Thoughtworks

Thoughtworks is a global technology consultancy headquartered in Chicago. It was taken private by Apax Funds in a transaction announced complete on November 13, 2024. Martin Fowler, who works at Thoughtworks, named and described the Strangler Fig pattern after watching colleagues modernize legacy systems gradually. Its published client work centres on re-architecture and incremental modernization.

Thoughtworks' payments modernization case reports replacing a monolithic mainframe issuer-processing platform with AWS-hosted microservices. It establishes a supplier-described architecture transition and modernization partnership. The client is unnamed, and the page does not disclose the cutover sequence or confirm use of the Strangler Fig pattern. The Docebo account describes extracting features from a legacy PHP 7 monolith into microservices on AWS, with a Docebo executive quoted; it is also supplier-hosted.