Tech Lead - Backend, Frontend & Beyond - Fully Remote

Istituto Formativo Aladia; Brescia; Remoto; EUR 30.000 - 50.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

An innovative EdTech startup is looking for a Tech Lead to join their fully remote team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in authorization models and cloud technologies, with a focus on collaboration across various departments. This role offers a flexible work schedule and competitive compensation starting at $28/hour.

Competenze

• 4+ years in a technical role (engineering, DevOps, product tech).
• Highly organized and proactive, thrives with autonomy.
• Passionate about startups, tech, and education.

Mansioni

• Collaborate daily with the CTO to support and scale initiatives.
• Act as a bridge across departments.
• Own and improve internal tools and workflows.

Conoscenze

Production experience with RBAC, ABAC, ReBAC

Strong generalist mindset

Excellent communicator

Proficient in Italian and English

Fluency in cloud technologies

Strumenti

Google Cloud Platform

NestJS

Redis

Vue/Nuxt

Descrizione del lavoro

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.