Tech Lead - Backend, Frontend & Beyond - Fully RemoteRemote | Full-Time | EdTech Startup | Contract-to-Hire on Upwork

About UsAladia 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 SkillsAuthorization 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

Premio / 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 DetailsWork 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.

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📌 Tech Lead - Backend, Frontend & Beyond - Fully Remote - $28 - $35 An Hour - Remote (Padova)
🏢 Aladia
📍 Padova