This intermediate course path helps you build interview readiness for software engineering roles that require discussion of system design, architecture, and practical engineering decisions. You will practice topics commonly covered in technical interviews, including scalability, reliability, cloud infrastructure, data management, and security. The path also covers software development methods and tools, including Agile practices, design patterns, CI/CD, version control, and development paradigms. Along the way, you will work through scenario-based prompts that strengthen your ability to explain concepts clearly and justify technical choices. This path is designed for learners preparing for software engineering, backend engineering, DevOps, or system design interviews who already have some programming and software development experience.
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Syllabus
- Explain system performance concepts such as load balancing, monitoring, optimization, and high availability
- Discuss security practices and modern threats in the context of software systems
- Compare network protocols, database types, concurrency approaches, and data integrity strategies
- Evaluate cloud computing, containerization, infrastructure, scalability, and architecture patterns
- Apply software design principles, design patterns, Agile methods, CI/CD, and version control concepts
- Practice structured responses to technical interview prompts involving tradeoffs and implementation decisions