Software Engineering Team Lead- LatAm

7 Months ago • 5 Years + • Software Development & Engineering

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Software Engineering Team Lead for Sporty's Latin American team, you'll lead a team of developers in designing, developing, and delivering high-quality software solutions. This role requires hands-on coding and line management, ensuring smooth collaboration and timely delivery. You'll be involved in all aspects of the software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to deployment, using technologies like Java 8+, Spring Boot, microservices architecture, and AWS. Responsibilities include mentoring the team, conducting code reviews, managing performance, and driving continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of backend development experience, strong leadership skills, and excellent communication in English.
Must have:
  • 5+ years backend development experience (Java)
  • 2+ years leadership experience
  • Microservices architecture expertise
  • API and RESTful services experience
  • Excellent communication (English)
  • Mentoring and performance management skills
Perks:
  • Quarterly bonuses
  • Flexible hours
  • Top-of-the-line equipment
  • Referral bonuses
  • 28 days paid annual leave
  • Annual company retreat
  • Payment via DEEL

Job Details

We consistently top the charts as one of if not the most used Sports Betting website in the countries we operate in. With millions of weekly active users, we strive to be the best in industry for our users.

About the role


As the Team Lead for our software 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 

Language: Java 8+
Frameworks: Spring Boot (Tomcat, Netty), Spring Data, Spring Cloud
Architecture: Microservices, REST API, Message Queues
Database: MySQL, MyBatis, MongoDB
Caching: Redis (AWS ElastiCache), ElasticSearch
Message Queue: RocketMQ
Cloud: Kubernetes, AWS
Monitoring: Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, AWS CloudWatch, OpenTracing
CI/CD: Jenkins, ArgoCD

Responsibilities

Lead and mentor a talented development team in Latin America, 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.

Requirements

5+ 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

Quarterly bonuses
We have core hours of 10am-3pm in a local timezone, but flexible hours outside of this
Top-of-the-line equipment
Referral bonuses
28 days paid annual leave
Annual company retreat
Highly talented, dependable co-workers in a global, multicultural organisation
Payment via DEEL, a world class online wallet system 
Our teams are small enough for you to be impactful
Our business is globally established and successful, offering stability and security to our Team Members

Our Mission

Our mission is to be an everyday entertainment platform for everyone

Our Operating Principles

1. Create Value for Users
2. Act in the Long-Term Interests of Sporty 
3. Focus on Product Improvements & Innovation 
4. Be Responsible 
5. Preserve Integrity & Honesty 
6. Respect Confidentiality & Privacy 
7. Ensure Stability, Security & Scalability 
8. Work Hard with Passion & Pride

Interview Process

Online HackerRank Test (Max time of 90 Minutes)
Remote video screening with our Talent Acquisition Team 
Remote video interview with 3 x Team Members (45 mins each, not separate days)
24-72 hour feedback loops throughout process

Post Interview Process

Feedback call on successful interview
Offer released followed by contract
ID Check Via Zinc & 2 references from previous employers


Working at Sporty

The top-down mentality at Sporty is high performance based, meaning we trust you to do your job with an emphasis on support to help you achieve, grow and de-block any issues when they're in your way.
Generally employees can choose their own hours, as long as they are collaborating and doing stand-ups etc. The emphasis is really on results. 

As we are a highly structured and established company we are able to offer the security and support of a global business with the allure of a startup environment. Sporty is independently managed and financed, meaning we don’t have arbitrary shareholder or VC targets to cater to. 

We literally build, spend and make decisions based on the ethos of building THE best platform of its kind. We are truly a tech company to the core and take excellent care of our Team Members.
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