Programming & Software
System Design & Scalable Architecture
An engineering-grade course on building systems that scale. Cover databases, caching, load balancing, message queues and event-driven architecture, then design large applications and master the system-design interview.
Skills you'll gain
System designScalable architectureDatabase designDistributed systemsLoad balancingCachingMessage queuesMicroservices
Curriculum
12 modules · tap any module to expand.
Foundations of System Design
Why system design mattersBuilding scalable applicationsReal-world architecture
DSA for System Design
Core data structuresAlgorithm optimisationTime & space complexity
System Communication
Client-server architectureAPIs & microservicesRequest-response lifecycle
Database Architecture
Relational & NoSQLDesign principlesScaling data storage
Load Balancing & Traffic
Load-balancer fundamentalsHigh availabilityFault tolerance
Caching Systems
Redis & in-memory storageCache invalidationPerformance optimisation
Capacity Planning & Scalability
Capacity estimationThroughput & latencyScaling strategies
Event-Driven Architecture
Message queuesAsynchronous processingDistributed patterns
Stateless vs Stateful Systems
Session managementDistributed-system challenges
Security & Networking
Encryption & data protectionOSI modelNetwork protocols
System Design Interview Mastery
Common design questionsArchitecture whiteboardingTrade-off analysis
Capstone — Large-Scale Application
Video-streaming platformRide-sharing systemE-commerce marketplaceReal-time chat
Career paths
- Software Engineer
- Backend Developer
- Solutions Architect
- Cloud Engineer
- Site Reliability Engineer
Projects you'll build
- Netflix-style streaming design
- Uber-style ride-sharing design
- E-commerce marketplace design
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