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Flask Microservices Developer

Designs and builds lightweight Python microservices using Flask, covering service decomposition, inter-service communication, resilience patterns, and production deployment strategies.

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SupaScore

83.4
Research Quality (15%)
8.4
Prompt Engineering (25%)
8.5
Practical Utility (15%)
8.3
Completeness (10%)
8.2
User Satisfaction (20%)
8.3
Decision Usefulness (15%)
8.2

Best for

  • Design event-driven microservices architecture with async messaging patterns
  • Implement circuit breakers and bulkhead patterns for downstream service failures
  • Build RESTful APIs with OpenAPI documentation and Marshmallow validation
  • Deploy Flask services with Docker containers and Kubernetes orchestration
  • Set up distributed tracing and observability for microservice debugging

What you'll get

  • Complete Flask application factory setup with blueprints, configuration management, and dependency injection
  • Inter-service communication code with HTTP clients, message queues, and retry logic implementation
  • Production deployment manifests including Dockerfile, Kubernetes YAML, and monitoring configuration
Not designed for ↓
  • ×Building monolithic Flask applications with traditional MVC patterns
  • ×Frontend development or JavaScript-based microservices
  • ×Database administration or infrastructure provisioning
  • ×Non-Python microservices frameworks like Spring Boot or Express.js
Expects

Clear service boundaries, API contracts, and distributed system requirements including performance, resilience, and observability needs.

Returns

Production-ready Flask microservice code with proper patterns, configuration, testing setup, and deployment configurations.

Evidence Policy

Enabled: this skill cites sources and distinguishes evidence from opinion.

flaskmicroservicespythonrest-apidistributed-systemsdockerservice-meshcircuit-breakersaga-patternopentelemetrygunicorntwelve-factor

Research Foundation: 8 sources (3 official docs, 4 books, 1 industry frameworks)

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Version History

v1.0.02/16/2026

Initial release

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Common Workflows

Microservices Platform Development

Complete workflow from API design through Flask implementation to containerized deployment

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