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.