Backend Team Lead - Fully Remote

We're Hiring: Backend Team Lead

Remote (Global) | Full-Time (40–60 hrs/week) | Work from Anywhere

Company: [Aladia – Online E-learning Platform]

Contract: Long-term, Remote

About Us

Aladia is a rapidly growing e-learning platform based in Italy, on a mission to transform digital education globally. We're passionate about innovation, learner-centered design, and delivering exceptional online learning experiences that scale.

We’re looking for a Backend Team Lead who’s ready to help us evolve our backend infrastructure into a world-class, microservices-powered system and lead a team of skilled engineers to do so.

What You’ll Do

Leadership & Mentorship:

• Lead and mentor a team of backend engineers, ensuring technical excellence and best practices.
• Conduct code reviews, facilitate knowledge sharing, and foster professional growth within the team.
• Set clear technical goals, manage workload distribution, and provide regular feedback.

Backend Engineering:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services using NestJS (Node.js).
• Provide technical direction and make key architectural decisions for backend development.

API Development:

• Build robust, secure RESTful APIs connecting learners to our platform.
• Ensure API consistency, versioning, and performance optimization.

Database Management:

• Work primarily with MongoDB to structure and manage data effectively.
• Guide data modeling and performance tuning decisions.

Version Control:

• Collaborate through Git and branching workflows, ensuring high-quality merges and releases.

Architecture:

• Implement and enforce clean architectural patterns, especially Controller-Service-Repository (CSR).
• Lead refactoring and modularization efforts to improve system maintainability.

Microservices:

• Design, develop, and scale a microservices-based backend infrastructure.
• Establish standards and strategies for inter-service communication and orchestration.

Containerization:

• Use Docker to manage environments and deployments.
• Oversee infrastructure environments for local development, staging, and production.

CI/CD & Testing:

• Maintain and enforce code quality with automated testing and CI/CD pipelines.
• Establish test coverage goals and promote a test-driven development culture.

API Documentation & Testing:

• Use Apidog to document and test APIs in real time.
• Ensure documentation accuracy and team-wide adoption.

Agile Workflow:

• Collaborate in sprint-based development using ClickUp.
• Participate in sprint planning, retrospectives, and roadmap alignment.

Who We’re Looking For

• Experienced backend engineers with leadership or senior-level experience.
• Proficient in NestJS and solid backend engineering fundamentals.
• Strong mentors and communicators who can lead by example.
• Passionate lifelong learners who thrive in collaborative, multicultural, remote environments.
• Professionals ready for long-term commitment in a fast-paced startup.

Work Schedule

• Time Zone: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Italy time)
• Team: International, remote-first
• Culture: High-performance, high-learning, highly collaborative

Perks & Benefits

• Continuous learning opportunities
• Long-term contract and stability
• Exposure to multicultural and cutting-edge tech environments
• Opportunities to grow in a remote-first, agile company
• Lead a team building meaningful, scalable systems

Commitment Note

We appreciate individuals who go above and beyond. If you're someone who’s excited to contribute 60+ hours/week during peak times, including occasional weekends, we welcome that level of drive and commitment. Excellence takes time—and passion.

Application Process

Step 1: Apply

Submit your interest along with your CV and GitHub or portfolio. Once shortlisted, we’ll notify you to proceed to the technical challenge.

Step 2: Technical Challenge

Create a new NestJS backend project with the following:

• 5+ RESTful API endpoints
• Request validation via class-validator
• Proper error handling

Bonus Points For:

• Microservices implementation
• MongoDB integration
• Caching mechanisms

Also Required:

• Video walkthrough (5–15 min) explaining your project, structure, and architecture (Vidyard/Loom preferred)
• Share your GitHub repo and video link

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  Deadline: 48 hours after confirmation to begin challenge.

Step 3: Review

Our team will evaluate:

• Code quality and organization
• Conceptual understanding
• Optional points for scalability, documentation, and communication

Ready to Join?

If you're passionate about backend development, love building for scale, and want to lead a team that's shaping the future of education—we want to hear from you.

Apply now and let’s build the future of online learning, together.

Compensation

• Hourly: $12.00 – $26.00/hour
• Engagement: 40+ hrs/week, Contract-to-Hire on Upwork

Questions on Application

• How many years of backend experience do you have?
• How many years with NestJS?
• GitHub/Portfolio link
• What backend frameworks have you worked with?
• How do you approach QA and testing?
• Have you led a backend team before? If so, describe your leadership style.

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