System Design for Software Engineers

System Design for Software Engineers
intermediate20 hours33 sections

A comprehensive guide to designing scalable, reliable, and maintainable distributed systems. Master the concepts, trade-offs, and architectures required to ace system design interviews and build enterprise-grade applications.

What you'll learn

  • Understand key system design concepts: availability, reliability, scalability, and latency.
  • Master the components of modern architectures: load balancers, caches, databases, and message queues.
  • Learn database design, sharding, replication, and the CAP theorem.
  • Design and analyze real-world systems (e.g., URL shortener, chat application, news feed).
  • Evaluate trade-offs between different architectural choices.

Prerequisites

  • Basic understanding of programming and software development.
  • Familiarity with standard web development concepts (HTTP, APIs).
  • Basic knowledge of databases.

Course outline

1. Fundamentals of System Design

2. Networking and Communication

3. Scaling and Load Balancing

4. Data Management: Databases & Storage

5. Caching Strategies

6. Messaging, Queues, and Event Streaming

7. Microservices & Distributed Architecture

8. Real-World System Design Case Studies

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