Problem Solving & System Design Advanced Course at Scaler Academy

Quick facts

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Medium of instructions English	Mode of learning Self study, Virtual Classroom	Mode of Delivery Video and Text Based

Course overview

Problem Solving & System Design - Advanced certification is a 9.5 months advanced level course by the Scaler Academy. Every student has separate needs, so a small entrance test before enrolling will prove whether this course will suit the requirements of the participants. There are tech professionals aimlessly searching for programming videos that will lead to unstructured learning, hence this certification is developed to provide skills to become the best amongst peers.

This Problem Solving & System Design - Advanced training course has designed a curriculum that is structured for people who are software engineers to help them learn CS fundamentals, programming constructs, and system design with the use of real projects. This course held by experts live twice every week for 9.5 months will explain the benefits of what all makes the best software engineer in town. This course basically makes the candidates both interview and job-ready with their learning of a beautifully crafted curriculum.

The highlights

9.5 months programme
1:1 mentorship offered
Aspirational peer group
Live classes by faculty
Industry-tested curriculum
Certificate by Scaler

Program offerings

Completion certificate
Industry relevant curriculum
Live classes
1:1 mentorship
Mock interviews
Advisory committee
Career support
Peer group
Alumni support
9.5 months course
Personalised learning.

Course and certificate fees

certificate availability

Yes

certificate providing authority

Scaler Academy

Eligibility criteria

Educational Qualification

The sole requirement is to be a graduate on or before the year 2020.

Work Experience

Any amount of work experience is accepted.

Certification Qualifying Details

When the programme gets to its final stage, the candidates secure a Problem Solving & System Design - Advanced certificate by Scaler Academy.

What you will learn

Problem solving ability Programming skills

With the Problem Solving & System Design - Advanced certification syllabus, the candidates will understand the following:

The candidates will be understanding the knowledge of CS fundamentals.
Healthy competition can be developed amongst peers with the help of weekly assignments, and contests.
Candidates can understand different 1:1 system discussions that are held with experts
Learners can earn specialisation in full-stack or backend so that they can be proficient in the design of systems via different development projects which are complex so that they are able to get through difficult job interviews.

Who it is for

Here are the people who can be eligible to get admission:

People who have any amount of work experience in software product companies in engineering roles or a development role in a services companies.
Candidates who have some amount of idea in coding languages of programming like C or Java or Python, and using these to solve coding problems.
Who may not be comfortable in solving Data Structures and Algorithms basic questions.
Learners who are okay with writing codes of implementation, and also manipulate basic strings.

Admission details

Learn about Problem Solving & System Design - Advanced classes with the below steps:

Step 1: Follow Scaler’s official website: https://www.scaler.com/academy/

Step 2: Then there will be an ‘Apply Now’ button, on the website which should be clicked.

Step 3: Next the step 3’s process involves writing the details for the registration form to access their accounts on Scaler.

Step 4: Then an entrance test with MCQ questions for 40 minutes will be held.

Step 5: If the students get qualified, then they need to make the fee deposit to Scaler for continuing further,

Filling the form

When the students are ready to take up the classes for this programme they can apply through a registration form. The form has only details like name, phone number, correct mail id, and the student’s profession. If the student wants to avoid providing such details they can directly sign up with some accounts of social media like Github, Google, Facebook or Linkedin.

The syllabus

Module - 1 DSA: Data Structures and Algorithms

Data Structures and Algorithms

Time and Space Complexity
Array Problem Solving Techniques
Bit Manipulation
Maths for Problem Solving
Recursion
Backtracking
Sorting
Searching(Binary Search)
Two Pointers
Hashing
Strings and Pattern Matching

Data Structures

Linked Lists
Stacks
Queues and Deques
Trees and BST
Tries
Heaps

Advanced Problem Solving Techniques

Greedy
Dynamic Programming
Graphs

Module - 2 SQL

SQL

Relational Model
CRUD
Joins
Aggregation
Subqueries
Views
Transactions
Indexing

Module - 3 LLD

Backend Development

OOP
Multithreading
Adv Lang Concepts and Popular Interview Questions
SOLID
Design Patterns
UML Diagrams
Schema Design
How Internet Works (TCP, UDP, HTTP, Layering Architecture)
API Design
MVC
Backend LLD and Machine Coding Case Studies

Fullstack Development

HTML, CSS, Javascript
Advanced HTML, CSS Case Studies
JS for Web Dev (DOM Manipulation, Event Handling)
Advanced JS Concepts (OOP and Concurrency) and Popular Interview Questions
Frontend Design Patterns
How Internet Works (TCP, UDP, HTTP, Layering Architecture)
API Design
Frontend LLD and Machine Coding Case Studies
Backend Design

Module - 4 HLD

System Design (HLD)

Consistent Hashing
Caching
CAP Theorem
Distributed Systems & Databases
SQL and NoSQL
Scalability
Zookeeper + Kafka
Location Based Services (S3, Quad Trees)
Microservices
Case Studies

Module - 5 Capstone Project

Backend Development

Unit Testing
ORM
Deployment
Git
Spring Boot
Project Interview Questions (Spring/Hibernate)
Capstone Projects (include advance things like implementing Payment API)

Fullstack Development

Git
React
Redux
Deployment
Testing
MongoDB
NodeJS
ExpressJS
Capstone Projects

Module - 6 Electives

DSA for Competitive Programming

Combinatorics and Probability
Matrix exponentiation
Advanced Trees: Segment Tree, k-D Tree
Disjoint Set Union
Advanced Dynamic Programming
Advanced Graphs: Bridges, Articulation point, Network Flow

Product Management for Engineers

Introduction to Product Management
Product Thinking & Product Discovery
Product Roadmap & Prioritization
Mental Models for Product Managers
Product Analytics
Hands-on case study & Mixpanel session
Delivery & Project Management
Practical ways to apply PM lessons as an Engineer

Data Engineering

Building efficient Data Processing Systems
Advanced SQL
Cloud Services - AWS, or GCP
Developing ETL pipelines
Map-Reduce Framework
Big Data
Data Warehousing & Modelling
OLAP, Dashboarding
Workflow Orchestration
Logging, and Monitoring
MapReduce, HiveQL, Presto
Projects

Scholarship Details

There is an entrance test that is prepared and held with MCQ questions on aptitude, mathematics, and small Java or C++ programming which can be taken both via the website or mobile in a quiet sitting arrangement. The performance of the students in this 40-minute test is the key indicator for them receiving scholarships up to Rs. 25,000.

How it helps

Here are some Problem Solving & System Design - Advanced certification benefits:

Since different students have different learning paces, so Scaler provides hyper-personalisation o make the learning comfortable.
Through the help of projects which are real-life in nature like creating Facebook News-Feed, Facebook Messenger, and Uber-like systems, the candidates can get selected by large tech companies.
Live classes with specialized tutors who have hands-on knowledge are also arranged so that all content and assignment-related doubts get cleared.