I was looking to join a team which not just appreciates technical skills but also has great values. The interview phase at ThoughtWorks gave me the feeling, that this is what I am looking in for, a right place where I could grow both in my profession and as a person.

So I joined ThoughtWorks in 2016 as a developer. An opportunity to work as a full stack developer, with pairing, TDD, continuous delivery and team specific ways of working in agile. By now I’m a Tech Lead.

Though having previous experience in this role, my experience with Thoughtworks is unique. The work environment encourages me to ask questions, share my ideas, provide support, to learn new technologies, to grow consultancy skills, receive leadership training, exercise your conflict management skills and more.

Quality is an active ingredient in all aspects of our work.

As a Quality Analyst I get to work with all roles of the team to ensure that quality is build into the product from the start. We create fast feedback loops, embrace collaboration and shared responsibility and visualise all the things with lots and lots of stickies and dashboards. The best part of working at ThoughtWorks is that we all work towards the same goals and that includes quality.

As Client Principal I am responsible for customer acquisition and account management. The most important thing for me is to create a win-win situation in which we create business value for the client and exciting challenges for our teams. If we succeed in introducing innovative and disruptive ideas to projects by using the latest programming languages, tools and platforms, then this is exactly the environment in which ThoughtWorks feels comfortable – and the result is a happy client.

Being an adventurer by nature, I love challenges. While studying mathematics at university, I loved problem-solving and thinking outside the box: that is how my first tech job as a quality analyst lured me in.

Tech has shown me enormous personal growth opportunities: the learning never ends and I get to be a part of something that shapes people’s lives so much.

After working in 3 different countries, I packed my bags and moved to the 4th one just because of ThoughtWorks. At ThoughtWorks, I get to embrace my authenticity as a QA by collaborating with various roles in the team to make sure that we have a quality focus in our work culture: from the initial thoughts on how to create a strong, long-lasting & ethical product to the trustworthy implementation led by the testing mindset.