7 days ago

Backend Software Engineering Team Lead

Sporty Group

Hybrid
Full Time
€120,000
Hybrid

Job Overview

Job TitleBackend Software Engineering Team Lead
Job TypeFull Time
CategoryCommerce
Experience5 Years
DegreeMaster
Offered Salary€120,000
LocationHybrid

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Job Description

About The Role

As the Backend Software Engineering Team Lead for Sporty Group, 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).

Key skills/competency

  • Backend Development
  • Team Leadership
  • Software Architecture
  • Java 17
  • Spring Boot
  • Microservices
  • Cloud Technologies (AWS, Kubernetes)
  • Database Management (MySQL, MongoDB)
  • CI/CD (Jenkins, ArgoCD)
  • Mentorship

Tags:

Backend Team Lead
Software Development
Team Leadership
Architecture
Mentoring
Code Review
Microservices
Delivery
Scalability
CI/CD
Problem Solving
Java
Spring Boot
Kubernetes
AWS
MySQL
MongoDB
Redis
RocketMQ
Grafana
Jenkins

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How to Get Hired at Sporty Group

  • Research Sporty Group's culture: Study their mission, values, recent news, and employee testimonials on LinkedIn and Glassdoor. Understand their remote-first approach and commitment to sustainability.
  • Tailor your resume for Backend Team Lead: Highlight 8+ years of backend development and 2+ years of leadership experience. Emphasize proficiency in Java 17, Spring Boot, microservices, and cloud architecture (AWS, Kubernetes). Quantify your impact on team growth and project delivery.
  • Showcase technical leadership: Prepare to discuss experience in high-level architecture design, code reviews, and driving development lifecycles. Emphasize your ability to foster a high-performance, collaborative team culture.
  • Prepare for a comprehensive interview process: Expect remote video screenings, a take-home assignment, team interviews, and a final discussion. Be ready to demonstrate hands-on coding skills, architectural design capabilities, and leadership qualities.
  • Highlight remote collaboration skills: Given Sporty Group's remote-first model, demonstrate excellent English communication skills and experience managing diverse, distributed teams effectively.

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