Software / Solution Architect

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Software / Solution Architect

Shape systems: trade-offs, boundaries, and long-term change.

This path is multi-year: engineer first, architecture habits early.

Usually after solid backend/web experience — start scaffolding now.

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 💻 Computer Science

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Practice labs for this career path

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System Design One-Pager Lab

Practice a system-design one-pager and trade-offs

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RAG Hit Rate Lab

RAG: measure Hit@k and improve retrieval hit rate

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TPM Cutover & Migration Plan

TPM: dual-write cutover, verification, rollback window

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TPM Capacity & Trade-off Negotiation

TPM: capacity math, trade-off matrix, Eng Lead negotiation

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AI Loop Ownership Lab

Prove you own the AI loop: evals, fallback, veto

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TPM Launch Go/No-Go with Feature Flags

TPM: feature-flag partial launch and Go/No-Go

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Skills to build

Strong IC engineering base

Ship backend/web services for 12–24 months first

Stage 1

System design literacy

Load, storage, consistency, caching, queues

Stage 2

Communication artifacts

ADRs, diagrams, risk lists mentors respect

Stage 3

Certifications

Cloud architect associate (later)

AWS SAA / Azure Architect — after real systems work

Stage 1

Domain certs optional

Security/networking deepens architecture options

Stage 2

Projects & portfolio

Design doc for a campus system

Diagram + trade-offs + failure modes

Stage 1

Refactor write-up

Before/after of a messy module you improved

Stage 2

Internship planning

Near-term

Backend/platform internships that expose scale pains

Stage 1

Longer arc

Aim architect-track orgs after 2–4 years IC

Stage 2

Mentors who can guide this path Points 8 mentors Book with points 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 💻 Computer Science

Taylor

Data Analyst Tencent 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 📊 Business & Analytics 20 consultations Points · 15 min

Tencent data analyst , metrics, experimentation and decision storytelling.

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Jerry

Product Manager Tencent 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 📊 Business & Analytics ✏️ Design & UX 19 consultations Points · 15 min

Tencent product manager , user research, roadmap prioritisation and cross-functional delivery.

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Winko

Tech Consulting · Backend Oracle · Tencent 💻 Computer Science 📊 Business & Analytics 16 consultations Points · 15 min

Oracle technical consulting background plus Tencent backend engineering , enterprise and internet s…

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Iris

AI / Web3 Product Manager Baidu · Web3 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 📊 Business & Analytics ✏️ Design & UX 15 consultations Points · 15 min

AI PM at Baidu with Web3 product experience , roadmaps, user research, and 0→1 launches.

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Max

Pre-sales Engineer Huawei / Alibaba 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 💻 Computer Science 📊 Business & Analytics 15 consultations Points · 15 min

Pre-sales engineer experience across Huawei and Alibaba , bridging customers and product teams.

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Anson

AI Product Manager ByteDance 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 📊 Business & Analytics 14 consultations Points · 15 min

ByteDance AI Product Manager , shipping AI features at consumer scale.

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Kelvin

Technical Presale Tencent 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 💻 Computer Science 📊 Business & Analytics 14 consultations Points · 15 min

Tencent technical presale , customer discovery, solution design and PoC delivery for enterprise acc…

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Cassie

Solutions Engineer Tencent 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 💻 Computer Science 📊 Business & Analytics 13 consultations Points · 15 min

Tencent Solutions Engineer helping enterprise customers turn cloud & AI into shipped outcomes.

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