Team Lead for Frontend Web App Team

Overview of the Role

As the Team Lead for our Frontend Web Application team, you will play a pivotal role in leading, mentoring, and guiding a talented group of engineers and quality assurance specialists. Your deep technical understanding of ReactJS, Node.js (NestJS), and PHP (Laravel), combined with strong leadership and people management skills, will ensure the team delivers high-quality, performant, and scalable web applications and content management solutions within our monorepo environment.

This role enables a hybrid approach to working, allowing you to balance working from home with working in our modern offices. You and your manager will agree on the best working pattern that suits both of you. We’ll kit you out to work remotely, but we know that collaboration is key to our success, and spending quality time together helps us stay aligned with our mission.

What you’ll do:  

Technical Leadership & Guidance

Facilitate Technical Excellence: Work in close collaboration with the Principal Engineer within the team and the Solution Architect assigned to the Tribe to ensure technical quality, design integrity, and robust implementation across our Frontend and CMS, including its API. Special attention will be given to maintaining consistency and quality within our monorepo.

Guide and Empower the Team: Provide strong technical guidance and mentorship to the team, empowering them to adopt and drive best practices in ReactJS, Node.js (NestJS), PHP (Laravel), web testing strategies, and CI/CD pipelines relevant to modern web application development.

Contribute to Design & Problem Solving: Actively participate in technical design discussions and contribute to resolving complex technical challenges spanning frontend, backend, and CMS components, ensuring solutions are robust, scalable, and aligned with overall architectural guidelines.

Oversee Code Quality: Ensure a high standard of code quality and adherence to coding practices across all technologies. Foster a culture of peer code reviews and provide constructive feedback to continuously improve the team's technical skills.

Technical Escalation & Support: Serve as a key technical escalation point for the team, helping to unblock technical challenges by leveraging your expertise and collaborating effectively with the Principal Engineer and Solution Architect as needed.

Team Leadership & People Management

Direct Line Management: Act as the direct line manager for all technical team members, including Principal Engineers, Frontend Developers (ReactJS), Backend Developers (Node.js/NestJS, PHP/Laravel), QA Engineers, and QA Automation Engineers—supporting their growth and development.

Performance & Development: Conduct regular 1:1 meetings, set clear goals, provide continuous constructive feedback, and lead performance reviews to support both individual and team development.

Foster High Performance: Cultivate a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing team environment that promotes accountability, innovation, and knowledge sharing.

Resource & Workload Management:

Collaborate closely with the Scrum Master to manage team capacity, facilitate task allocation, and ensure optimal workload distribution to meet delivery commitments.

Analyze team performance reports (e.g., velocity, lead time, defect trends) to identify areas for improvement.

Develop and implement actionable plans based on performance analysis to enhance team efficiency, quality, and predictability.

Quality Assurance & Automation Oversight

Collaborate with QA Leadership: Work in close partnership with the QA Lead (or equivalent) to define, implement, and oversee effective testing strategies for web applications, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing across frontend, backend, and CMS components.

Empower Automation Development: Collaborate with the QA Lead to guide and support the QA Automation Engineer(s) in building and refining modern automation frameworks that ensure rapid and reliable software delivery.

Foster Quality Culture: Promote a strong culture of quality throughout the development lifecycle by encouraging proactive testing and quality assurance practices across the team.

Collaboration & Communication

Represent your team's technical capabilities and needs within the Tribe and broader engineering discussions, particularly when coordinating with various market teams.

Communicate effectively with the Head of Engineering, providing regular updates on team progress, technical challenges, and strategic direction.

Collaborate closely with Product Owners and UX/UI Designers to translate product requirements into scalable technical solutions that meet the needs of multiple markets.

What you’ll bring: 

5+ years of experience in web application development, with at least 2+ years in a senior or lead role

1+ years of experience in a leadership role (e.g., Team Lead, Senior Software Engineer leading a sub-team, or Tech Lead), with demonstrated ability to manage and mentor technical individuals; direct line management experience is a strong plus

Proven expertise in ReactJS, including strong knowledge of state management, component architecture, and modern frontend build tools

Strong experience with backend development frameworks, specifically NestJS (TypeScript)

Familiarity with PHP Laravel framework and Node.js API development, particularly within a CMS scope

Solid understanding of web application architecture patterns, API design principles, and database interactions

Experience with monorepo setups and managing codebases that serve multiple product lines or market teams

Knowledge:

Experience with testing methodologies and tools for both frontend and backend

Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines for web applications

Experience with version control systems (Git) and collaborative development workflows

Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for tackling complex technical challenges across diverse tech stacks

Excellent communication, interpersonal, and mentoring skills, with the ability to coordinate across various stakeholders

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, agile, and collaborative environment

Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus

Experience with CMS platforms beyond Laravel is a bonus

Prior experience in the iGaming industry is preferred

Experience working in a Tribe-based organizational structure is a nice-to-have, particularly in cross-functional, matrix-managed environments is nice-to-have

Fluency in English, both written and spoken

Personal Attributes

Analytical and synthesis skills

Thoughtful and strategic thinker

Problem-solving skills

Autonomy and resourcefulness

Sense of initiative

Attention to detail

Flexibility in organizing work

Leadership and mentorship abilities

Strong decision-making and ownership mindset

Ability to work as part of a team

Ability to adapt to change

Results-driven

About Flutter CEE

We are Flutter Central & Eastern Europe (CEE).

As a proud member of the Flutter family - a global leader in sports betting and iGaming - we are building one of the Group’s most dynamic tech and product hubs in Central and Eastern Europe. We aren’t just here to participate. We’re here to change the game.

By uniting local powerhouses like MaxBet, Adjarabet.com, and Adjarabet.am, we combine deep regional expertise with the scale and strength of Flutter’s global platforms. We’re setting a new standard for entertainment, responsibility, and innovation - powered by real customer signals that shape everything we build.

Settling for the status quo isn’t in our DNA. We build systems designed to scale.

We’re moving faster, thinking bigger, and putting our customers exactly where they belong: at the heart of every decision. We start by listening to our customers and the communities we serve. What we see, hear, and learn become clear signals, and those signals quickly shape product decisions, better experiences, and responsible innovation.

Technology powers our ambition. The Signature System - our operating model - makes our signal-led approach repeatable and scalable across markets. It’s how we move fast and grow with confidence.

As part of Flutter, we benefit from the Group’s collective advantage - the Flutter Edge. It allows us to identify success in one market, replicate it across brands, and implement proven ideas quickly - with customers always at the forefront.

We’re a team of thousands, driven by a challenger mindset and a shared commitment to lead. We are shaping the future of iGaming in Central and Eastern Europe right here, right now, and our technology and product teams are defining what responsible innovation looks like in practice - not just in theory.

We are Flutter Central & Eastern Europe (CEE).

Built on experience. Built to lead.

Local champions. Global infrastructure.

Why choose us

At Flutter CEE, people have access to vast opportunities for career growth and self-development. Our employee benefits package goes far beyond offering the minimum: We support our people in becoming their best version at work and beyond - and our benefits reflect that commitment.  

These are some of the benefits included in our employee package:  

Generous annual leave 

Hybrid work

Individual health insurance 

Paid sick leave 

Paid maternity & paternity leave 

Family reward

Performance & referral bonuses 

Loyalty award