James Lewis
Software Architect & Director at Thoughtworks
James Lewis is a programmer and Director at ThoughtWorks based in the UK. He’s proud to have been a part of ThoughtWorks’ journey for seventeen years and of its ongoing mission to deliver technical excellence for its clients and in amplifying positive social change for an equitable future. As a member of the ThoughtWorks Technical Advisory Board, the group that creates the Technology Radar, he contributes to industry adoption of open source and other tools, techniques, platforms and languages.
James defined the new Microservices architectural style back in 2014 along with Martin Fowler. James’ primary consulting focus these days is on helping organisations to align Technology Strategy with their organisational structures to improve their ability to get stuff done.
He is an internationally recognised expert on software architecture and design and on its intersection with organisational design and lean product development. As such he’s been a guest editor for IEEE Software, written articles, delivered training and spoken at more conferences than he can remember.
Check out some of James’ past talks:
- GOTO Aarhus 2023 - How Work Works
- GOTO Amsterdam 2022 - Team Topologies, Software Architecture & Complexity
Content featuring James Lewis
![Scale, Flow and Microservices](https://files.gotocon.com/uploads/images/conference_39/sessions/1662/original/jamesLew.jpg)
Scale, Flow and Microservices
![Team Topologies, Software Architecture and Complexity](https://files.gotocon.com/uploads/images/conference_38/sessions/1605/original/jamesLEWAMS.jpg)
Team Topologies, Software Architecture and Complexity
![Scale, Flow and Microservices](https://files.gotocon.com/uploads/images/conference_44/sessions/1749/original/jamesLewGOTOpiaCHI.jpg)
Scale, Flow and Microservices
![Quantum Computing in the Cloud](https://files.gotocon.com/uploads/images/conference_42/sessions/2988/original/StigSoerenJames.jpg)
Quantum Computing in the Cloud
![Intro to Roc & Innovation in Functional Programming](https://files.gotocon.com/uploads/images/conference_42/sessions/3151/original/RichardJames.jpg)
Intro to Roc & Innovation in Functional Programming
![Expert Talk: Scaling Down Complexity in Software](https://files.gotocon.com/uploads/images/conference_42/sessions/2293/original/JamesKevlin.jpg)
Expert Talk: Scaling Down Complexity in Software
![Software Architecture, Team Topologies and Complexity Science](/images/front-about-fb096b0e50cf7b9bcfc02590b743575f.jpg?vsn=d)
Software Architecture, Team Topologies and Complexity Science
![Software Architecture, Team Topologies and Complexity Science](/images/front-about-fb096b0e50cf7b9bcfc02590b743575f.jpg?vsn=d)
Software Architecture, Team Topologies and Complexity Science
![Software Architecture, Team Topologies and Complexity Science](/images/front-about-fb096b0e50cf7b9bcfc02590b743575f.jpg?vsn=d)
Software Architecture, Team Topologies and Complexity Science
![How Work Works](https://files.gotocon.com/uploads/images/conference_63/sessions/2564/original/jamesLAAR.jpg)
How Work Works
![How Work Works & Other Curiosities](https://files.gotocon.com/uploads/images/conference_65/sessions/2931/thumbnail_1716977995_medium.jpg)
How Work Works & Other Curiosities
![Software Architectures, Team Topologies and Complexity Science](https://files.gotocon.com/uploads/images/conference_65/sessions/2960/thumbnail_1716978090_medium.jpg)
Software Architectures, Team Topologies and Complexity Science
![Building Evolutionary Architectures](https://files.gotocon.com/uploads/images/conference_34/sessions/2696/original/RebeccaNealJames.jpg)
Building Evolutionary Architectures
![Data-Oriented Programming](https://files.gotocon.com/uploads/images/conference_34/sessions/3086/original/YehonathanJames22.jpg)
Data-Oriented Programming
![Patterns of Distributed Systems](https://files.gotocon.com/uploads/images/conference_34/sessions/3172/original/UnmeshJames.jpg)
Patterns of Distributed Systems
![How Flow Works](/images/front-about-fb096b0e50cf7b9bcfc02590b743575f.jpg?vsn=d)
How Flow Works
![How Flow Works](/images/front-about-fb096b0e50cf7b9bcfc02590b743575f.jpg?vsn=d)
How Flow Works
![How Flow Works & Other Curiosities](https://files.gotocon.com/uploads/images/conference_68/sessions/3068/original/jamesYOW23.jpg)
How Flow Works & Other Curiosities
![How Flow Works](/images/front-about-fb096b0e50cf7b9bcfc02590b743575f.jpg?vsn=d)
How Flow Works
![Data-Oriented Programming](https://files.gotocon.com/uploads/article_images/1/271/yehonathanjames_medium.jpg)
Data-Oriented Programming
![Intro to Roc & Innovation in Functional Programming](https://files.gotocon.com/uploads/article_images/1/293/richardjames_medium.jpg)
Intro to Roc & Innovation in Functional Programming
![Patterns of Distributed Systems](https://files.gotocon.com/uploads/article_images/1/296/unmeshjames_medium.jpg)
Patterns of Distributed Systems
![Scaling Complex Adaptive Systems](/images/front-about-fb096b0e50cf7b9bcfc02590b743575f.jpg?vsn=d)
Scaling Complex Adaptive Systems
![Covid-19 and the new normal for tech](/images/front-about-fb096b0e50cf7b9bcfc02590b743575f.jpg?vsn=d)
Covid-19 and the new normal for tech
![Ask Me Anything with James Lewis](/images/front-about-fb096b0e50cf7b9bcfc02590b743575f.jpg?vsn=d)
Ask Me Anything with James Lewis
![AMA with James Lewis](https://files.gotocon.com/uploads/event_images/1/147/thumbnail_goto%20nights%20cph_single-line%20title_medium.png)