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Staff Engineer — Learning Path ​

A technical leader who sets direction, drives consistency, and multiplies teams across a large frontend.

Level: Staff · Required: 95 articles (~26.4 h) · Optional: 17 articles (~3.3 h)

Difficulty of required articles: Intermediate 23 · Advanced 52 · Staff 20.

Follow the sections in order. Articles link into docs/; each shows its difficulty and estimated reading time. Full prerequisites for any article are in its domain's graph.json (see GRAPH.md).

Milestones ​

  1. Drive technical strategy, RFCs, and cross-team standards
  2. Architect composition and design systems at scale
  3. Own release safety, incident response, and supply-chain risk
  4. Multiply teams through DX, guardrails, and mentorship
  5. Balance innovation against stability in technology choices

Expected skills ​

By completing the required articles you should be able to:

  • Technical direction and decision-making at scale
  • Org-wide architecture, standards, and consistency
  • Production reliability, security, and risk ownership
  • Leadership, mentorship, and technology strategy

Required articles ​

Systems Thinking & Leadership ​

Engineering Practices ​

Frontend Architecture ​

Design Systems ​

API Design & Contracts ​

Package Architecture ​

Delivery & Infrastructure ​

Observability & Reliability ​

Security ​

Performance Engineering ​

Developer Experience & Workflow ​

Optional articles ​

Frontend Architecture ​

Rendering Architectures ​

State Management ​

TypeScript ​

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