Sporty Group - Frontend Engineering Team Lead - MarTech

Remote - Europe1mo ago

Requirements

• 8+ years of software development experience with a primary focus on Frontend technologies. • 2+ years of experience in a formal leadership or line management role (mentoring, performance evaluations, work allocation). • Strong technical mastery of JavaScript/TypeScript (ES6+), CSS preprocessors (Less/Sass), Webpack, and Git. • Proven experience with state management architectures (e.g., Vuex, Redux, NgRx). • Experience planning and executing large-scale web migrations, particularly with Nuxt.js or Server-Side Rendering (SSR) frameworks. • Strong track record in web performance engineering, Core Web Vitals optimization, and technical SEO. • Experience working in high-traffic, high-scale environments such as MarTech, AdTech, E-commerce, Betting, or Events platforms. • Familiarity with modern end-to-end testing tools (e.g., Playwright) is a plus. • Basic awareness/understanding of backend environments (Java, SpringBoot) and DevOps concepts (AWS, Kubernetes, Jenkins) is a plus. • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of Frontend developers within the Marketing Tech and Social domain. • Drive high-level architecture and design decisions for complex software systems, ensuring high performance, scalability, and code quality. • Lead major technical migration projects, specifically executing our roadmap to transition the platform to Nuxt.js and Server-Side Rendering (SSR). • Focus heavily on performance engineering, optimizing site load speed, Core Web Vitals, and technical SEO for high-traffic environments. • Maintain a heavily hands-on contribution level (coding, architecture, and code reviews) alongside line management responsibilities. • Manage team members' performance, lead 1-on-1s, drive career development, and handle work allocation. • Drive continuous improvement in development processes, modern tools, and delivery standards across the team. • Collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders, backend engineers, and product teams to refine requirements and ship high-quality features.

Benefits

• 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