Team Lead - Backend Platform Development

Team Lead Backend Platform Development

Startdate: January
Location: Remote Europe

Are you an experienced backend developer ready to take on a leadership role in a dynamic forwardthinking tech company Fadir is a fully remote lean organization with a team spread across Europe working collaboratively to build innovative and longterm maintainable systems. If youre passionate about technology thrive in a remotefirst environment and are ready to lead by example we want to hear from you!

Why Join Us

Remotefirst flexibility: Work from anywhere in Europe during our core hours of 10:00 15:00 CET ensuring a balance of collaboration and independence.

Empowering leadership: Our management philosophy is simplehire great people provide them with the right tools and give them autonomy. We focus on results not micromanagement.

Transparent communication: A culture of informal direct communication. Use Slack to chat with teammates raise issues and resolve blockers without unnecessary bureaucracy.

Supportive resources: We provide all the equipment you need to do your best work whether its topnotch peripherals or software.

Engineering excellence: At Fadir we prioritize maintainable systems leveraging thirdparty tools when they make sense but building custom solutions when theyre needed for the longterm.

Shared workspaces: Prefer an office vibe Shared coworking spaces are available in select locations.

About the Role

As the Team Lead for Backend Platform Development you will lead a talented team in designing and maintaining a robust scalable backend for our platform. This is a handson leadership role that combines technical expertise with mentoring and collaboration.

Responsibilities:

Lead mentor and inspire a team of backend developers fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

Oversee backend systems and infrastructure development ensuring high performance and reliability.

Collaborate with frontend developers to ensure seamless system integration.

Champion security best practices implementing robust measures to protect sensitive data.

Conduct code reviews and drive the adoption of best practices across the team.

Maintain technical documentation from system architecture to API guidelines.

Manage and prioritize a clearly defined Kanbanstyle backlog pulling tasks as needed and ensuring alignment with business goals.

What We Look For:

5 years of experience in backend development including leadership or mentoring experience.

Expertise in Node.js and TypeScript with a track record of building and maintaining scalable systems.

Deep knowledge of RESTful APIs GraphQL and web development standards.

Strong experience cloud platforms like AWS

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines in particular Gitlab Pipelines

A strategic mindset for balancing shortterm delivery with longterm maintainability.

Excellent communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively across teams.

Experience with Cloudflare especially Workers and D1

Our Workflow:

Meeting cadence: Biweekly sprints with informal checkins every other day. We avoidunnecessary meetings to maximize your focus time.

Project management: Kanbanstyle with a prioritized backlogno rigid sprint planning or formal estimates.

Collaboration: Direct and informal. A quick Slack message or call solves most issues.