A Udemy course covering the core building blocks of system design — horizontal scaling, sharding, caching, CDNs, resiliency and distributed storage — plus a module on designing generative-AI systems (RAG, agents). Practical and interview-focused, a strong resource for engineers preparing for system-design interviews.
Good for: Preparing for system-design interviews.
Less suitable if: You want deep production architecture or you are a beginner coder.
Skills you'll gain
System designScalabilityCachingDistributed systemsShardingInterview preparation
Is this course right for you?
A good fit if you…
You are preparing for interviews
You are a mid-level+ engineer
You want the core building blocks
Consider something else if you…
You are a beginner coder
You want deep production architecture
You already ace system-design interviews
Requirements: Software-engineering background.
Realistic time: Several hours of video.
About this course
This course covers the core technical building blocks of system design (horizontal scaling, sharding/NoSQL, caching, CDNs, resiliency, distributed storage), a dedicated module on designing generative AI systems (RAG, agentic AI), and six full mock interviews — designing a URL shortener, a restaurant reservation system, a web crawler, a top-sellers system, a video-sharing service (YouTube), and a search engine (Google) — each with the clarifying questions, the design process, and a debrief.
What you'll learn
Apply horizontal scaling to transactions, data storage, and databases
Choose appropriate algorithms and data structures for system design problems
Structure interview responses using a repeatable strategy
Design generative AI systems with RAG and agentic AI
Work through 6 full mock interviews with real-world system design questions
Address the soft skills interviewers are secretly evaluating you on
This course includes
5h
On-demand video
Yes
Certificate
Yes
Mobile access
English
Language
What it costs
Udemy lists a high price but the course is nearly always on sale for roughly $12–20 with lifetime access — wait for a discount rather than paying full price.
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You receive a Udemy completion certificate — a learning record, not a formal or accredited qualification.
Instructor
FK
Frank Kane
Udemy instructor
Frank Kane spent 9 years at Amazon and IMDb as a 'bar raiser' with veto authority over hiring decisions, interviewing 1,000+ candidates and hiring hundreds, holding 17 patents in distributed computing and machine learning.
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