Senior Lead Software Engineer (Full Stack)

Global Sports Jobs Limited; Nashville (TN); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Medical insurance

Paid vacation

401K plan

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in Nashville is seeking a Senior Full Stack Web Developer Lead/Manager to drive hands-on development and lead an agile team. You will mentor developers, conduct code reviews, and collaborate with product management to deliver high-quality web applications.

You will guide a three‑to‑five person team, ensure code quality, and stay current with industry trends while delivering scalable software in a hybrid Nashville office environment.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of experience as a Full Stack Web Developer or similar role.
• Proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript and frameworks like React, Angular or Vue.js.
• Strong back-end knowledge with Node.js/Express, Django or Rails.
• Experience with MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL or similar databases.
• Experience building large SPAs with complex state management.
• Familiarity with Bootstrap, Semantic-UI, Material or Tailwind.
• Experience writing unit/integration tests with Jest, Chai or Cypress.
• Experience leading a team and performing code reviews for security and quality.
• Familiarity with Git and RESTful APIs.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain web applications using modern technologies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and ship new features.
• Lead an agile team of three to five developers and mentor others.
• Write clean, maintainable, efficient code and review peers’ work.
• Ensure performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
• Identify bottlenecks and fix bugs for stability and speed.
• Guide and mentor full-stack developers in technical concepts.
• Maintain code quality, organization and automation practices.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback.
• Stay updated with industry trends and technologies.

Skills

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

Node.js

Express

REST APIs

Database design

Git

CI/CD

Docker

AWS

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Team leadership

Agile

Code reviews

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Job description

About the Role

The Senior Full Stack Web Developer Lead/Manager joins a team of self-motivated engineers with a passion for the business and its technologies. The role combines hands‑on development of high‑quality web applications with leadership of an agile development team, management of other developers, and close interaction with product management. The successful candidate also performs code reviews and mentors other developers to improve code quality and delivery speed. This is a hybrid role based out of the Nashville office.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain web applications using modern web technologies.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Lead an agile team of three to five other developers and manage two to three developers.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs.
• Guide and mentor other full stack developers in business and technical concepts to improve code quality and speed.
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automation.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers.
• Stay up to date with the latest industry trends and technologies.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• 8–10 years' experience as a Full Stack Web Developer or in a similar role.
• Mastery of front‑end technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript and TypeScript, and frameworks such as React, Angular or Vue.js.
• Strong knowledge of back‑end technologies such as Node.js, Express, Django, Ruby on Rails or similar.
• Experience with database systems such as MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL or similar.
• Experience working on large single page web applications with complex state management.
• Familiarity with UI frameworks such as Bootstrap, Semantic-React-UI, Material or Tailwind.
• Experience writing unit and integration tests with tools such as Jest, Chai or Cypress.
• Experience leading a team and/or managing direct reports.
• Experience performing code reviews to ensure security, code quality, maintainability and knowledge sharing among team members.
• Familiarity with version control systems such as Git.
• Understanding of RESTful APIs and web services.
• Very strong problem‑solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent work experience.

Preferred Skills

• In-depth experience with React, Redux, Jest, Azure SQL and MongoDB.
• Experience with cloud services such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.
• Ability to adapt to changing technology.

Workplace

• Hybrid role based out of the Nashville office.

Salary

• Wages may vary based upon factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, business sector and geographic location, among other criteria.

Benefits & Perks

• Eligible for a discretionary bonus.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package for all regular full‑time employees.
• Company pays 80%–100% of the cost of medical, basic life and AD&D insurance, telemedicine, employee assistance and mental health counselling (in person, virtually or by text), paid vacation/holidays, paid sick time, paid parental leave and other paid leaves of absence, NICU leave, bereavement resources, adoption benefits, educational assistance
• Mental health resources and an employee assistance plan.
• Voluntary benefits available: dental and vision insurance, 401K plan, flexible spending accounts (health care and dependent care), health savings account, and voluntary life and AD&D insurance.
• Employee perks include commuter benefits.
• Other statutory mandated benefits are also offered.

About the Company

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is the leading entertainment and sports agency, with global expertise in filmed and live entertainment, digital media, publishing, sponsorship sales and endorsements, media finance, consumer investing, fashion, trademark licensing and philanthropy. Founded in 1975, CAA is headquartered in Los Angeles and has offices in New York, Nashville, Memphis, Chicago, Miami, London, Munich, Geneva, Stockholm, Shanghai and Beijing, among other locations globally.