Frontend Engineering Team Lead - MarTech

sportygroup; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first company

Quarterly bonuses

28 days annual leave

Flexible core hours 10am-3pm

Top-of-the-line equipment

Annual company retreats

Job summary

Sporty is seeking a Team Lead for our Frontend development team to drive architecture, development, and delivery of high-quality software solutions. You will lead a group of talented developers, ensuring collaboration, innovation, and strong delivery results, with hands-on coding and line management responsibilities.

You will mentor engineers, steer large migrations to Nuxt.js/SSR, optimize performance and Core Web Vitals for high-traffic environments, and collaborate closely with product and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of frontend development experience with a focus on frontend technologies.
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Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of Frontend developers within 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 Nuxt.js and Server-Side Rendering (SSR).
• Focus on performance engineering, optimizing Core Web Vitals and technical SEO for high-traffic environments.
• Maintain hands-on contribution level (coding, architecture, code reviews) alongside line management.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Frontend architecture

Stakeholder management

Tools

Vue.js

Vuex

Vue Router

Nuxt.js

TypeScript

JavaScript (ES6+)

Less

SCSS

Element UI

Webpack

Playwright

Java

Spring Boot

Node.js

AWS

Kubernetes

Jenkins

FreeMarker

Job description

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)