Codex for Backend Engineers
Learn how backend engineers can use Codex to work faster on APIs, services, data models, tests, debugging, and production-minded refactors while staying in control of architecture, reliability, and security.
Microsoft MVP & CTO of Aviron Software
Spencer Schneidenbach is the President and CTO of Aviron Software. Passionate about helping businesses and people run better, Spencer has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP for nearly a decade and has spoken at numerous conferences around the world on topics such as programming, startups, and business.
After accumulating over a decade of experience as a software engineer, business analyst, project manager, and architect, Spencer started Aviron in order to better service clients in many different verticals - from energy to education to healthcare.
Use Codex to Build, Refactor, Test, and Operate Production Backend Systems
Backend engineers face a different set of constraints than greenfield demo apps: long-lived services, database schemas, auth rules, integrations, performance concerns, and production risk. In this workshop, you will learn how to use Codex in the places backend work actually happens — inside existing repositories, across layered architectures, and in workflows where correctness matters more than speed alone.
We will cover how to prompt with architecture and operational context, how to use Codex for API design, service logic, data modeling, migrations, tests, and debugging, and how to review generated changes with a backend engineer’s eye for reliability, security, and maintainability. Along the way, you will develop practical patterns for using Codex as a collaborator on real backend tasks without giving up ownership of key technical decisions.
This is an advanced, hands-on workshop for engineers who want to bring AI-native workflows into serious backend development.
What You Will Master
- How to use Codex effectively inside an existing backend codebase with real constraints, conventions, and architecture boundaries.
- How to prompt for backend work such as API design, service decomposition, migrations, background jobs, integration code, and test coverage.
- How to use Codex to trace bugs across logs, stack traces, failing tests, and multiple services.
- How to review and harden generated code for correctness, performance, security, and operability.
- How to refactor backend systems safely with Codex while preserving behavior and improving maintainability.
- How to use Codex for repetitive engineering tasks like endpoint scaffolding, test generation, and documentation updates.
- How to decide what backend tasks to delegate to Codex and what decisions should remain human-owned.
- How to build repeatable workflows for debugging, code review, and production readiness.
Prerequisites
- Comfortable with at least one backend language or framework in day-to-day work
- Familiarity with HTTP APIs, databases, and automated testing
- Comfortable using git and the terminal
- Prior Codex experience is helpful but not required
Who is this for?
Backend engineers, technical leads, and full-stack developers who spend significant time working on APIs, services, data layers, integrations, and production systems.
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Learn practical Codex workflows for building and maintaining production backend systems.
Learn how backend engineers can use Codex to work faster on APIs, services, data models, tests, debugging, and production-minded refactors while staying in control of architecture, reliability, and security.
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