Free Career Roadmaps

Structured paths for 19 careers

Every roadmap is a topic tree with curated resources, tagged by cost and importance. Free to use, no signup required.

Backend Engineer
12 topics

API design, databases, caching, message queues, distributed systems — the server-side half of every product.

Cyber Security Engineer
11 topics

Threat modelling, IAM, network security, incident response, offensive vs defensive craft. The role that keeps everyone else's mistakes from becoming h…

Data Analyst
11 topics

Turns data into decisions. SQL, spreadsheets, BI tools, and clear storytelling. Entry point for most modern data careers.

Data Engineer
13 topics

Design, build, and operate the data pipelines, warehouses, and infrastructure that power analytics, ML, and product decisions.

Data Scientist
11 topics

Statistics, experimentation, causal inference, and ML applied to product decisions. Communicates findings that change what the business does.

DevOps / SRE
12 topics

Kubernetes, Terraform, observability, on-call — keeps production up and lets engineering ship faster.

Engineering Manager
10 topics

People management, hiring, tech strategy, delivery. The IC-to-manager bridge role — half your day is 1:1s, the other half is unblocking the team.

Financial Analyst
11 topics

Financial modelling, valuation, forecasting, and presenting numbers to decision-makers. The analytical trunk that FP&A, investment banking, and corp-d…

Frontend Engineer
12 topics

The user-facing half of every product. JavaScript/TypeScript, React (or Vue/Svelte), browser APIs, accessibility, performance, and design system fluen…

Full-Stack Engineer
12 topics

Owns features end-to-end — frontend, backend, database, deploy. Trades depth for breadth; ships product without waiting on other teams.

HR Business Partner
11 topics

Bridges people strategy and business strategy for a client group. Talent, comp, org design, ER — plus the credibility to advise leaders as an equal.

Marketing Manager
11 topics

Owns brand, growth, and performance marketing. Balances measurable acquisition with the harder-to-measure long-term brand equity.

ML Engineer
12 topics

Deploys, scales, and monitors ML models in production. The bridge between research notebooks and real user impact.

Operations Manager
11 topics

Process design, KPIs, vendor management, cost control. The role that makes the business run predictably and improves it quarter over quarter.

Product Manager
12 topics

Owns what gets built and why. Discovery, roadmapping, metrics, stakeholder management, and enough tech literacy to earn engineering's trust.

Sales Engineer
10 topics

Technical + client-facing. Product depth + discovery calls + demos + POCs. The credibility bridge between sales and prospect's engineering team.

Software Engineer
12 topics

The generalist trunk that backend, frontend, full-stack, and platform careers fork from. Deep foundations in code, systems, and shipping product.

Technical Writer
10 topics

API docs, tutorials, developer guides, and content operations. Sits at the intersection of engineering, product, and writing craft.

UX Designer
10 topics

Research, wireframing, prototyping, design systems, accessibility. Turns user problems into product decisions that engineering can build.

Curated by WhatTNext Ai · methodology