Bootcamp: Software Architecture & System Design

Learn to design scalable, highly available, and distributed software systems.

10 Weeks
Online / Offline
English & Tamil
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Course Overview

Coding a feature is one thing; designing a system that can handle 10 million concurrent users is entirely different. System Design is the most critical hurdle in senior engineering interviews and the backbone of enterprise software development. In this intensive bootcamp, you will dissect real-world architectures from companies like Netflix, Uber, and Twitter. You will learn how to strategically employ load balancers, implement robust caching strategies, shard distributed databases, and design resilient microservices capable of massive horizontal scale.

Skills You Will Master

Distributed Systems Microservices Architecture Load Balancing Caching (Redis/Memcached) Database Sharding System Scalability

Course Curriculum

1. Introduction to Distributed Systems

  • Monolithic vs Distributed Architectures
  • CAP Theorem and PACELC Theorem
  • Vertical vs Horizontal Scaling
  • Latency vs Throughput

2. Networking & Load Balancing

  • OSI Model refresher & TCP vs UDP
  • Load Balancer algorithms (Round Robin, Least Connections)
  • L4 vs L7 Load Balancing
  • Reverse Proxies and API Gateways

3. Caching Strategies

  • Cache Eviction Policies (LRU, LFU)
  • Read-Through, Write-Through, Write-Behind caches
  • Content Delivery Networks (CDNs)
  • Distributed Caching with Redis

4. Database Scaling & Architecture

  • SQL vs NoSQL decisions
  • Database Replication (Master-Slave, Master-Master)
  • Partitioning and Sharding
  • Consistent Hashing

5. Messaging Queues & Event-Driven Architecture

  • Synchronous vs Asynchronous Communication
  • Message Queues (RabbitMQ, SQS)
  • Event Streaming (Apache Kafka)
  • Pub/Sub patterns

6. Microservices Deep Dive

  • Domain-Driven Design (DDD) basics
  • Service Discovery and Registry
  • Handling distributed transactions (Saga Pattern)
  • Resiliency (Circuit Breakers, Retries)

7. Security & Identity

  • OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect
  • JWT (JSON Web Tokens) handling
  • Rate Limiting algorithms (Token Bucket, Leaky Bucket)
  • DDoS Mitigation strategies

8. Data Processing & Analytics Architecture

  • Batch vs Stream Processing
  • MapReduce overview
  • Data Lakes vs Data Warehouses
  • Lambda and Kappa Architectures

9. Real-World Case Studies I

  • Designing a URL Shortener (Bitly)
  • Designing a Chat Application (WhatsApp/Discord)
  • Designing a Ride-Sharing App (Uber)

10. Real-World Case Studies II

  • Designing a Video Streaming Service (Netflix/YouTube)
  • Designing a Social Media Feed (Twitter/Instagram)
  • Designing an E-commerce Checkout System

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Classroom & hybrid batches in Coimbatore & Chennai

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