Principal Forward-Deployed Engineer

What you'll do:

• Shaping the bet. Running concept sprints with client executives, product managers and designers. Turning a broad ambition into something scoped and testable. Agreeing what success looks like, and what would tell us to stop, before anyone writes code.
• Winning the work. Partnering with account leads to shape technical narratives on new pursuits. Supporting the pod construct and 3/3/3 commercial arc with client leaders with a clear understanding of pricing parameters.
• Proving it. Setting the technical direction for prototyping: what to build, what to fake, what to buy, and what evidence each prototype needs to produce. Pairing with designers and engineers so prototypes can actually be tested with users.
• Landing it. Owning an architecture that ships in three months and stands up long-term. Establishing delivery systems around it: agentic workflows with human oversight, continuous delivery, test strategy, observability, security, and privacy by design.
• Advising. Serving as a trusted technology advisor to key stakeholders. Aligning technical options with business outcomes. Presenting to steering committees, facilitating executive workshops, and shaping new opportunities with client partners.
• Developing team members. Pairing, reviewing code, and mentoring colleagues. Creating reusable practices to support team continuity. Mentoring engineers onto lighthouse projects and sharing knowledge broadly across internal and external communities.

Full details and application on the official Thoughtworks careers page.