Tech Lead (with DevOps Expertise)

Location: Remote / Indonesia

Type: Part-time
Start Date: Immediate

We’re seeking an experienced Tech Lead with strong backend, DevOps, and leadership skills to take our platform’s technical delivery. You will oversee development progress, provide hands-on contributions where needed, guide the dev team, and ensure our infrastructure is stable, secure, and production-ready.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Delivery

• Lead the technical direction of the EZClass project and drive it to completion.
• Oversee daily progress, ensuring milestones are met and blockers are resolved quickly.
• Collaborate closely with product, design, and management to align priorities.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to the development team.

Backend Development

• Maintain and optimize core services built with NestJS, ExpressJS (legacy), PostgreSQL, Redis, and Next.js (frontend awareness is a plus).
• Ensure proper API design, scalability, and security.
• Manage integrations with third-party services (Zoom, Stripe, Excalidraw).

DevOps & Infrastructure

• Own infrastructure hosted on DigitalOcean (staging & production) with Docker orchestration.
• Improve and maintain CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and logging.
• Manage deployments and ensure uptime, security, and scalability.
• Optimize caching, performance tuning, and DDoS protection.

Quality & Compliance

• Ensure code quality, testing coverage, and best practices.
• Guarantee platform compliance with GDPR and PCI-DSS standards.
• Document infrastructure, deployment processes, and technical architecture.

Key Requirements

• Proven experience as a Tech Lead / Senior Engineer, ideally in EdTech or SaaS.
• Hands-on expertise with NestJS, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Solid DevOps background, preferably with DigitalOcean, Vercel, and cloud security practices.
• Strong knowledge of scalability, performance tuning, and production support.
• Excellent organizational and leadership skills — able to bring clarity and drive projects across the finish line.
• Familiarity with GDPR compliance and secure systems design.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Zoom SDKs, Stripe payments, or similar SaaS integrations.
• Knowledge of multi-tenant SaaS architecture.
• Exposure to front-end frameworks (Next.js/React) for cross-collaboration.