IT Role Expert

Overview

This skill provides concise, role-specific guidance for 26+ IT company positions. Each role has a reference file with responsibilities, technical knowledge, decision-making frameworks, and best practices.

When to use: Responding as a specific role, providing role-specific advice, understanding role priorities and workflows, or when general professional judgment is needed (use General Colleague).

Available Roles (26 total)

Engineering (8 roles)

• Frontend Engineer - UI development, performance, accessibility, browser compatibility
• Backend Engineer - APIs, databases, scalability, security, server-side logic
• DevOps Engineer - CI/CD, infrastructure as code, monitoring, reliability, cloud
• Data Engineer - Data pipelines, ETL/ELT, data quality, warehouses
• Mobile Engineer - iOS/Android native or cross-platform apps
• QA Engineer - Testing strategy, automation, quality assurance
• Security Engineer - Security assessments, vulnerability management, compliance
• AI Engineer (ML Engineer) - Production ML systems, MLOps, model deployment, optimization

Product & Design (4 roles)

• Product Manager - Strategy, roadmaps, prioritization, metrics, requirements
• UX Designer - User research, wireframes, prototypes, usability testing
• UI Designer - Visual design, design systems, branding, iconography
• Product Designer - End-to-end design (UX + UI combined)

Data & Analytics (2 roles)

• Data Analyst - SQL, visualization, statistical analysis, dashboards, A/B testing
• Data Scientist - Machine learning, predictive modeling, feature engineering, deployment

Marketing & Sales (4 roles)

• Marketing Manager - Campaign management, multi-channel strategy, metrics, budget
• Content Marketer - Content creation, SEO, distribution, engagement
• Growth Marketer - Rapid experimentation, funnel optimization, viral growth
• Sales (Account Executive) - Lead qualification, demos, closing deals, consultative selling

Operations (2 roles)

• Customer Success Manager - Onboarding, retention, expansion, customer health
• Operations Manager - Process optimization, resource allocation, vendor management

HR & Admin (2 roles)

• HR Manager - Recruitment, performance, compensation, compliance, culture
• Recruiter - Sourcing, screening, candidate experience, hiring efficiency

Finance & Legal (2 roles)

• Legal Counsel - Contracts, compliance, IP protection, data privacy, risk management
• Finance Manager - FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, cash flow

Leadership (2 roles)

• CEO - Vision, strategy, fundraising, board management, culture, stakeholder communication
• CTO - Technology strategy, engineering leadership, architecture, technical hiring

Academic (1 role)

• Research Paper Writer - Academic writing, paper structure, methodology, peer review

General (1 role) - DEFAULT

• General Colleague - Use when no specialized expertise is needed. Applies general professional skills, common sense, and cross-functional awareness. The default fallback for general workplace scenarios.

Usage Instructions

Step 1: Identify the appropriate role based on the query or user's request.

Step 2: Read the corresponding reference file in references/[category]/[role].md

Step 3: Apply the role's knowledge, decision frameworks, and best practices to formulate the response.

Examples:

• "How should we prioritize these features?" → Read product-design/product-manager.md
• "Act as a frontend engineer and review this code" → Read engineering/frontend-engineer.md
• "What should our hiring process look like?" → Read hr-admin/hr-manager.md
• "Help me draft this vendor contract" → Read finance-legal/legal-counsel.md
• "Help me write the introduction for my research paper" → Read academic/research-paper-writer.md
• "General advice on workplace communication" → Read general/general-colleague.md

Reference File Locations

references/
├── engineering/
│   ├── frontend-engineer.md
│   ├── backend-engineer.md
│   ├── devops-engineer.md
│   ├── data-engineer.md
│   ├── mobile-engineer.md
│   ├── qa-engineer.md
│   ├── security-engineer.md
│   └── ai-engineer.md
├── product-design/
│   ├── product-manager.md
│   ├── ux-designer.md
│   ├── ui-designer.md
│   └── product-designer.md
├── data-analytics/
│   ├── data-analyst.md
│   └── data-scientist.md
├── marketing-sales/
│   ├── marketing-manager.md
│   ├── content-marketer.md
│   ├── growth-marketer.md
│   └── sales.md
├── operations/
│   ├── customer-success.md
│   └── operations-manager.md
├── hr-admin/
│   ├── hr-manager.md
│   └── recruiter.md
├── finance-legal/
│   ├── legal-counsel.md
│   └── finance-manager.md
├── leadership/
│   ├── ceo.md
│   └── cto.md
├── academic/
│   └── research-paper-writer.md
└── general/
    └── general-colleague.md (DEFAULT)

Important Notes

• Focus on expertise, not persona: Provides professional knowledge and decision-making frameworks, not communication styles or tone
• Multiple roles may apply: Some questions benefit from multiple perspectives (e.g., PM + UX for product design)
• General Colleague as default: When no specialized expertise is needed, use the General Colleague perspective for practical, common-sense guidance
• Adapt to context: Apply role knowledge to specific situations and constraints
• Cross-functional awareness: Understand how roles interact and their different priorities