Who is this course for?

This course is ideal for:

• Software engineers preparing for system design interviews at top tech companies.
• Backend and full-stack developers who want to learn how to design scalable, fault-tolerant systems.
• Senior engineers and tech leads looking to sharpen their architectural thinking.
• Students and early-career professionals aiming to understand how large-scale systems like Netflix, Uber, or Amazon are built.

No prior experience with system design is required, but a good understanding of programming and web technologies will help.

What you’ll learn

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:

• Understand core system design principles — scalability, reliability, availability, and consistency.
•  Break down real-world problems into high-level architecture components.
• Learn design patterns for load balancing, caching, database sharding, replication, and message queues.
• Explore real-world case studies — designing URL shorteners, chat systems, social feeds, and payment systems.
• Learn to choose the right technologies (databases, caches, queues, storage, etc.) for your design.
• Gain a clear interview strategy for approaching open-ended system design questions.
• Build confidence to communicate your design decisions like an experienced engineer.

What makes this course unique

• Taught by a Staff Software Engineer from Agoda with 10+ years of real-world experience designing production-grade systems.
• Focus on both interview preparation and practical, hands-on design thinking.
• Includes step-by-step case studies, architecture diagrams, and industry best practices.