Backend Software Engineering Team Lead

<div> <p><strong>About the role</strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p><strong>Our Stack&nbsp;</strong></p> <ul> <li>Language: Java 17</li> <li>Frameworks: Spring Boot (Tomcat, Netty), Spring Data, Spring Cloud</li> <li>Architecture: Microservices, REST API, Message Queues</li> <li>Database: MySQL, MyBatis, MongoDB</li> <li>Caching: Redis (AWS ElastiCache), ElasticSearch</li> <li>Message Queue: RocketMQ</li> <li>Cloud: Kubernetes, AWS</li> <li>Monitoring: Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, AWS CloudWatch, OpenTracing</li> <li>CI/CD: Jenkins, ArgoCD</li> </ul> <p><strong>What you'll be doing</strong></p> <div> <ul> <li>Lead and mentor a talented development team in the EU region, fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture</li> <li>Provide technical leadership and ensure best practices in software development, code quality, and architecture</li> <li>Participate in high-level architecture and design decisions for complex software systems</li> <li>Drive the development lifecycle from requirements gathering to deployment, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality solutions</li> <li>Conduct regular code reviews, offering constructive feedback to improve the team’s skills and output</li> <li>Manage team members' performance and career development</li> <li>Help drive continuous improvement in development processes, tools, and techniques</li> </ul> <p><strong>What you'll bring</strong></p> <ul> <li>8+ years of experience in software development, with a strong focus on backend technologies (e.g. Java, Node.js, Python, Go, etc.)</li> <li>2+ years of experience in a leadership role, with experience in mentoring, performance reviews, work allocation</li> <li>Strong experience in software architecture and designing scalable, reliable systems</li> <li>Hands-on experience in backend development, with expertise in APIs and microservices&nbsp;</li> <li>Excellent communication skills in English and the ability to manage and collaborate within a remote, diverse team</li> <li>A passion for technology and innovation, with a drive to solve complex technical challenges</li> </ul> <p><strong>What’s in it for you</strong></p> <ul> <li>Sporty is a remote first company in pursuit of sustainability</li> <li>A competitive salary + individual performance based bonuses every quarter</li> <li>28 days paid annual leave</li> <li>Our core working hours are 10am-3pm in your local time zone with flexibility outside of this</li> <li>Referral bonuses &amp; flash bonuses</li> <li>Top of the line equipment</li> <li>Annual company retreats to provide great internal networking opportunities</li> </ul> <p><strong>Interview Process</strong></p> <ul> <li>Remote video screening with our Talent Acquisition Team&nbsp;</li> <li>Offline Take home assignment</li> <li>Remote video interview with Team Members (60 Mins)</li> <li>Final discussion with the hiring manager (60 mins)</li> </ul> <p>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.</p> </div> </div>