Backend Software Engineering Team Lead

About the role

As the Team Lead for our software development team, you will play a key role in driving the architecture, development, and delivery of high-quality software solutions. You will lead a group of talented developers, ensuring smooth collaboration, technical innovation, and strong delivery results. Your responsibilities will encompass both hands-on coding and line management, helping the team grow, improve, and thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Our Stack

Language: Java 17

Frameworks: Spring Boot (Tomcat, Netty), Spring Data, Spring Cloud

Architecture: Microservices, REST API, Message Queues

Database: MySQL, MyBatis, MongoDB

Caching: Redis (AWS ElastiCache), ElasticSearch

Message Queue: RocketMQ

Cloud: Kubernetes, AWS

Monitoring: Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, AWS CloudWatch, OpenTracing

CI/CD: Jenkins, ArgoCD

What you'll be doing

Lead and mentor a talented development team in the EU region, fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture

Provide technical leadership and ensure best practices in software development, code quality, and architecture

Participate in high-level architecture and design decisions for complex software systems

Drive the development lifecycle from requirements gathering to deployment, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality solutions

Conduct regular code reviews, offering constructive feedback to improve the team’s skills and output

Manage team members' performance and career development

Help drive continuous improvement in development processes, tools, and techniques

What you'll bring

8+ years of experience in software development, with a strong focus on backend technologies (e.g. Java, Node.js, Python, Go, etc.)

2+ years of experience in a leadership role, with experience in mentoring, performance reviews, work allocation

Strong experience in software architecture and designing scalable, reliable systems

Hands-on experience in backend development, with expertise in APIs and microservices

Excellent communication skills in English and the ability to manage and collaborate within a remote, diverse team

A passion for technology and innovation, with a drive to solve complex technical challenges

What’s in it for you

Sporty is a remote first company in pursuit of sustainability

A competitive salary + individual performance based bonuses every quarter

28 days paid annual leave

Our core working hours are 10am-3pm in your local time zone with flexibility outside of this

Referral bonuses & flash bonuses

Top of the line equipment

Annual company retreats to provide great internal networking opportunities

Interview Process

Remote video screening with our Talent Acquisition Team

Offline Take home assignment

Remote video interview with Team Members (60 Mins)

Final discussion with the hiring manager (60 mins)

If you're interested, we encourage you to apply! Every application is reviewed by a member of our team (AI is not used in our recruitment process), and we aim to respond within 48 hours.