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Build an in-memory database: set/get/delete → field operations and prefix scan → TTL → backup and restore at timestamps

The OpenAI FDE signature question, reported near-verbatim for two years: four levels in ~60 minutes, where L4 silently breaks every naive L3 implementation. The lazy-expiry design that survives all four levels, with the pacing plan.

Updated Sep 2026 · Grounded in real Forward Deployed Engineer interview loops and written to a senior-engineer editorial bar.

The OpenAI FDE signature question, reported near-verbatim for two years: four levels in ~60 minutes, where L4 silently breaks every naive L3 implementation. The lazy-expiry design that survives all four levels, with the pacing plan.

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