Frontend Engineering Team Lead - Martech

**About the role** As the Team Lead for our Frontend 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** * Frontend: Vue.js, Vuex, Vue Router, Nuxt.js (Planned Migration), TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), Less, SCSS, Element UI  * Testing & Build: Webpack, Playwright  * Backend Exposure: Java, Spring Boot, Node.js  * Infra & DevOps Exposure: AWS, Kubernetes (K8s), Jenkins, FreeMarker **What you'll be doing** * 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.  **What you'll bring** * 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.  **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.