Backend engineer onboarding checklist

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Input:

Output:

  1. Checklist ✅ for backend engineer to be onboard and successful.
  2. Checklist details.

Process

Checklist to make sure backend engineer can do the work:

  1. 10 basic (yet very important) qualifications from SESV
  2. Understanding backend architect design and development
  3. Spinning up backend architecture locally
  4. How to create a new API at service and at gateway
  5. Database in depth: normalization, add/update models, transaction, index
  6. Criteria to write unit test for your code
  7. Checklist to create a new PR
  8. Self tracking work estimation, progress and performance
  9. Having enough context (task specific) to work on new task
  10. How to work with peers and other team members effectively

Checklist to make sure backend engineer is motivated to do the work

We do well know that everyone has to work for a living. We appreciate that you have chosen our company instead of many others to spend your time working. To keep you motivated with your choice, we want to make sure that in everything you do here, you'll keep in mind about:

  1. What's our company goals and what value do we bring to our customer?
  2. What's your role within the company and how does your work contribute to the completion of our goals?
  3. What field of expertise with respect to work are you learning?