Flexible path4 sections

Backend System Design Foundation

Backend reliability, APIs, data boundaries, and operational design.

A backend system design track covering architecture framing, service boundaries, data and API design, distributed systems, reliability, operations, and production trade-offs.

Recommended start

Core Designs

Practical backend feature designs: exports, notifications, uploads, webhooks, tenant boundaries, search, dashboards, workflows, and product operations.

30 drillsSection 1 of 4

Open section Browse all drills

Learning path

4 active sections / 102 drills

1Core DesignsRecommended startPractical backend feature designs: exports, notifications, uploads, webhooks, tenant boundaries, search, dashboards, workflows, and product operations.30 drillsSection 1Open section 2Distributed System FoundationsRequirements, service boundaries, consistency, communication, replication, partitioning, and multi-service workflows.7 drillsSection 2Open section 3Data & APIsAPI/data boundaries, contracts, versioning, idempotency, and request/response design.33 drillsSection 3Open section 4ReliabilityFailure handling, rate limiting, retries, timeouts, dependency behavior, and operational resilience.32 drillsSection 4Open section