CAREER PATH · Backend Developer
Show systems thinking behind the API surface.
Demonstrate data modeling, reliability, authentication, caching, tests and production tradeoffs.
APIsSQLPostgreSQLCachingDockerObservability
RECOMMENDED PROJECTS
Build evidence, not filler.
Choose one project you can finish, deploy and explain deeply. Quality of proof matters more than collecting ten unfinished repos.
Intermediate1–2 weekends
Production API + Rate Limiter
Ship a real API with authentication, persistence, Redis-backed throttling, tests, monitoring and a deployable production path.
API designPostgreSQLRedisDockerTestingObservability
Open project brief →Intermediate2 weekends
Full-Stack Support Workflow
Create a multi-user support workflow with accounts, roles, ticket states, comments, search, notifications and deployment.
Full-stack architectureAuthRelational dataUX statesDeploymentTesting
Open project brief →Make the project visible.
After you ship it, use the rest of SkillChirp to get discovery, validation and feedback instead of leaving the work hidden in a repository.