backend-architect - Design scalable backend architectures and APIs
Designs scalable backend services and APIs, including service boundaries, contracts, integration patterns, resilience, security, and observability.
Tags
Updated: 2026-10-04backend architectureAPI designmicroservicesdistributed systemsevent-driven architectureresilienceobservabilitysecurity
Capabilities
Typical Inputs
What this skill does
- Capture domain requirements
- Define service boundaries
- Design API contracts
- Choose architecture patterns
- Plan service integration
- Design resilience patterns
- Specify security controls
- Plan observability
- Identify architectural risks
- Define rollout plans
Inputs
- Domain context
- Use cases
- Non-functional requirements
- Existing system constraints
- Integration requirements
Outputs
- Architecture recommendations
- Service boundary definitions
- API contracts
- Integration patterns
- Resilience plans
- Observability plans
- Risk assessments
- Rollout plans
