Engineering Management HIGH DEMAND

Technical Lead

Technical leadership: architecture, standards, and mentoring

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59 skills

249 requirements

129 mandatory

13 domains

Awareness 58 Working 58 Advanced 60 Expert 73

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All domains Programming Fundamentals 8 Backend Development 2 Database Management 3 API & Integration 5 Cloud & Infrastructure 5 DevOps & CI/CD 2 Testing & QA 3 Security 4 AI-Assisted Development 4 Architecture & System Design 11 Observability & Monitoring 5 Version Control & Collaboration 5 Documentation 2

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Programming Fundamentals

8 skills · 33 requirements

Skill	Junior	Middle	Senior	Lead	Principal
Algorithms & Data Structures
Algorithms & Complexity	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Data Structures	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
OOP & Design Patterns
OOP & SOLID Principles	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Design Patterns	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Concurrency & Parallelism
Multithreading	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Async Programming	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Clean Code & Refactoring
Code Quality & Refactoring	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Type Systems
Type Safety & Type Systems	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert

Backend Development

2 skills · 10 requirements

Skill	Junior	Middle	Senior	Lead	Principal
Message Queues & Event Streaming
Apache Kafka	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Caching
Redis	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert

Database Management

3 skills · 15 requirements

Skill	Junior	Middle	Senior	Lead	Principal
Relational Databases
PostgreSQL	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Database Optimization
Database Indexing	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Query Optimization	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert

API & Integration

5 skills · 21 requirements

Skill	Junior	Middle	Senior	Lead	Principal
REST API
REST API Design	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
GraphQL
GraphQL Design	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
gRPC
gRPC & Protocol Buffers	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
API Gateway & Service Communication
API Gateway	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
API Management
API Documentation	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert

Cloud & Infrastructure

5 skills · 21 requirements

Skill	Junior	Middle	Senior	Lead	Principal
Containerization
Docker	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Kubernetes & Orchestration
Kubernetes Core	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Infrastructure as Code
Terraform	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Cloud Providers
AWS	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Networking
Network Fundamentals	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert

DevOps & CI/CD

2 skills · 8 requirements

Skill	Junior	Middle	Senior	Lead	Principal
CI/CD
GitHub Actions / GitLab CI	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Release Management
Feature Flags	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert

Testing & QA

3 skills · 15 requirements

Skill	Junior	Middle	Senior	Lead	Principal
Unit Testing
Unit Testing	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Integration Testing
Integration Testing	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
E2E Testing
E2E Testing	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert

Security

4 skills · 18 requirements

Skill	Junior	Middle	Senior	Lead	Principal
Application Security
OWASP & Application Security	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Secure Coding Practices	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Infrastructure Security
Secrets Management	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Authentication & Authorization
JWT / OAuth2 / OIDC	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert

AI-Assisted Development

4 skills · 16 requirements

Skill	Junior	Middle	Senior	Lead	Principal
AI Coding Assistants
GitHub Copilot	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Cursor IDE	—	—	Advanced	Advanced	—
ChatGPT / Claude	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert
Prompt Engineering
Prompt Engineering for Code	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert	Expert

Architecture & System Design

11 skills · 44 requirements

Skill	Junior	Middle	Senior	Lead	Principal
System Design
System Design Fundamentals	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
High Load Architecture	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Microservices Patterns
Microservices Decomposition	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Architecture Patterns
Hexagonal Architecture	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Clean Architecture	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Domain-Driven Design
DDD Tactical Patterns	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
DDD Strategic Patterns	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Architecture Governance
Architecture Decision Records (ADR)	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Technology Radar Practice	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Architecture Fitness Functions	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Technical Debt Management	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert

Observability & Monitoring

5 skills · 20 requirements

Skill	Junior	Middle	Senior	Lead	Principal
Logging
Structured Logging	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Metrics & Monitoring
Prometheus & Grafana	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Distributed Tracing
OpenTelemetry	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Alerting & On-Call
SLI / SLO / SLA	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Incident Management
On-Call Management	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert

Version Control & Collaboration

5 skills · 20 requirements

Skill	Junior	Middle	Senior	Lead	Principal
Git & Workflows
Git Advanced	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Monorepo Tools	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Code Review
Code Review	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Collaboration Tools
Documentation as Code	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
InnerSource Practices	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert

Documentation

2 skills · 8 requirements

Skill	Junior	Middle	Senior	Lead	Principal
Technical Documentation
Architecture Documentation: C4, arc42	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert
Docs-as-Code
Diagramming: Mermaid, PlantUML, D2	—	Awareness	Working	Advanced	Expert

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