Clear product thinking (prioritizing what delivers the most value and why)
Stakeholder management and alignment across engineering, security, legal, and go-to-market teams
Written communication (crisp requirements, decision docs, release notes)
Data-informed decision making (defining metrics and learning from usage)
API fundamentals (REST/GraphQL basics, authentication, rate limits, pagination, error handling)
Integration patterns (webhooks, OAuth, SSO, event-driven approaches, iPaaS tools)
Developer experience (docs, SDKs, onboarding flows, sandbox environments)
Reliability and quality mindset (uptime targets, monitoring, incident learnings)
Security and privacy basics (scopes, least privilege, data handling, compliance constraints)
Platform strategy (standardization, reuse, scalability, and long-term maintainability)