Skills we verify

End-to-end delivery of a production-grade application: data modelling, API design, authentication, frontend implementation and deployment.

Required evidence

Public or access-granted source repository · Live deployed application · Relational database implementation · Authentication and authorisation implementation · Documented API surface · Written technical explanation of architecture decisions

Assessment methods

Technical assessment · Project evaluation · Live technical defence

Accessible, performant interface engineering with component architecture, state management and responsive implementation.

Required evidence

Source repository · Live deployment · Accessibility and performance notes

Assessment methods

Technical assessment · Project evaluation

Service design, data integrity, API contracts, background processing and operational reliability.

Required evidence

Source repository · API documentation · Test coverage evidence

Assessment methods

Technical assessment · Project evaluation · Live technical defence

Idiomatic Python engineering: packaging, typing, testing, performance and production deployment.

Required evidence

Source repository · Automated test suite · Runtime/packaging evidence

Assessment methods

Coding challenge · Project evaluation · Live technical defence

Language-level competence: asynchronous patterns, module design, tooling and testing.

Required evidence

Source repository · Automated test suite

Assessment methods

Coding challenge · Technical assessment

Component architecture, rendering behaviour, data fetching and state boundaries.

Required evidence

Source repository · Live deployment

Assessment methods

Technical assessment · Project evaluation

Server-side JavaScript runtime competence, streams, concurrency and observability.

Required evidence

Source repository · Deployed service endpoint

Assessment methods

Technical assessment · Project evaluation

JVM engineering, typing discipline, concurrency and enterprise service patterns.

Required evidence

Source repository · Build artefact · Test suite

Assessment methods

Coding challenge · Project evaluation

Modern PHP application engineering, framework usage, security and data access.

Required evidence

Source repository · Live deployment

Assessment methods

Technical assessment · Project evaluation

Native or cross-platform application delivery, offline behaviour and store readiness.

Required evidence

Source repository · Installable build or store listing · Video demonstration

Assessment methods

Project evaluation · Live technical defence

Cross-platform UI engineering, state management and platform channel integration.

Required evidence

Source repository · Installable build

Assessment methods

Technical assessment · Project evaluation

Cloud architecture, networking, cost control, resilience and infrastructure as code.

Required evidence

Infrastructure-as-code repository · Architecture diagram · Cost/resilience notes

Assessment methods

Scenario assessment · Project evaluation · Live technical defence

Delivery pipelines, environment management, observability and incident practice.

Required evidence

Pipeline configuration · Observability evidence · Runbook

Assessment methods

Scenario assessment · Practical task · Live technical defence

Threat modelling, secure implementation review, hardening and incident response.

Required evidence

Redacted assessment report · Threat model · Remediation evidence

Assessment methods

Scenario assessment · Practical task · Live technical defence

Data preparation, statistical reasoning, and decision-grade communication of findings.

Required evidence

Analysis notebook or repository · Dataset provenance · Findings document

Assessment methods

Practical task · Project evaluation

Experimental design, feature engineering, model evaluation and result validity.

Required evidence

Repository · Evaluation methodology · Reproducible results

Assessment methods

Practical task · Project evaluation · Live technical defence

Model development, training discipline, deployment and monitoring in production.

Required evidence

Repository · Training and evaluation artefacts · Deployed inference endpoint

Assessment methods

Technical assessment · Project evaluation · Live technical defence

Applied AI system design, evaluation harnesses, safety controls and cost behaviour.

Required evidence

Repository · Evaluation harness · Safety and cost analysis

Assessment methods

Scenario assessment · Project evaluation · Live technical defence

Research, interaction design, design systems and validated usability outcomes.

Required evidence

Case study · Design file access · Research and testing evidence

Assessment methods

Portfolio evaluation · Live design defence

Problem framing, product decisions, measurement and end-to-end delivery.

Required evidence

Case study with outcomes · Design artefacts

Assessment methods

Portfolio evaluation · Live design defence

Schema design, performance tuning, backups, recovery and access control.

Required evidence

Schema and migration history · Performance evidence · Backup/recovery plan

Assessment methods

Scenario assessment · Practical task

Test strategy, automation, defect analysis and release quality control.

Required evidence

Automation repository · Test plan · Defect reporting samples

Assessment methods

Practical task · Project evaluation

Channel strategy, measurement, attribution and demonstrable campaign outcomes.

Required evidence

Campaign documentation · Verified analytics evidence

Assessment methods

Portfolio evaluation · Live defence

Delivery planning, risk control, stakeholder management and measurable delivery record.

Required evidence

Delivery documentation · Risk register · Outcome evidence

Assessment methods

Scenario assessment · Live defence