Global technology consultancy founded in 1993, employing 10,000+ across 47 offices in 18 countries, delivering software, design, data engineering and AI solutions.
Thoughtworks is a global technology consultancy founded in Chicago in 1993. It delivers software development, design, data engineering and AI-powered solutions to help clients transform their digital journeys and achieve sustainable business outcomes. The firm employs over 10,000 people - Thoughtworkers - across 47 offices in 18 countries.
Its technical work spans software engineering, AI and machine learning, agentic AI development platforms, data engineering, design and digital transformation. Among its products is AI/works™, an agentic development platform launched to change the economics of building industrial-grade AI-powered systems. The practice blends design, engineering and AI expertise rather than treating them as separate disciplines.
Thoughtworks was founded on experimenting and learning to drive continuous improvement, and holds engineering excellence in the craft of software development as a central commitment. Culture and technological excellence are treated as instrumental to its stated purpose of creating extraordinary impact. The firm positions itself against the pattern of IT run as a cost centre with a poor delivery record, and aims to change that pattern.
For engineers who work at the intersection of client problems and technical execution - deploying software, data and AI systems into live enterprise environments - the scale of the operation and the emphasis on craft make Thoughtworks a distinctive place to build a career.
