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Backend Software Engineering Team Lead - OpsTech

Posted about 1 month ago

RemoteEurope - RemoteSE

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.

Job details
Workplace
Remote
Location
Europe - Remote
Experience
SE
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Sporty Group is a consumer internet and technology business with unrivaled sports media, gaming, social and fintech platforms that serve millions of daily active users across the globe via technology and operations hubs across more than 10 countries and 3 continents. The recipe for our success is to discover intelligent and energetic people, who are passionate about our products and serving our users, and attract and retain them with a dynamic and flexible work life which empowers them to create value and rewards them generously based upon their contribution. We’re fortunate enough to have already built a capable and proven team of 500+ high achievers from a diverse set of backgrounds with a common thirst for excellence and we are constantly looking for more talented individuals to power our growth and serve our users further via their grit and innovation.

Employees
1024
Industry
Spectator Sports
Headquarters
London
Founded
2013
Company location
London, Remote, GB

Key team members

Scott Ferguson

Scott Ferguson

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