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.