
Level: Intermediate
🧩Advanced System Design for Software Engineers and Cloud Engineer
Master scalable system design through real interview questions. Learn distributed systems, caching, load balancing, databases, messaging, and architecture trade-offs with practical case studies.
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3 hr 15 min
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05
Sept
Session 1 · Saturday · 2h 5m
8:00 pm to 10:05 pm
06
Sept
Session 2 · Sunday · 2h 20m
10:00 am to 12:20 pm
12
Sept
Session 3 · Saturday · 2h 10m
2:00 pm to 4:10 pm
13
Sept
Session 4 · Sunday · 2h 15m
8:00 pm to 10:15 pm
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• Expert Designed Curriculum
• Doubt Clearing Session
• Forever Community Access
After this course, you can
Design large-scale distributed systems
Solve advanced design interviews
Optimize scalability and reliability
Communicate design decisions clearly
Course Curriculum
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Lessons
Start here after enrolling. These lessons form the core learning path for the course.
Thinking in Distributed Systems: Why One Machine Is Never Enough
Consistency Models: Strong, Eventual, and the CAP Theorem in Practice
Consensus: How Machines Agree (Paxos and Raft, Minus the Pain)
Leader Election and Distributed Locks
Service Discovery: How Services Find Each Other at Scale
Case Study: Designing a Distributed ID Generator
High Availability and the Math of Nines
Replication: Leader-Follower, Multi-Leader, Quorums
Fault Tolerance and Disaster Recovery: RTO, RPO, Failover
Circuit Breakers and Retry Patterns: Failing Gracefully
Bulkheads and Backpressure: Containing the Blast Radius
Case Study: Keeping a System Alive Through a Datacenter Outage
Monolith vs Microservices: The Trade-off Interviewers Actually Test
API Gateway and Service Mesh
CQRS and Event Sourcing
The Saga Pattern: Transactions Across Services
Layered, Hexagonal, and Event-Driven Architecture
The Strangler Fig Pattern: Migrating a Legacy System Safely
Block vs File vs Object Storage: What Goes Where
Distributed File Systems: How GFS and HDFS Think
Search Systems: Indexing, Full-Text Search, and Ranking
Docker and Kubernetes: What Interviewers Expect You to Know
CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code
Cloud Deployment Patterns: Regions, Zones, and Multi-Cloud
Requirement Gathering: The Questions That Impress Interviewers
Estimating Scale: Back-of-Envelope Math Without a Calculator
API Design and Database Design Under Time Pressure
High-Level Design First, Deep Dive Second
Bottleneck Analysis, Trade-offs, and Scaling Strategy
The 45-Minute Strategy: Whiteboard, Follow-ups, and Common Mistakes
Messaging Systems: Design WhatsApp
Social Feeds: Design Instagram and Twitter/X
Video Streaming: Design Netflix and YouTube
Geo and Matching Systems: Design Uber and Food Delivery
File Sync and Transactions: Drive, Dropbox, Payments, Booking
Live Session Content
This topic will be taught live in an interactive session, allowing you to engage with the instructor and ask questions in real time. While recordings will be available, attending live offers the best learning experience.
Post Session Study Material
This section will be unlocked after the session. You'll get access to exclusive bonus content, additional examples, and on-demand resources to support continuous learning and deeper understanding.
Financial statement spreadsheet template
30 min
Journal and ledger practice workbook
30 min
Startup financial statements example
25 min
Service company accounting walkthrough
25 min
Small business accounting system creation
45 min
Complete financial analysis report
40 min
Requirements
What you should have before starting the course.
Understand basic system design concepts
Familiarity with databases and APIs
Experience building web applications
Knowledge of scalability fundamentals
Tools you are going to use
Load Balancer
API
Message Queue
Learn From Expert Instructor
Meet the mentors leading the live sessions.

Aarav Sharma
Senior Frontend Engineer, StudioLabs
Aarav has mentored 1200+ learners and specializes in production UI systems and scalable frontend architecture.
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Ananya Mehta
Design Technologist, CraftLabs
Ananya blends design and code to help learners ship portfolio-ready projects.
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Kabir Sayed
Frontend Mentor, PixelWorks
Kabir focuses on clean code, accessibility, and practical frontend delivery.
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Students & Fresh Graduates
Build a strong portfolio
Learn from live mentors
Get feedback on your work
Working Professionals
Upgrade frontend skills
Ship real projects
Join a peer community
Career Switchers
Structured learning path
Hands-on practice
Guided sessions
Freelancers & Creators
Build client-ready sites
Improve delivery speed
Learn modern workflows
What you will get after completing this course
Receive an official course completion certificate
Earn skill-focused feedback from mentors
Showcase your project in the Shattak community
Access lifetime notes and references
Stay connected with instructors for guidance
Completion bonus
Certificate access, community showcase, and lifetime mentor guidance.
Hear From Learners Who've Taken This Course
Honest feedback from learners who completed the live sessions.
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Clear structure, solid examples, and a fast pace that keeps you engaged.
Riya Jain
B.Tech, NIT Trichy
4.6
18
Practical sessions with feedback that helped improve my portfolio.
Kabir Singh
Frontend Intern, PixelWorks
4.9
12
Loved the structure and the live walkthroughs.
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Meera Patel
Design Graduate
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05 Sept - 8:00 pm
Duration
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