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- StrategyIntermediateNew
CMMI Level 3 Process-Improvement Roadmap for a Defense Subcontractor
Read the company's current process documentation + recent CMMI Level 2 appraisal report. Run a gap analysis against the 11 additional Level 3 process areas (Requirements Develop…
- Cmmi
- Process Improvement
- Process Models
Software Quality and Process Improvement - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Defect-Trend Analysis and Quality Action Plan for an EV Charging Platform
Pull 18 months of defect data from Jira + the field-incident system + customer-service tickets. Categorize defects by component, severity, and root-cause taxonomy. Run statistic…
- Defect Analysis
- Statistical Process Control
- 5 Whys & Fishbone Root Cause Analysis
Software Quality and Process Improvement - CodeIntermediateNew
Fuzz a Memory-Unsafe Image-Parsing Library
Identify 3 critical parser entry points (DICOM dataset parser, JPEG 2000 decoder, TIFF directory parser) and write a libFuzzer harness + an AFL++ harness for each. Build with AS…
- Fuzzing
- Memory Safety
- Address Sanitizer
Software Security - CodeIntermediateNew
Static Analysis SAST Rollout on a Fintech Codebase
Run baseline scans with Semgrep + SonarQube + Snyk Code across all 18 services. Triage the initial findings (likely 800-1,500 raw alerts) into true-positive / false-positive / i…
- Sast
- Semgrep
- Sonarqube
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- DesignIntermediateNew
Threat Model a HealthTech Patient-Portal Web App
Read the 25-page redesign architecture document (auth via Clerk, Next.js front-end, FastAPI backend, Postgres, S3 for documents, webhook integration with EMRs). Build data-flow …
- Threat Modeling
- STRIDE
- Secure Design
Software Security - CodeIntermediateNew
Secure the Software Supply Chain of an Open-Source SDK
Audit the current state: dependency tree, publish process, GitHub Actions workflows, signing posture. Generate an SBOM (CycloneDX format) using Syft. Run OpenSSF Scorecard and t…
- Supply Chain Security
- Slsa
- Sbom
Software Security - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Secure-by-Design Review of a Microservices Auth Subsystem
Read the 18-page proposed auth-service design (Next.js BFF, FastAPI auth-service, Postgres for sessions + refresh, Redis for short-lived tokens, integration with Auth0 for OIDC)…
- Secure Design
- OWASP Asvs
- Oauth2
Software Security - CodeIntermediateNew
Property-Based Testing for a SEPA Payments Library
Read the SEPA Pain.001 XSD (XML Schema Definition) and pick 5 invariants the parser MUST preserve (e.g., 'sum of transactions equals control sum', 'IBAN passes mod-97 check', 'c…
- Property Based Testing
- Fuzz Testing
- Systems Language Proficiency (Go, Rust, C++)
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- AnalysisIntermediateNew
Mutation Testing on a Critical Pricing Service
Run PIT against the pricing service to get a baseline mutation score per class. Identify the 5 classes with the largest gap between line coverage and mutation score (these are t…
- Mutation Testing
- Python Or Javascript
- Junit
Software Testing and Quality Assurance - CodeIntermediateNew
Stand Up Contract Testing for a Microservices Backend
Inventory the 18 services and pick the 6 producer-consumer pairs with the most staging breakages in the last 90 days. Stand up a Pact broker (self-hosted or PactFlow trial). For…
- Contract Testing
- Pact
- Microservices Patterns
Software Testing and Quality Assurance - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Build a Technical Debt Register for a Legacy Banking Monolith
Run 8 structured 45-minute engineer interviews (template provided) capturing one debt item per pain point with reproducible evidence. Run SonarQube against the monolith for a qu…
- Technical Debt
- Debt Quadrant
- Code Quality
Technical Debt Management - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Apply the SQALE Method to a Telecom OSS Codebase
Configure SonarQube's quality profiles to match the SQALE model's 8 characteristics (testability, reliability, changeability, efficiency, security, maintainability, portability,…
- Sqale Method
- Technical Debt
- Code Quality
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- CodeIntermediateNew
Refactor a Reckless Inadvertent Debt Hotspot
Read the class + git blame to map its responsibilities. Write characterization tests (using approval testing) until you can change behaviour without surprise — target at least 7…
- Refactoring
- Mikado Method
- Characterization Testing
Technical Debt Management - DesignIntermediateNew
Prototype an Embedded Dashboard for an EV Charger
Define the 3 user modes (driver: 4 screens, operator: 5 screens, technician: 3 screens) and their entry conditions (NFC card type, PIN, technician key). Build a 12-screen protot…
- Embedded Ui
- Figma
- Framer
User Interface Design and Prototyping - DesignIntermediateNew
Voice + Visual Prototype for a Hands-Free Warehouse App
Write the voice-script branching diagram (8 happy steps + 2 exceptions) using a simple grammar: prompt → expected input → response → next state. Build the wrist-screen visual pr…
- Voice Ui
- Multimodal Design
- Figma
User Interface Design and Prototyping - CodeIntermediateNew
Real-Time Collaboration Whiteboard with WebSockets
Design the board state model (sticky notes + cursor positions) and pick a conflict-resolution approach (last-write-wins for v1, or operational-transform if scoping allows). Buil…
- Websockets
- React
- Nodejs
Web Application Development - CodeIntermediateNew
Multi-Tenant SaaS Backend with Postgres Row Security
Design the multi-tenant schema: shared tables with a tenant_id column, indexed appropriately. Write a forward + backward migration (using Drizzle or Prisma). Implement Postgres …
- Multi Tenant Architecture
- Postgresql Or Mysql
- Row Level Security
Web Application Development - StrategyIntermediateNew
5G Network Slicing Strategy for a Smart-Port Pilot
Inventory the 3 workloads with concrete numbers (e.g., 'straddle carriers: 12 ms one-way latency, 99.999 percent availability, 50 Mbps uplink'). Design 3 5G network slices (eMBB…
- 5g Network Slicing
- Cellular Networks
- Qos Design
Wireless and Mobile Networks - DesignIntermediateNew
Wi-Fi 6E Site Survey + Capacity Plan for a Hospital
Import floor plans for 4 buildings (around 38,000 m2 total) into Ekahau or equivalent. Run a predictive survey targeting -65 dBm RSSI in patient rooms + -60 dBm in operating the…
- Wifi 6e
- Rf Planning
- Site Survey
Wireless and Mobile Networks - CodeIntermediateNew
Secure a LoRaWAN Sensor Network for Cold-Chain Logistics
Read the LoRaWAN 1.0.x vs 1.1 spec (the network runs 1.0.3). Design the new key management: device-unique AppKey + NwkSKey, rotation every 90 days for the warehouse devices (the…
- Lorawan
- Wireless Security
- Key Management
Wireless and Mobile Networks - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) Communication Trial Analysis
Load the anonymised dataset (logged packet RX/TX, PC5 sidelink RSSI, RSRP, SINR, vehicle trajectory, application latency for safety messages). Compute the canonical 3GPP Release…
- C V2x
- Pc5 Sidelink
- Wireless Performance Analysis
Wireless and Mobile Networks - CodeIntermediateNew
Reconstruct a Heritage Facade with Structure-from-Motion
You receive 250 phone photos of the facade plus 6 ground control points measured by a surveyor (used only for metric scaling and validation, not for reconstruction). Run SfM to …
- Structure From Motion
- Multi View Stereo
- 3d Reconstruction
3D Vision and Multi-View Geometry - ResearchIntermediateNew
Train a NeRF for Real-Estate Virtual Tours
You receive a curated dataset of 3 apartments, each with around 120 input images and known camera poses (already SfM-processed). Train a NeRF variant (Instant-NGP or Nerfacto re…
- Neural Scene Representation
- Nerf
- Pytorch Or Tensorflow
3D Vision and Multi-View Geometry - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Compare Stereo Depth Methods for a Drone Inspection Startup
You receive 500 calibrated stereo pairs from a turbine inspection plus sparse LiDAR ground truth on each pair. Implement (or wrap) three depth estimators: OpenCV Semi-Global Mat…
- Stereo Depth Estimation
- Multi View Geometry
- Model Evaluation
3D Vision and Multi-View Geometry
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