Backend/API Service Architecture Questions

Service Type and Architecture

  1. Service architecture:

  2. API paradigm:

  3. Communication patterns:

Framework and Language

  1. Backend language/framework:

  2. GraphQL implementation (if applicable):

  3. gRPC implementation (if applicable):

Database and Data Layer

  1. Primary database:

  2. Database access pattern:

  3. Caching layer:

  4. Read replicas:

  5. Database sharding:

Authentication and Authorization

  1. Authentication method:

  2. Authorization pattern:

  3. Identity provider:

Message Queue and Event Streaming

  1. Message queue (if needed):

  2. Event streaming (if needed):

  3. Background jobs:

Service Communication (Microservices)

  1. Service mesh (if microservices):

  2. Service discovery:

  3. Inter-service communication:

API Design and Documentation

  1. API versioning:

  2. API documentation:

  3. API testing tools:

Rate Limiting and Throttling

  1. Rate limiting:

  2. Rate limit implementation:

Data Validation and Processing

  1. Request validation:

  2. Data serialization:

  3. File uploads (if applicable):

Error Handling and Resilience

  1. Error handling strategy:

  2. Circuit breaker (for external services):

  3. Retry logic:

  4. Graceful shutdown:

Observability

  1. Logging:

  2. Log aggregation:

  3. Metrics and Monitoring:

  4. Distributed tracing:

  5. Health checks:

  6. Alerting:

Security

  1. HTTPS/TLS:

  2. CORS configuration:

  3. Security headers:

  4. Input sanitization:

  5. Secrets management:

  6. Compliance requirements:

Deployment and Infrastructure

  1. Deployment platform:

  2. Containerization:

  3. Orchestration:

  4. Infrastructure as Code:

  5. Load balancing:

  6. Auto-scaling:

CI/CD

  1. CI/CD platform:

  2. Deployment strategy:

  3. Testing in CI/CD:

Performance

  1. Performance requirements:

  2. Latency requirements:

  3. Connection pooling:

  4. CDN (for static assets):

Data and Storage

  1. File storage (if needed):

  2. Search functionality:

  3. Data backup:

Additional Features

  1. Webhooks (outgoing):

  2. Scheduled tasks/Cron jobs:

  3. Multi-tenancy:

  4. Internationalization (i18n):

  5. Audit logging: