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System Design (Interview Track) roadmap

From 'it works on my machine' to 'it serves 10 million users'.

System design is what separates ₹12 LPA from ₹40 LPA engineers. It's 100% learnable — it's a vocabulary of tradeoffs, not genius.

What it pays

India: Unlocks ₹25–60 LPA senior roles

Remote worldwide: Unlocks $180k+ remote roles

Before you start

  • Built at least one backend API
  • Basic DSA

The plan, phase by phase

1

Building blocks

Weeks 1–6

Skills

Scaling vocabulary (throughput, latency percentiles)Load balancers, CDNs, DNSSQL vs NoSQL decisionsCaching layersAsync with queues

Learn it free

Build: One-page architecture diagrams for 5 systems you use daily (WhatsApp, YouTube, Uber…).

Interview angle: They probe WHY you chose X over Y — memorize tradeoffs, not architectures.

2

Classic problems + deep dives

Weeks 7–12

Skills

Design TinyURL, Twitter feed, Uber, WhatsAppConsistency modelsSharding strategiesRate limiting designsPresenting a design in 35 minutes

Learn it free

Build: Record yourself whiteboarding 3 designs; critique your structure ruthlessly.

Interview angle: Structure: clarify → estimate → high-level → deep dive → wrap. Never skip estimation.

Remote-readiness checklist

  • Can whiteboard a design on a video call
  • Comfortable saying 'it depends' with reasons

Portfolio proof you need

  • 6 written design docs with diagrams
  • 3 recorded whiteboard sessions

Roadmap done? Now get the job.

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