
Role Backend
- 14 repo stars
- Updated July 24, 2026
- rnavarych/alpha-engineer
Build backend services: API implementation, database design, microservices, message queues, caching, and auth.
About
A senior backend-developer role plugin for server-side engineering. It covers API implementation, database design, microservices, message queues, caching, authentication, and background job processing. Useful for developers building scalable backend services and data layers.
- API implementation
- Database design and microservices
- Message queues and caching
- Background job processing
Role Backend by the numbers
- Data as of Jul 25, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
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| repo stars | ★ 14 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | July 24, 2026 |
| Repository | rnavarych/alpha-engineer ↗ |
What it does
Build backend services: API implementation, database design, microservices, message queues, caching, and auth.
README.md
role-backend
Senior Backend Developer plugin for Claude Code. Provides production-grade backend engineering skills covering API implementation, database design, microservices architecture, message queues, authentication, caching, background jobs, and data validation.
Agent
- senior-backend-developer - Acts as a Senior Backend Developer with 8+ years of experience. Writes production-quality code following SOLID principles and clean architecture. Adapts to domain contexts (fintech, healthcare, IoT, e-commerce).
Skills
| Skill | Description |
|---|---|
| api-implementation | Express, NestJS, FastAPI, Django, Spring Boot, Go. Request validation, middleware, RFC 7807 errors, rate limiting, OpenAPI, versioning. |
| database-implementation | ORM patterns (Prisma, TypeORM, SQLAlchemy, GORM), migrations, connection pooling, read replicas, query optimization. |
| microservices | Service decomposition, REST/gRPC/event communication, saga pattern, circuit breaker, service mesh, API gateway, distributed tracing. |
| message-queues | RabbitMQ, Kafka, Redis Streams, SQS/SNS, Pub/Sub. Dead letter queues, idempotency, ordering, consumer groups, backpressure. |
| auth-implementation | JWT, sessions, OAuth2/OIDC, RBAC/ABAC, API keys, multi-tenancy auth, SSO, refresh token rotation. |
| caching-strategies | Redis patterns, Memcached, cache invalidation, TTL design, stampede prevention, CDN configuration. |
| background-jobs | Bull/BullMQ, Celery, Sidekiq, cron scheduling, retry strategies, dead letter handling, job monitoring. |
| data-validation | Zod, Joi, class-validator, Pydantic, JSON Schema, DTOs, sanitization, type coercion, custom validators. |
Cross-Cutting Dependencies
This plugin references foundational skills from alpha-core:
- database-advisor, api-design, security-advisor, testing-patterns, architecture-patterns