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.

• 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