Thoughtworks

SeniorDeveloper(Modernisation)

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The Brief

“Senior Developer(Modernisation) at Thoughtworks. Skills: Software development, Modernisation, AI integration, Distributed systems, Agile methodologies, DevOps. Collaborate with Business and Quality Analysts, Designers, Project Managers to design software solutions. Listen thoughtfully to understand the context of a business problem”

What You'll Achieve.

Create meaningful change for our clients; Deliver a powerful end result; Reduce legacy risk by improving testability, deployment safety, observability and recovery practices; Enhance productivity; Ensure high-quality code; Create capacity for more complex and creative problem-solving

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Solve complex business problems; Identify pragmatic modernisation options; Approach challenges from multiple perspectives

Eligibility Requirements

Requires the successful candidate to be a Singapore Citizen or PR of Singapore, May be expected to work out of our Thoughtworks office or at our client's office location for all five working days of the week, depending on business or clients’ needs

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Experience using one or more development languages (Java, Kotlin, JavaScript, TypeScript, Ruby, C#, etc.), Experience in object-oriented programming, Ability to contribute to decisions on when to refactor, replatform, re-architect or replace, and to explain trade-offs clearly to engineers, product partners and delivery stakeholders, Support technical decision-making by relating modernisation choices to business goals, delivery risk and customer value, Skillfully write high-quality, well-tested code, Comfortable with Object-Oriented programming, Comfortable with Agile methodologies, such as Extreme Programming (XP), Scrum and/or Kanban, Good awareness of TDD, continuous integration and continuous delivery approaches/tools

Nice to Have

Working knowledge of cloud technology such as AWS, Azure, Kubernetes and Docker, Working knowledge of cloud technology such as AWS, Azure, Kubernetes and Docker

What You'll Do.

Collaborate with Business and Quality Analysts

Project Managers to design software solutions

Listen thoughtfully to understand the context of a business problem

Write clean and iterative code

Advocate for better engineering practices

Cultivate an environment of collaboration and healthy debate

Drive teams toward delivering on an aspirational tech vision

Act as mentors for more junior-level consultants

Leverage deep technical knowledge to solve complex business problems

Proactively assess team's health

code quality and nonfunctional requirements

Learn and adopt best practices like writing clean and reusable code using TDD

pair programming and design patterns

Contribute to assessing legacy systems

including architecture

operational risk and dependencies

Help identify pragmatic modernisation options aligned to agreed business goals

Help delivery teams reduce legacy risk by improving testability

observability and recovery practices before and during migration

Drive the AI-first software delivery strategy by strategically integrating and utilizing AI tools throughout the development lifecycle

Create large-scale distributed systems out of microservices

Apply the latest technology thinking from our Technology Radar to solve client problems

Efficiently utilize DevSecOps tools and practices to build and deploy software

Advocate devops culture and shifting security left in development

Oversee 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 technical knowledge and leadership skills

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate with Business and Quality Analysts, Designers, Project Managers; Ensure all voices are heard; Foster an environment of collaboration and healthy, respectful debate; Act as mentors for more junior-level consultants; Support technical decision-making by explaining trade-offs clearly to engineers, product partners and delivery stakeholders; Help delivery teams reduce legacy risk

Communication Scope

Explaining trade-offs clearly to engineers, product partners and delivery stakeholders

Full Job Description

Due to the nature of the projects and specific client security clearance, this role requires the successful candidate to be a Singapore Citizen or PR of Singapore Senior Software Developers collaborate with Business and Quality Analysts, Designers, Project Managers and more to design software solutions that will create meaningful change for our clients. They listen thoughtfully to understand the context of a business problem and write clean and iterative code to deliver a powerful end result whilst consistently advocating for better engineering practices. By balancing strong opinions with a willingness to find the right answer, Senior Software Developers bring integrity to technology, ensuring all voices are heard. For a team to thrive, it needs collaboration and room for healthy, respectful debate. Senior Developers are the technologists who cultivate this environment while driving teams toward delivering on an aspirational tech vision and acting as mentors for more junior-level consultants. You will leverage deep technical knowledge to solve complex business problems and proactively assess your team’s health, code quality and nonfunctional requirements. Job responsibilities You will learn and adopt best practices like writing clean and reusable code using TDD, pair programming and design patterns. You will contribute to assessing legacy systems, including architecture, codebase health, delivery constraints, operational risk and dependencies, and help identify pragmatic modernisation options aligned to agreed business goals. You will help delivery teams reduce legacy risk by improving testability, deployment safety, observability and recovery practices before and during migration. You will drive the AI-first software delivery strategy by strategically integrating and utilizing AI tools throughout the development lifecycle to enhance productivity, ensure high-quality code and create capacity for more complex and creative problem-solving. You will create large-scale

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