What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Software Engineer – Backstage Platform position at Jobright.ai?
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Job Summary:
Thoughtworks is a global technology consultancy that integrates strategy, design, and engineering to drive digital innovation. In this role, the Lead Software Engineer will act as the primary point of contact for clients, ensuring successful project delivery while balancing strategic and tactical mindsets. The position involves championing best practices, collaborating with clients, and mentoring team members.
Responsibilities:
• You will champion and adopt best practices like writing clean and reusable code using TDD, pair programming and design patterns
• Experience with Backstage - Clear and good communication since you're talking with external customers.
• Typescript knowledge is needed. Plugins are written in Typescript.
• Knowledge of how containers are deployed to various cloud providers.
• Support tickets sometimes cross boundaries and knowing the basics help. Example, I had a ticket come across that the fix was modifying the statement_timeout in the RDS parameter_group.
• Able to debug and troubleshoot issues with limited information available.
• Kubernetes pod lifecycle, pod configuration, and ingress/egress knowledge. The person won't be dealing with Kubernetes directly, but again this knowledge will help with troubleshooting tickets.
• The person must be comfortable with having a role that is more focused on client/customers meetings and little coding.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Solid understanding and hands-on experience with Backstage
• Required TypeScript knowledge for working with Backstage plugins
• Understanding of Kubernetes pod lifecycle, configuration, ingress/egress
• Familiarity with container deployment across cloud providers
• Ability to debug with limited information
• Clear and effective communication with external customers
• Experience influencing others and advocating for technical excellence
• Ability to bridge product and technology by translating business needs to software requirements
• Ability to develop and execute a technical vision with a focus on business value
• Act as a mentor for less experienced peers through technical knowledge and inspiration
• Resilience in ambiguous situations and ability to approach challenges from multiple perspectives
Company:
Thoughtworks is a technological firm that combines strategy, design, and software engineering. Founded in 1993, the company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with a team of 10001 employees. The company is currently Public Company. Thoughtworks has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.
