Tech Lead - Backend, Frontend & Beyond - Fully Remote

Tech Lead - Backend, Frontend & Beyond - Fully Remote Remote | Full-Time | EdTech Startup | Contract-to-Hire on Upwork 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. Our international, remote‑first team is united by a drive to build the future of education—one meaningful interaction at a time. What You’ll Do Collaborate daily with our CTO to support and scale technical and operational initiatives Act as a bridge across departments: engineering, design, HR, customer success, finance, and marketing Own our Authorization Models — RBAC, ABAC, ReBAC experience is a must Help design, implement, and improve internal tools, workflows, and documentation Tackle technical tasks or coordinate with dev teams as needed Participate in high‑level strategy and planning, while handling hands‑on execution Absorb cross‑functional knowledge and gradually own more responsibility Contribute to scaling our infrastructure, systems, and team culture as we grow Who You Are? 4 years in a technical role (engineering, DevOps, product tech) Strong generalist mindset, ready to grow across functions Highly organized and proactive, thrives with autonomy Excellent communicator across technical and non‑technical teams Passionate about startups, tech, and education Fluency or working proficiency in Italian and English Must-Have Technical Skills Authorization Models (MUST) Production experience with RBAC, ABAC, ReBAC Strong understanding of access control patterns and logic Hands‑on with CASL (frontend/backend) Core Backend & System Architecture NestJS microservices (20 in production) Microservice design patterns: API Gateway, BFF Redis caching (DB and gateway level) RESTful API development Cloud & DevOps Google Cloud Platform (App Engine, Pub/Sub) Infrastructure scaling, monitoring, Linux, Bash & Python Secure API design, authenticated communication flows Data & Streaming Real‑time pipelines: MongoDB, GCP Functions, Pub/Sub BigQuery, Google Cloud Dataflow (Apache Beam Python) Stream processing, fault tolerance Testing & QA Apidog, Playwright, Chromatic, BrowserStack CI test integration, visual regression testing Frontend Awareness Vue/Nuxt integration, REST APIs Knowledge of design tokens and scalable component libraries Tools: Figma, Token Studio, Supernova Bonus / Advanced Skills Media processing: FFmpeg, cloud rendering APIs Workflow automation: Make.com Real‑time systems: Socket.IO, TCP communication AI integration: GPT APIs, prompt engineering, schema versioning Stripe & 100ms APIs (payments & video conferencing) Mobile dev (Flutter, React Native, or native) Scrum ClickUp or similar tools Fluent/working proficiency in Italian Previous experience in early‑stage startups or EdTech Contract Details Work Schedule Time Zone: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Italy time) Team: International, remote‑first Culture: High‑performance, high‑learning, highly collaborative Compensation $28.00 – $35.00/hour 40 hrs/week, Contract‑to‑Hire via Upwork Paid overtime for emergency or urgent projects Ready to shape the future of digital learning while growing into a high‑impact leadership role? Apply now and become part of Aladia’s mission to change education for the better. J-18808-Ljbffr

Location: Brescia, Lombardia, IT

Posted Date: 10/27/2025