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Software Architect Roadmap

  • Roadmap: https://roadmap.sh/software-architect

1. Understand the Basics

  • 1.1 What is Software Architecture
  • 1.2 What is a Software Architect
  • 1.3 Levels of Architecture
  • 1.3.1 Application Architecture
  • 1.3.2 Solution Architecture
  • 1.3.3 Enterprise Architecture

2. Responsibilities

  • 2.1 Tech Decisions
  • 2.2 Design & Architecture Decisions
  • 2.3 Requirements Elicitation
  • 2.4 Documentation
  • 2.5 Enforcing Standards
  • 2.6 Collaborate with Others
  • 2.7 Consult & Coach Developers

3. Important Skills to Learn

  • 3.1 Design & Architecture
  • 3.2 Decision Making
  • 3.3 Simplifying Things
  • 3.4 How to Code

4. Programming Languages

  • 4.1 Java / Kotlin / Scala
  • 4.2 Python
  • 4.3 Ruby
  • 4.4 Go
  • 4.5 JavaScript / TypeScript
  • 4.6 .NET Framework Based

5. Technical Skills

5.1 Tools

  • 5.1.1 Git
  • 5.1.2 GitHub
  • 5.1.3 Slack
  • 5.1.4 Trello
  • 5.1.5 Atlassian Tools

5.2 Patterns & Design Principles

  • 5.2.1 MVC, MVP, MVVM
  • 5.2.2 CQRS, Eventual Consistency
  • 5.2.3 OOP
  • 5.2.4 Actors
  • 5.2.5 ACID, CAP Theorem
  • 5.2.6 SOLID
  • 5.2.7 TDD
  • 5.2.8 DDD

5.3 Architecture

  • 5.3.1 Microservices
  • 5.3.2 Serverless
  • 5.3.3 Client / Server
  • 5.3.4 Layered
  • 5.3.5 Distributed Systems
  • 5.3.6 Service Oriented

5.4 Security

  • 5.4.1 Hashing Algorithms
  • 5.4.2 PKI
  • 5.4.3 OWASP
  • 5.4.4 Auth Strategies

5.5 Working with Data

  • 5.5.1 Hadoop, Spark, MapReduce
  • 5.5.2 ETL, Datawarehouses
  • 5.5.3 SQL Databases
  • 5.5.4 NoSQL Databases
  • 5.5.5 Analytics
  • 5.5.5.1 Apache Spark
  • 5.5.5.2 Hadoop
  • 5.5.6 Datawarehouse Principles

5.6 Web, Mobile

  • 5.6.1 Reactive Programming
  • 5.6.2 Functional Programming
  • 5.6.3 React, Vue, Angular
  • 5.6.4 SPA, SSR, SSG
  • 5.6.5 Microfrontends
  • 5.6.6 W3C and WHATWG

5.7 APIs & Integrations

  • 5.7.1 gRPC
  • 5.7.2 ESB, SOAP
  • 5.7.3 REST
  • 5.7.4 GraphQL
  • 5.7.5 BPM, BPEL
  • 5.7.6 Messaging Queues

5.8 Frameworks

  • 5.8.1 BABOK
  • 5.8.2 IAF
  • 5.8.3 UML
  • 5.8.4 TOGAF

6. Operations Knowledge

  • 6.1 Infrastructure as Code
  • 6.2 Cloud Providers
  • 6.3 Serverless Concepts
  • 6.4 Linux / Unix
  • 6.5 Service Mesh
  • 6.6 CI / CD
  • 6.7 Containers
  • 6.8 Cloud Design Patterns

6.9 Networks

  • 6.9.1 OSI
  • 6.9.2 TCP/IP Model
  • 6.9.3 HTTP, HTTPS
  • 6.9.4 Proxies
  • 6.9.5 Firewalls

7. Management

  • 7.1 PMI
  • 7.2 ITIL
  • 7.3 RUP
  • 7.4 Prince2
  • 7.5 Certifications
  • 7.6 LeSS
  • 7.7 SAFe
  • 7.8 XP
  • 7.9 Kanban
  • 7.10 Scrum
  • 7.11 Agile Model

8. Important Soft Skills

  • 8.1 Documentation
  • 8.2 Communication
  • 8.3 Estimate and Evaluate
  • 8.4 Balance
  • 8.5 Consult & Coach
  • 8.6 Marketing Skills

9. Enterprise Software

  • 9.1 MS Dynamics
  • 9.2 SAP ERP, HANA, Business Objects
  • 9.3 EMC DMS
  • 9.4 IBM BPM
  • 9.5 Salesforce