We Are Sportingtech:

Sportingtech is a multi-award-winning provider of turnkey betting and gaming solutions designed for regulated and emerging markets around the world. With offices in Malta, Bulgaria, London, Brazil and Portugal, our iGaming platform offers everything covering sportsbook and casino via a modular system and intuitive back office for a fully omni-channel solution. Our unparalleled ability to cater for local-market customisation and operator preferences provides players with an optimal betting experience, resulting in proven growth for our rapidly expanding customer base.

Where you Fit In:

As the JAVA Engineering Team Lead, you enable team effectiveness and sustainable delivery from the engineering management side. You ensure engineering capacity, risks, quality practices, and cross-team dependencies are managed effectively and collaborate with Product Owners to ensure sprint/iteration execution and backlog outcomes. You partner closely with the Engineering Manager and Lead Engineer to maintain delivery health, team cohesion, and operational readiness.

The impact you will have:

Partner with the Product Owner to ensure engineering work is well-shaped: feasibility, dependencies, sequencing risks, and acceptance criteria quality.
Run regular 1:1s focused on engagement, feedback, and growth; coordinate with the Engineering Manager on performance topics and development plans.
Support predictable delivery by managing engineering-side coordination: WIP discipline, capacity alignment, and escalation of blockers.
Maintain a clear view of delivery health (cycle time, defect trends, operational load, reliability signals) and drive corrective actions with EM/Lead.
Act as the engineering-side coordination point across Product Owner, QA, NOC, Performance, Architects/Principals, and other engineering teams.
Manage cross-team dependencies, integration readiness, and communication cadence, ensuring no surprises at release time.
Ensure release readiness practices are consistent: checklists, go/no-go criteria, comms plans, and post-release verification.
Coordinate with the incident team to ensure follow-ups happen: ownership assignment, tracking to completion, and recurring-issue elimination.

What we’re looking for:

We are looking for a Leader with solid experience in Java and related technologies.

Good technical fluency (enough to challenge assumptions, understand risk, and drive quality/operational practices), ideally with exposure to Java/service delivery environments.
Knowledge of Java frameworks (Spring Boot, Micronaut) and SQL databases is also valued.
Metrics literacy: can interpret delivery, quality, and operational indicators and drive improvements.
Advanced English is mandatory.
Solid experience in engineering leadership / team coordination roles (Team Lead, Delivery Lead, Engineering Team Coordinator, or similar).
Demonstrated success working in cross-functional product teams where Product/Delivery owns planning cadence.

This role is Remote based in Brazil.

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