Grokking the Product Architecture Interview

This essential guide to the Product Architecture Interview is developed by FAANG engineers. Master product architecture fundamentals and get hands-on with real-world products.

Intermediate

133 Lessons

20h

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This essential guide to the Product Architecture Interview is developed by FAANG engineers. Master product architecture fundamentals and get hands-on with real-world products.

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Course Overview

This course prepares you for product architecture interviews by exploring systems from a client’s perspective and showing how client calls interact with the back end. API and product architecture design has become a full interview round of its own, separate from traditional System Design. Architecting a product involves navigating complex requirements to create cohesive and functional designs. As a designer, you’ll need to understand these requirements and guide the design process effectively, addressing a...Show More

TAKEAWAY SKILLS

System Design

Prepare For Interview

Api

Api Design

Product Architecture

What You'll Learn

Ability to tackle product architecture interviews with a structured approach

Familiarising with the advanced-level principles of product design

Understanding the role of well-designed APIs in successful product architectures

Building a strong foundation in API design as a critical component of product architecture

Applying advanced principles to architect real-world products

What You'll Learn

Ability to tackle product architecture interviews with a structured approach

Course Content

Introduction to the Course

Get familiar with API roles, design principles, course details, and business considerations.

Introduction to APIs

Unpacking API Design

About the Product Architecture Design Course

Business Considerations with APIs

Network Intricacies

Unpack the core of network protocol roles, latency impacts, and socket communication essentials.

The Narrow Waist of the Internet Latency and Throughput Network Sockets as a Foundation for Communication

Different Ways of Client-Server Communication

Break apart client-server communication, World Wide Web, HTTP, RPCs, and WebSockets adaptations.

World Wide Web Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)Evolution of HTTP Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs)WebSockets

Common Data Formats for Web APIs

Grasp the fundamentals of choosing appropriate data formats for efficient and secure API communication.

Data Representation and Efficient Communication in APIs Textual Data Formats Binary Data Formats Let AI evaluate Your Understanding of Data Formats

Comparison of API Architectural Styles

Dig deeper into API architectural styles like REST, GraphQL, and gRPC for optimal use.

Introduction to Web API Architectural Styles Representational State Transfer (REST): Web Architecture Style RESTful API GraphQL: A Query Language for APIs The gRPC Framework Comparisons of Different API Architecture Styles Let AI Evaluate Your Understanding of Architectural Styles

API Design Security

9 Lessons

Focus on robust strategies for securing APIs, including TLS, input validation, authentication, and authorization frameworks.

Important Concepts in Product Architecture

18 Lessons

Build on essential API concepts, including versioning, rate limiting, evolution, and caching techniques.

Back-of-the-Envelope Calculations for Latency

5 Lessons

Sharpen your skills in estimating and optimizing API response times to enhance user experience.

What Are the Foundational API Designs?

3 Lessons

Unpack the core of API design frameworks, conventions, and foundational architecture components.

10.

Design a Search Service

6 Lessons

Examine efficient search API design, emphasizing functionality, scalability, security, and low latency.

11.

Design a File Service

4 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of designing a reliable, secure, and scalable file service API.

12.

Design a Comment Service

5 Lessons

Take a closer look at designing a scalable, secure, and efficient comment service API.

13.

Design a Pub-Sub Service

5 Lessons

Implement a scalable, efficient pub-sub service using asynchronous communication among microservices.

14.

Concluding Foundational Design Problems

1 Lesson

Build on advanced API design for various applications with unique functionalities and requirements.

15.

YouTube Streaming API Design

6 Lessons

Learn how to use YouTube API design to ensure efficient, secure, and scalable video streaming.

15.

YouTube

16.

Facebook Messenger API Design

4 Lessons

Unpack the core of Facebook Messenger's API design, focusing on functional and non-functional requirements, design choices, and performance evaluation.

17.

Google Maps API Design

4 Lessons

Examine Google Maps API requirements, design decisions, endpoint models, and performance evaluation.

17.

Google Maps

18.

Learn to Design a Chess API with AI Mentor

1 Lesson

Build a foundation in designing a Chess API with user authentication and AI mentor.

19.

Zoom API Design

5 Lessons

Solve problems in building and optimizing efficient, scalable, real-time video conferencing APIs.

19.

Zoom

20.

Leetcode API Design

4 Lessons

Investigate LeetCode API's functionality, design decisions, endpoints, and performance evaluation.

20.

LeetCode

21.

Payment Gateway API Design—Stripe

6 Lessons

Practice using Stripe API for secure, efficient payment processing and data management.

21.

Stripe

22.

Twitter API Design

4 Lessons

Learn how to use essential design considerations for building a robust Twitter API.

23.

Uber API Design

4 Lessons

Unpack the core of Uber's API design, including requirements, design decisions, model, and evaluation.

23.

Uber

24.

CamelCamelCamel API Design

5 Lessons

Examine opportunities and strategies to design a scalable, reliable, and responsive CamelCamelCamel API.

24.

CamelCamelCamel (C3)

25.

Gaming API Design

5 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of designing a scalable, low-latency, and secure gaming API architecture.

26.

API Failures and Mitigations

4 Lessons

Take a closer look at causes of API failures and strategies for effective mitigations.

26.

Evernote

27.

Conclusion

2 Lessons

Implement API design principles, practice, and explore further resources for continued development.

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