Cloud-Native Backend Engineering
Go beyond traditional monoliths and master the patterns for building highly scalable, resilient, and observable backend systems. This course is an expert-led deep dive into microservices architecture, advanced Kubernetes, cloud-native databases, Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, and serverless computing. Prepare yourself for a senior backend or platform engineering role.
What You'll Learn
1: Advanced System Design & Microservices
- Monolith vs. Microservices
- Designing RESTful Microservices
2: Mastering Kubernetes in Production
- Recap: Pods, Deployments, Services
- Managing applications with Helm charts
3: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- What is IaC? (Imperative vs. Declarative)
- Provisioning a VPC and Subnets on AWS/GCP
4: Cloud-Native Observability
- The Three Pillars: Logs, Metrics, Traces
- Monitoring with Prometheus
5: Serverless & Managed Services
- Introduction to Serverless (FaaS)
- Managed Databases (AWS RDS, DynamoDB)