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🧩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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4.4k+ learners

Duration

3 hr 15 min

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4.4k+ Enrolled Students

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Lifetime Access

Post Session

Mentor support

Session Schedule

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

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

Load Balancer

API

API

Message Queue

Message Queue

Learn From Expert Instructor

Meet the mentors leading the live sessions.

Aarav Sharma

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

Ananya Mehta

Design Technologist, CraftLabs

Ananya blends design and code to help learners ship portfolio-ready projects.

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Kabir Sayed

Kabir Sayed

Frontend Mentor, PixelWorks

Kabir focuses on clean code, accessibility, and practical frontend delivery.

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You should join this course if you

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

Completion certificate

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.

4.8

24

Clear structure, solid examples, and a fast pace that keeps you engaged.

Riya Jain

Riya Jain

B.Tech, NIT Trichy

4.6

18

Practical sessions with feedback that helped improve my portfolio.

Kabir Singh

Kabir Singh

Frontend Intern, PixelWorks

4.9

12

Loved the structure and the live walkthroughs.

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Design Graduate

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05 Sept - 8:00 pm

Duration

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