Senior Application Developer at Thoughtworks · Bengaluru (Bangalore) · 4 - 8 years · Profitable · Posted 19 Mar 2024

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 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 work in collaborative, value-driven teams to build innovative customer experiences for our clients
- You will create large-scale distributed systems out of microservices
- 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 way.
- You will apply the latest technology thinking from our Technology Radar to solve client problems
- You will efficiently utilize DevSecOps tools and practices to build and deploy software, advocating devops culture and shifting security left in development
- You will oversee or take part in the entire cycle of software consulting and delivery from ideation to deployment and everything in between
- You will act as a mentor for less-experienced peers through both your technical knowledge and leadership skills
Job qualifications:
Technical Skills
- You have experience using one or more development languages (Java, Nodejs, React, TypeScript, JavaScript, etc.) with experience in Object-Oriented programming
- You can skillfully write high-quality, well-tested code and you are comfortable with Object-Oriented programming
- You are comfortable with Agile methodologies, such as Extreme Programming (XP), Scrum and/or Kanban
- You have a good awareness of TDD, continuous integration and continuous delivery approaches/tools
- Bonus points if you have working knowledge of cloud technology such as AWS, Azure, Kubernetes and Docker
Professional Skills
- You enjoy influencing others and always advocate for technical excellence while being open to change when needed
- Presence in the external tech community: you willingly share your expertise with others via speaking engagements, contributions to open source, blogs and more
- You’re resilient in ambiguous situations and can approach challenges from multiple perspectives
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
About
Founded in 1993, we’ve grown from a small team in Chicago to a leading software consultancy of more than 8000 Thoughtworkers in 17 countries. Our cross-functional teams of strategists, developers, data engineers, and designers bring over two decades of global experience to every partnership.
Thoughtworks invented the concept of distributed agile and we know how to harness the power of global teams to deliver software excellence at scale. Today we help our clients to create their own path to digital fluency and to build organizational resilience to navigate the future.
Our job is to foster a vibrant community where people have the freedom to make an extraordinary impact on the world through technology.
As a Thoughtworker, you are free to seek out the most ambitious challenges. Free to change career paths. Free to use technology as a tool for social change. Free to be yourself.
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Key Responsibilities
· Develop and maintain application features using .NET Framework and Angular or assigned tech stack.
· Write clean, efficient, and well-structured code following engineering best practices.
· Debug, test, and fix defects with attention to quality and performance.
· Participate in requirement discussions, sprint ceremonies, and Agile workflows.
· Collaborate with peers, leads, QA, and cross-functional teams effectively.
· Document code, APIs, and module-level design details.
· Use AI-assisted tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT) responsibly to improve productivity.
· Continuously learn and apply new technologies, frameworks, and standards.
Required Skills
· Strong fundamentals in OOP, data structures, algorithms, logical reasoning, and problem solving.
· Good knowledge of C#/.NET Framework, or another modern backend framework.
· Basic understanding of relational databases, REST APIs, and version control (Git).
· Understand database concepts and able to write sql queries with joins
· Familiarity with Agile concepts (user stories, backlog, sprints).
· Good communication and team collaboration skills.
· Quick learner with a growth mindset.
· Awareness of AI tools and how they support coding, testing, and documentation.
Preferred Skills
· Knowledge of unit testing (xUnit, JUnit, NUnit).
· Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps basics.
· Basic understanding of cloud platforms (Azure/Cloudflare) is a plus.
Job Summary
We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated Software Developers who are eager to start their careers in software development. Candidates from any technical background with basic programming knowledge, good logical thinking, and a willingness to learn are welcome to apply.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, test, and maintain software applications.
- Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code.
- Understand technical requirements and contribute to development tasks.
- Identify, debug, and resolve basic technical issues.
- Work with databases, APIs, and application development tools as required.
- Collaborate with senior developers and team members.
- Learn new technologies and follow software development best practices.
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