Backend Software Engineering Team Lead

<p><h2>About the role</h2> <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><h2>Our Stack </h2> <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> <h2>What you'll be doing</h2> <p><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> <h2>What you'll bring</h2> <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 </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> <h2>What’s in it for you</h2> <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> <h2>Interview Process</h2> <ul><li>Remote video screening with our Talent Acquisition Team </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>

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Mar 28, 2026

Sep 11, 2026

Sporty Group

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