What you'll learn
Leads complex multi-team technical initiatives, evolves existing architectures safely, and balances delivery speed, cost, and long-term maintainability.
- Advanced Distributed Architecture
- Engineering Leadership and Delivery
Level 5 of 6 · Shared path
Senior Backend Engineer — Grade B (Cross-team design)
Lead technical work across teams and evolve architectures safely.
- 160–240 hoursstudy estimate
- 2 Phases22 Modules
- 161 Lessons(curriculum)
- Capstone projectArchitecture Modernization
What you'll build
Architecture Modernization
Design and lead a simulated migration from a modular monolith to selected services, with phased releases, compatibility guarantees, observability, rollback plans, and measurable outcomes.
Is this level for you?
- Senior engineers owning a subsystem.
Curriculum
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Phase 01: Advanced Distributed Architecture
- 001Distributed architecture patterns8 lessons
- 002Event-driven architecture7 lessons
- 003Distributed data7 lessons
- 004Multi-region systems8 lessons
- 005High-availability design7 lessons
- 006Large-scale messaging8 lessons
- 007Data platform integration7 lessons
- 008Architecture migration8 lessons
- 009Service mesh8 lessons
- 010Platform engineering7 lessons
- 021AI platform capabilities7 lessons
Phase 02: Engineering Leadership and Delivery
- 011Cross-team design7 lessons
- 012Architecture governance7 lessons
- 013Technology evaluation8 lessons
- 014Engineering metrics7 lessons
- 022AI tools across teams7 lessons
- 015Cost optimization7 lessons
- 016Security architecture7 lessons
- 017Large migrations8 lessons
- 018Mentoring senior peers7 lessons
- 019Risk management7 lessons
- 020Stakeholder communication7 lessons
Prerequisites
Recommended before this level: Level 4 · Senior Backend Engineer — Grade C (System ownership)
Completion criteria
Scenario-based migration review with stakeholder negotiation.