Agile / Lean / Continuous Delivery teams
• Expertise in TDD, CI, pairing, and infra automation
• Knowledge of cloud & containerization: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes (bonus)
• Familiarity with functional programming, event-driven architecture, and platform engineering
• Strong client collaboration, communication, and influencing skills
• Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions
• Resilient in ambiguity, strategic thinker with tactical execution ability
• Proven mentorship & leadership in technical teams