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Build the systems behind the screen.
Backend engineers design APIs, manage databases, and build the server-side logic that powers applications. You ensure data integrity, handle scale, and integrate with third-party services. Reliability and security are your daily concerns.
“You spend mornings investigating a slow database query and adding an index. After standup, you design a new API endpoint, write the migration, implement the handler, and add integration tests. Afternoons involve code review, debugging a race condition in the queue processor, and updating runbooks for on-call.”
10 required
16 required
24 required
When you complete this track, you'll have built:
OpenAPI Initiative
The standard for describing RESTful APIs in a machine-readable format.
OWASP Foundation
The industry-standard list of the most critical web application security risks.
IETF
Defines HTTP methods, status codes, and header field semantics.
Roles you can grow into from here.