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Software Architecture pathway

intermediate → Portfolio-ready

System Design & Scalable Architecture Roadmap

Build a rigorous system-design foundation before tackling large-scale architecture. This roadmap moves from requirements, estimation, networking, and data modelling into caching, messaging, distributed systems, reliability, observability, security, and end-to-end design practice. Each stage turns architectural trade-offs into clear, testable decisions.

4 stages0 of 8 available5–7 months journeyEnglish medium

Requirements and capacity estimationDistributed systems and data architectureScalability, reliability and observabilitySystem design communication and trade-offs

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From foundation to capstone

Use this overview to understand the sequence. Open each stage below for course details.

01Foundations & EstimationUpcoming
02Data, Storage & Data MovementUpcoming
03Scalable Services & ReliabilityUpcoming
04Case Studies, Interviews & CapstoneUpcoming

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Your System Design & Scalable Architecture journey

Roadmap distinctionUnlocked after every required course and its verified course certificate.

Complete roadmap access

Enrol once for the full learning path

Included published courses are activated together. Your course certificates remain individual, and completing every required certified course unlocks the roadmap distinction.

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System Design Foundations: Requirements, APIs & CapacityRequired

Upcoming

Networking, OS & Distributed Systems EssentialsRequired

Upcoming

Database Design, Indexing, Replication & ShardingRequired

Upcoming

Caching, Messaging, Streams & Search SystemsRequired

Upcoming

Load Balancing, Microservices & Event-Driven ArchitectureRequired

Upcoming

Reliability, Observability, Security & ResilienceRequired

Upcoming

System Design Case Studies: URL Shortener, Chat, Feed & VideoRequired

Upcoming

System Design Interview Workshop & Architecture CapstoneRequired

Upcoming

Complete curriculum

Follow the stages in order

Required courses build the core skill. Optional courses let you specialise.

Stage 1

Foundations & Estimation

Translate product goals into requirements, constraints, capacity estimates, interfaces, and defensible architecture decisions.

UpcomingRequired

System Design Foundations: Requirements, APIs & Capacity

Learn requirement clarification, back-of-the-envelope estimation, API contracts, data flow, and the language of architectural trade-offs.

Functional and non-functional requirementsCapacity and latency estimationAPI and data-flow designArchitecture trade-off analysis

intermediate3 weeks

UpcomingRequired

Networking, OS & Distributed Systems Essentials

Build the networking, concurrency, consistency, and failure-model knowledge required to reason about distributed services.

HTTP, DNS, TCP and load balancingProcesses, threads and concurrencyConsistency and availability trade-offsFailure modes and timeouts

intermediate4 weeks

Your final roadmap credential

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