Backend checklist trending
Akshay Shinde published a comprehensive backend engineer skill checklist—Node/Python/Go, APIs, DBs, Kafka, Docker/K8s, and cloud basics—that’s circulating as a practical roadmap for hiring teams and candidates. The checklist has drawn attention as a compact guide to gaps employers often test for in interviews. (x.com)
The checklist was posted by Akshay Shinde, whose public portfolio identifies him as a full‑stack/back‑end engineer and notes he posts and replies on X about systems and infra. (akshayshinde.com) Shinde’s GitHub account (AkshayShinde72) lists pinned repositories named "Kafka‑Project" and "MicroServicesProject", providing concrete repo examples that echo the checklist’s focus on hands‑on artifacts. (github.com) His project site axay.dev documents multiple backend apps — Co‑Invoice, Divyas Kitchen and PlacifyMe — with Node/Express + MySQL implementation notes that candidates can point to as portfolio evidence. (axay.dev) The checklist’s scope aligns with widely used hiring rubrics such as HackerRank’s “How to Evaluate a Back‑End Developer” and the roadmap.sh backend roadmap, both of which recruiters reference when building screening criteria. (hackerrank.com) Public traces on Shinde’s profiles (pinned repos and project case studies) create a straightforward mapping from checklist items to interviewable work — recruiters can verify skills by linking to those specific repos and project pages. (github.com)
