backend-architect - Design scalable backend systems and APIs
Designs scalable backend services and APIs, including service boundaries, contracts, integration patterns, resilience, and observability.
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Updated: 2026-10-04Capabilities
Typical Inputs
Typical Outputs
What this skill does
- Define service boundaries
- Design API contracts
- Choose architecture patterns
- Plan integration mechanisms
- Identify architectural risks
- Plan observability needs
- Design resilience patterns
- Plan rollout strategies
Inputs
- Domain context
- Use cases
- Non-functional requirements
- Integration requirements
- Scaling requirements
Outputs
- Architecture recommendations
- Service boundary definitions
- API contracts
- Integration designs
- Resilience plans
- Observability plans
- Rollout plans