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Software Engineers preparing for senior roles

Systems Design: Designing for Scale & Failure

6 weeks
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Jul 23

Teaches the actual tradeoffs (CAP theorem & consistency models & back-of-envelope math) instead of memorized answers.

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About this Course

Teaches the actual tradeoffs (CAP theorem & consistency models & back-of-envelope math) instead of memorized answers. This Software Engineers preparing for senior roles curriculum is designed to give you hands-on experience and deep conceptual understanding. Across 6 intensive modules, you'll tackle real-world challenges and build practical projects that reinforce your learning. By the end of this journey, you'll have the skills and proof of work to demonstrate your expertise.

What you'll learn

Master the core concepts of fundamental system tradeoffs & back-of-envelope math.
Gain hands-on experience with data partitioning, sharding & replication.
Understand the architecture behind cache invalidation, messaging & stream processing.
Implement production-grade fault tolerance, rate limiting & consensus.

Prerequisites

intermediate Level

Requires basic familiarity with the tech stack.

  • Python scripting
  • Basic linear algebra & tensors

Ideal for

Software Engineers preparing for senior roles

AI/ML Engineers
Systems Engineers
W1

Fundamental System Tradeoffs & Back-of-Envelope Math

Master the core concepts of fundamental system tradeoffs & back-of-envelope math.

3 videos57m
3 readings
3 topics
1 homework
Learn

Topics

1.1
Latency, Throughput, and Capacity Estimation
22 minutes
1.2
CAP Theorem, PACELC & Consistency Models
13 minutes
1.3
Availability Math & SLA/SLO Budgeting
22 minutes
W2

Data Partitioning, Sharding & Replication

Gain hands-on experience with data partitioning, sharding & replication.

3 videos28m
3 readings
3 topics
1 homework
Learn
W3

Cache Invalidation, Messaging & Stream Processing

Understand the architecture behind cache invalidation, messaging & stream processing.

3 videos29m
3 readings
3 topics
1 homework
Learn
W4

Fault Tolerance, Rate Limiting & Consensus

Implement production-grade fault tolerance, rate limiting & consensus.

3 videos58m
3 readings
3 topics
1 homework
Learn
W5

Caching Strategies and CDNs

Optimize read-heavy workloads using distributed caching and Content Delivery Networks.

3 videos28m
3 readings
3 topics
1 homework
Learn
W6

Database Sharding and Replication

Scale stateful storage horizontally using replication topologies and sharding techniques.

3 videos48m
3 readings
3 topics
1 homework
Learn
01

Learn

Watch curated videos and read study resources

02

Practice

Practice what you learned

03

Build Projects

Build projects using your new gained knowledge

04

Submit & Verify

Submit your project and get verified by our system

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