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.