Team Lead, Frontend Development

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