Expert

Developer — Expert

Advanced backend development — custom modules, complex integrations, performance optimization, message queues, security hardening, and enterprise-scale patterns. 2+ years experience recommended.

60 Questions
120 Minutes
11 Sections

Exam Topics & Objectives

1

Advanced Architecture

Magento application layers & service contracts
Area code architecture & API design patterns
Module dependencies, sequencing & version constraints
Service Contracts
2

Advanced Request Flow

Custom routers, middleware & request/response manipulation
Full page cache interaction with request flow
GraphQL resolver chain & REST/SOAP API request handling
GraphQL Resolvers
3

Advanced UI & Frontend Integration

Complex UI component patterns & mixins
RequireJS module management at scale
Knockout.js custom bindings & server-side rendering
Layout XML
4

Advanced Database Patterns

Complex declarative schema with triggers & views
Performance-oriented query patterns & indexer tables
Database sharding & split database architecture
Declarative Schema
5

Advanced EAV & Catalog

Custom EAV entity types
Complex attribute backend/frontend models
Flat index optimization & custom indexers
EAV System Indexer System
6

Message Queues & Async

RabbitMQ & MySQL queue configuration
Custom queue consumers & publishers
Bulk API operations & deferred processing
Message Queue Architecture
7

Caching & Performance

Full page cache: Varnish VCL & cache tags
Block-level caching strategies & ESI
Redis session & cache backend optimization
Full Page Cache
8

Security

CSRF, XSS & SQL injection prevention
ACL, secret keys & form validation
Content Security Policy & API authentication
Security Checklist
9

Testing

Unit, integration & MFTF test patterns
API functional testing & custom test fixtures
Static analysis (PHPStan, PHPCS) integration
Testing Strategies
10

CI/CD & Cloud

Cloud deployment pipeline & build hooks
Environment variable management & encrypted config
Zero-downtime deployment strategies
CI/CD Deployment
11

Third-Party Integrations

Payment gateway integration patterns
ERP & PIM synchronization architecture
Webhook & event-driven integration
ERP Integration Custom Payment
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