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Backend Software Engineering Team Lead – OpsTech
Location
Europe
Posted
44 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Backend Software Engineering Team Lead – OpsTech
Sporty Group
• 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
Job Requirements
- 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
Benefits
- 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
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