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name: it-role-expert description: Provides role-specific expertise for 26+ IT company positions. Use when responding from a specific role's perspective, providing role-based advice, or when specialized knowledge is needed for engineering, product, design, data, marketing, sales, operations, HR, legal, finance, leadership, or academic functions.

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