Technology consultant
Jason Roberts
I'm a technology consultant at Thoughtworks focused on agentic engineering, systems, architecture, and solutioning.
All problems are people problems, and most of the problems I tackle are sociotechnical ones. The world is a system.
Focus
What I work on
- 01
Agentic & spec-driven delivery
Specs, harnesses and workflows that let AI agents do real delivery work without losing the plot.
- 02
Cloud & data platforms
Platforms on AWS, Azure and GCP, data engineering, and data meshes that hold up across accounts and teams.
- 03
Architecture & modernization
Enterprise architecture and legacy modernization, with guardrails rather than gates.
- 04
Delivery & productivity
DORA metrics, value stream mapping, and the leading indicators that show where delivery is headed.
Recent issues
The Name of the Frame
Tests written after the work are primed by the work, so agent loops need a validator that checks against the spec and an adjudicator that caps rounds and escalates to you.
The AI Code Review Kerfuffle
AI made sensing defects cheap but left understanding and repair expensive, so review needs risk tiers and an outer loop that graduates and demotes autonomy.
Now
What I'm working on
- Writing
- Cybernetic Intelligence, a weekly blog on agentic and spec-driven development
- Building
- An NFR starter kit: a practical reference for the non-functional requirements nobody can keep in their head
- Exploring
- A self-evolving harness for agentic delivery, and how much of its own scaffolding an agent can safely maintain