diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend-cicd.yml b/.github/workflows/backend-cicd.yml
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+name: Backend CI/CD
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main, feature/my-active-tasks ]
+    paths:
+      - 'backend/**'
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+    paths:
+      - 'backend/**'
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '18'
+          cache: 'npm'
+          cache-dependency-path: backend/package-lock.json
+
+      - name: Install Dependencies
+        run: |
+          cd backend
+          npm ci
+
+      - name: Build Backend
+        run: |
+          cd backend
+          npm run build
+
+
+  deploy:
+    needs: build-and-test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && (github.ref == 'refs/heads/main')
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+
+      - name: Deploy to EC2 via SSH
+        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v1.0.3
+        with:
+          host: ${{ secrets.EC2_HOST }}
+          username: ${{ secrets.EC2_USERNAME }}
+          key: ${{ secrets.EC2_SSH_KEY }}
+          script: |
+            cd ~/teamup
+            git pull origin main
+            cd backend
+            docker-compose down
+            docker-compose up --build -d
+            docker image prune -f
diff --git a/backend/.dockerignore b/backend/.dockerignore
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+node_modules
+dist
+src
+.env
+.git
+.github
+*.md
+Dockerfile
+.dockerignore
+npm-debug.log
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
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+FROM node:18-alpine AS builder
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY package*.json ./
+
+RUN npm ci
+
+COPY . .
+RUN npm run build
+
+FROM node:18-alpine AS runner
+
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY --from=builder /app/dist ./dist
+COPY --from=builder /app/package*.json ./
+COPY --from=builder /app/node_modules ./node_modules
+
+EXPOSE 5000
+
+ENV NODE_ENV=production
+
+CMD ["npm", "start"]
diff --git a/backend/docker-compose.yml b/backend/docker-compose.yml
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+version: '3.8'
+
+services:
+  backend:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    ports:
+      - "5000:5000"
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    environment:
+      - NODE_ENV=production
+    restart: always