Master system design through practical interview questions and real-world architectures.

This series explores system design fundamentals, including requirements gathering, API design, databases, caching, scalability, and trade-offs.

Interview Series

System Design Interview #1

Design a URL Shortener

System Design Interview #2

Design a Rate Limiter

System Design Interview #3

Design a Notification Service

System Design Interview #4

Design Search Autocomplete

System Design Interview #5

Design YouTube

Learning Roadmap

This roadmap is designed to help software engineers prepare for system design interviews from beginner to advanced topics. We’ll start with foundational services before moving on to large-scale distributed systems.

Topics Covered

  • Requirements Gathering
  • API Design
  • High-Level Architecture
  • Database Design
  • Caching
  • Scalability
  • Trade-offs
  • Interview Tips