Ace the Engineering Leadership Interview: Distributed System Design
Master distributed system design principles and strategies to confidently lead technical discussions and excel in engineering leadership interviews.
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Foundations of Distributed System Design for Leadership
Unit 1: Setting the Stage for Distributed System Design
Welcome to the Course!
What is DSD?
Why DSD Matters
Unit 2: A Structured Approach to System Design
The Design Framework
Gathering Requirements
Defining Goals
Identifying Constraints
Unit 3: Core Concepts: CAP Theorem and Consistency
Understanding CAP
Digging Deeper into CAP
ACID vs. BASE
ACID Use Cases
BASE Use Cases
Unit 4: Trade-offs and Interview Strategies
Trade-off Analysis
Communicate Effectively
Capacity Planning and Scalability Strategies
Unit 1: Capacity Planning Fundamentals
Intro to Capacity Planning
Gathering Requirements
Estimating Traffic
Resource Estimation
Tools for Planning
Unit 2: Scaling Strategies
Vertical Scaling
Horizontal Scaling
Auto-Scaling Explained
Scaling Databases
Scaling Trade-offs
Unit 3: Scalable System Design Techniques
Load Balancing Basics
Caching Strategies
Content Delivery Networks
Stateless Architectures
Architectural Patterns for Distributed Systems
Unit 1: Microservices Architecture
Intro to Microservices
Microservices Decomposition
Service Discovery
Inter-service Comm
Microservices Observability
Unit 2: Event-Driven Architecture
Intro to Event-Driven
Events, Queues, Exchanges
Eventual Consistency
EDA Use Cases
EDA Observability
Unit 3: Serverless Computing
Intro to Serverless
FaaS Deep Dive
Serverless Data Storage
Serverless Security
Data Management in Distributed Environments
Unit 1: Introduction to Distributed Data Management
Data Mgmt Landscape
RDBMS in the Dist. World
NoSQL Overview
Unit 2: NoSQL Database Deep Dive
Key-Value Stores
Document Databases
Column-Family Databases
Graph Databases
Unit 3: Data Modeling and Schema Design
Schema Design
Polyglot Persistence
Unit 4: Data Partitioning and Sharding
Partitioning Strategies
Sharding Explained
Data Locality
Unit 5: Distributed File Systems
DFS Intro
DFS Use Cases
Fault Tolerance and Reliability
Unit 1: Fundamentals of Fault Tolerance
Intro to Fault Tolerance
Understanding Failure Modes
MTBF, MTTR, MTTF
Redundancy: The Basics
Unit 2: Replication and Failover Strategies
Replication Techniques
Leader Election
Failover Mechanisms
Heartbeats and Health Checks
Unit 3: Monitoring, Alerting, and Handling Partial Failures
Monitoring Strategies
Alerting Systems
Handling Partial Failures
Idempotency
Retry Mechanisms
Quorum
Communication and Trade-off Analysis
Unit 1: Effective Communication in System Design
Communicate Clearly
Know Your Audience
Visual Aids
Active Listening
The Elevator Pitch
Unit 2: Mastering Trade-off Analysis
Trade-off Frameworks
Quantify the Impact
Risk Assessment
Documenting Trade-offs
Unit 3: Interview Practice and Leadership Skills
STAR Method
Leading the Discussion
Handling Objections
Thinking on Your Feet
Mock Interview