Frontend Team Lead at Sporty - Remote Europe — Columbus
Traveler-Friendly Insight
Remote-First with Nomad-Friendly Core Hours
Sporty explicitly operates as a remote-first company, and the core hours of 10am–3pm local time are a significant win for digital nomads. This means you only need to be "present" for a 5-hour window in whatever timezone you're based — leaving genuine flexibility for location changes across Europe, and potentially even moderate timezone shifts (e.g., UTC-1 to UTC+5) without impacting your availability.
Practical Nomad Considerations
- Timezone range: The hint points to Europe, so staying within UTC±3 keeps you comfortably within core hours. Destinations like Lisbon (UTC+1), Tbilisi (UTC+4), or Warsaw (UTC+2) all work well.
- Visa options: Portugal's Digital Nomad Visa, Germany's Freelancer Visa, and Georgia's Remotely from Georgia program are all viable depending on your nationality.
- Cost-of-living fit: Without a stated salary, exact comparisons are hard — but senior frontend lead roles in Europe typically pay €70k–€110k+. That budget stretches far in Lisbon (~€2,200/mo living costs), Medellín (~€1,200/mo), or Chiang Mai (~€900/mo) compared to Western Europe hubs.
Travel Perks: Top-of-line equipment provided (no need to carry your own kit) and annual company retreats mean paid travel for team networking. No explicit coworking stipend is mentioned, so budget accordingly.
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.
- 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 provided.
- Annual company retreats for 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.
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