Design Netflix Open Connect (Streaming CDN)
Netflix's purpose-built CDN serving 200M+ users. Tests bitrate adaptation, edge placement, manifest design, and capacity planning. Open-ended senior-loop favorite.
awsgeneralsystem-design
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Multi-cloud networking, security, IaC at scale, cost optimization, platform abstractions.
Primary categories: devops · system-design · security
Curriculum (8 topics)
Design YouTube (Video Upload + Encoding + CDN)
Prototypical Google SDI. Video upload, encoding pipeline, CDN, view counts, recommendations, comments.
gcpgeneralsystem-design
Design Amazon Prime Video (Streaming + DRM)
Encoding pipeline, CDN, adaptive bitrate, viewing-state durability. Same primitives as Netflix Open Connect plus stricter DRM (PlayReady/Widevine/FairPlay).
awsgeneralsystem-design
Design a Global OTA Update System (Tesla Fleet)
Delta updates, staged rollout, canary, rollback, fail-safe, low-bandwidth, fleet segmentation.
generalsystem-design
Design Amazon Locker (IoT pickup network)
IoT device fleet, offline resilience, locker assignment, scanning, security/audit. Tests edge architecture + correctness under intermittent connectivity.
awsgeneralsystem-design
Design Azure VM Scheduler (Bin Packing + Fault Domains)
VM allocation, bin packing, fault domains, SLA-aware. Microsoft signature systems SDI.
azurekubernetessystem-design
Design a GPU Cluster Scheduler (MIG + Gang)
Bin packing, MIG slicing, gang scheduling, K8s GPU operator, preemption, QoS. NVIDIA signature SDI.
cudakubernetessystem-design
STAR & STAR-L Method for Behavioral Stories
Structured story format used by every Mag7 behavioral round. Google extends to STAR-L (Learnings). Amazon expects 1 LP per story. Netflix tunes to culture pillars.
behavioralgeneral