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Modern System Design - Build Real-World Applications to Succeed in Your Career
"I will fail my Amazon system design interview," This thought crossed my mind during the interview itself.
But no! Among all the 7 interviews I gave, system design was actually my strongest, and it was the reason I was successful in the process of getting the job.
In the last 20 years, I have interviewed 100s of people for many different positions. The system design interview, among all, truly turns out to be the most difficult one for most of the people.
This is why I thought to put this course together.
What to Expect
Beginner-friendly training designed to fast-track your career
Practical exercises that give you job-ready confidence
A step-by-step roadmap that removes all the guesswork
With focus, you’ll gain skills that make you stand out at work
What You’ll Learn
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A clear roadmap of system design concepts structured learning to master fundamentals.
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Core trade-offs that drive design decisions – consistency vs availability, SQL vs NoSQL, sync vs async.
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API design mastery – RESTful principles, rate limiting, secure APIs, SSO.
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Handling non-functional requirements – scalability, maintainability, and fault tolerance.
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Deep database insights – ACID vs BASE, sharding, replication, CAP/PACELC, and data store choices
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Real-world design challenges – leader election, unique ID generation, rate limiting at scale.
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Practice & validation – live sessions, assessments, and a capstone project with feedback.
Who is This Course For
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Engineers at all levels – mid-level to senior, Staff, and Principal – to deepen system design skills or prep for interviews
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Technical leaders such as Engineering Managers, Solution Architects, Consultants, to make better design decisions or master system design
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Aspiring high-performers (or entrepreneurs) preparing for impactful roles at startups, scale-ups, or top tech companies, including MAANG
This Course is NOT for you if
You are looking for coding lessons or go into low-level designs (class diagrams, sequence diagrams, coding)
Course Syllabus
Introduction to System Design
Class 1 - Basics of System Design
System Design Intro Class
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What is system design
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Why it matters System types
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Micro, monolith & distributed
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DNS
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Load balancer & categories
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Failover
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Throughput and Latency
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Tool Demonstration - draw.io, Excalidraw
Duration: 2 hours
Class 2 - Database concepts and applications in system design
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Quick recap from session 1 in pictorial form
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Databases in System Design
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Basics of SQL/NoSQL
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Types of NoSQL db
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ACID vs BASE
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SQL vs NoSQL tradeoffs
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CAP/PACELC theorem
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Database Scaling
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Sharding and its techniques
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Data replication and techniques
Duration: 2 hours
What’s Included
What You’ll Get
Out of This Course
✔ You’ll know how to approach real-world system design problems with clarity and confidence
We’ll cover the foundational concepts, modern infrastructure components, and architectural patterns that help you design systems that scale, perform, and recover gracefully.
✔ You’ll build a strong mental model for designing end-to-end systems from scratch
From requirements gathering to estimation, from DNS to data replication you'll be equipped with a structured, repeatable approach to system design that works in interviews and in real teams.
✔ You’ll be able to design systems that go beyond interview whiteboards and into production
Whether it’s designing APIs, choosing the right database, scaling with queues and caches, or ensuring fault tolerance you'll gain practical, hands-on experience solving real problems.
✔ You’ll deeply understand the trade-offs behind every architectural decision
You’ll learn to evaluate when to favor availability over consistency, when to use Pub/Sub over message queues, and how to make scalable, maintainable choices in real-time.
✔ You’ll get a library of technical tools, mental models, and references for long-term learning
Including access to templates, reading lists, architectural checklists, and real-world examples to continue your growth even after the course ends.