12 weeks COHORT

Advanced System Design

A 12-week cohort covering the full spectrum: distributed systems fundamentals, real-world architecture patterns, and AI-native system design. You'll design systems like Netflix, Stripe, Uber, and OpenAI — and learn the architectural thinking behind platforms built on top of AI. Three disciplines, one cohort, because that's how senior engineers think.

Problem SolvingDistributed SystemsAI-Native ArchitectureLLM InfrastructureDecentralized SystemsAI Security

12

WEEKS

48+

HOURS

12

PROJECTS

$2400

PER YEAR

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Web

client

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Mobile

client

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API

client

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CDN

LOAD BALANCER

round-robin

Auth

service

API

gateway

Worker

service

PostgreSQL

primary

replica
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Redis

cache

Kafka

event bus

TIER 1

clients

TIER 2

edge

TIER 3

services

TIER 4

data

CURRICULUM

What You'll Learn

12 weeks of deep, practical content. Each week builds on the last.

WEEK01

Problem Solving & Breaking Down Complex Systems

  • MOSCOW framework for requirement prioritization
  • Estimation techniques — users, load, storage, bandwidth
  • Breaking ambiguous problems into bounded sub-systems
  • Trade-off thinking: CAP theorem, consistency vs availability
WEEK02

7 Fundamental Systems Every Senior Engineer Must Know

  • URL Shortener, SaaS Platform, News Feed, Ecommerce
  • File Transfer Systems, Payment Gateways, Messaging
  • Component pattern recognition across all 7 systems
  • From first principles to production-grade design
WEEK03

AI-Native Architecture

  • AI routers, vector DBs, RAG pipelines at production scale
  • Memory systems — short-term, long-term, episodic
  • MCP (Model Context Protocol) deep dive
  • Agents, tool calling, and agentic orchestration patterns
WEEK04

Supercharged Building with AI

  • Prompt chaining and multi-step skill composition for production AI workflows
  • Token budget modeling — cost vs quality trade-offs at production scale
  • Agentic team workflows: spec-to-PR pipelines and review automation
  • Expert-level AI-augmented development: context engineering, not prompt hacking
WEEK05

Breaking Down Claude Code & Codex

  • Context window architecture and code injection strategies for large repos
  • Semantic chunking, AST-based splitting, and call graph construction
  • Dependency analysis, execution traces, and code intelligence systems
  • Shipping production systems with agentic IDEs — from spec to deployment
WEEK06

OpenAI & Anthropic System Design

  • Planet-scale LLM API infrastructure design
  • GPU scheduling, model routing, rate limiting at scale
  • Model caching, prompt deduplication, billing infrastructure
  • Handling millions of concurrent inference requests
SCHEDULE

Live Class Schedule

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Every Tuesday

Assignment Evaluation

8:30 PM IST | 8 AM PST

11 AM EST | 5 PM CET

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Every Thursday

AMA Sessions

8:30 PM IST | 8 AM PST

11 AM EST | 5 PM CET

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Every Saturday

Live Classes

8:30 PM IST | 8 AM PST

11 AM EST | 5 PM CET

WHO IS THIS FOR

Not for Beginners. Not Sorry.

This track assumes you can code, you've shipped to production, and you're ready to level up.

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Senior Engineers (5+ years)

You build features daily but want to think at the architecture level. This track gives you the mental models to design systems, not just implement them.

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Tech Leads & Staff Engineers

You're expected to make system-level decisions. This track sharpens your ability to evaluate trade-offs and communicate architecture choices.

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Interview Candidates

System design interviews are your bottleneck. This track doesn't teach you to memorize — it teaches you to think like the interviewer.

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$2400/year

Annual payment. Lifetime access to content and updates. No subscriptions ever.

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FAQ

Common Questions

Do I need to know distributed systems already?

No. We start with high-level design and build up to distributed systems, replication, and consensus. You need solid coding experience (5+ years) but not prior distributed systems knowledge.

Is this just interview prep?

No — but it will absolutely help with interviews. The difference is we teach you to actually design production systems, not just whiteboard them. The interview skills come as a side effect of real understanding.

What if I miss a live session?

All sessions are recorded and available within 24 hours. You also have access to the cohort Slack for async Q&A.

Ready to level up?

12 weeks. Real projects. Senior engineers only. The next cohort starts soon.

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