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Upload API
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CAREER PROJECT · Intermediate · 1–2 weekends
Asynchronous File Processing Pipeline
Accept uploads, process jobs asynchronously, track status and handle failures safely.
Object storageQueuesWorkersAPIsObservability
DEFINITION OF DONE
Leave artifacts a reviewer can inspect.
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Worker pipeline
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03
Status UI/API
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Failure tests
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05
Runbook
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RESUME / PORTFOLIO FRAMING
Describe what you actually did.
Built an asynchronous file-processing service with queued workers, status tracking and recoverable failure handling.
Use this as a starting structure, then replace it with your real implementation details, metrics and constraints. Do not claim outcomes you did not measure.
STRETCH GOALS
Go deeper if the core is already solid.
Virus scanning
Add only if it strengthens the engineering story instead of delaying a finished, deployable core.
Chunked upload
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Priority queues
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