Backend Engineering Team Lead - Weekend Shifts

Sporty • GB

GoJavaPython Remote

Sporty Group

Partnered with some of the World’s greatest Champions including Real Madrid FC, Michael Essien and Eder Militao, we’re on the lookout for some Champions of our own to be a part of the 'Top Ranked Fastest Growing and Most Successful Online Gaming Brand in the World'. Home to SportyBet, SportyTV, Sporty.com, Football.com and the newly launched SportyFM, we continue to lead with innovation and exclusive sports content.

Sporty is expanding and we're building the world's go to platform for everyday entertainment.

About the role

As the Team Lead for our Core Availability 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

Language: Java 8/21

Frameworks: Spring Boot (Tomcat, Netty), Spring Data, Spring Cloud

Architecture: Microservices, REST API, Message Queues, WebSocket

Database: MySQL, MyBatis, MongoDB

Caching: Redis/ValKey (AWS ElastiCache), ElasticSearch

Message Queue: RocketMQ

Cloud: Kubernetes, AWS

Monitoring: Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, AWS CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry

CI/CD: Jenkins, ArgoCD

What you'll be doing

Lead and mentor a talented global development team, 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

Work across a Friday-Tuesday shift pattern (including the weekend)

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

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