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, forward-thinking tech company? Fadir is a fully remote, lean organization with a team spread across Europe, working collaboratively to build innovative and long-term maintainable systems. If you’re passionate about technology, thrive in a remote-first environment, and are ready to lead by example, we want to hear from you!

Why Join Us?

Remote-first 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 simple—hire 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 it’s top-notch peripherals or software.

Engineering excellence: At Fadir, we prioritize maintainable systems, leveraging third-party tools when they make sense but building custom solutions when they’re needed for the long-term.

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 hands-on 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 Kanban-style 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 short-term delivery with long-term 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 check-ins every other day. We avoidunnecessary meetings to maximize your focus time.

Project management: Kanban-style with a prioritized backlog—no rigid sprint planning or formal estimates.

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