About the role
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.