Grokking the Mobile System Design Interview

Grokking the Mobile System Design Interview is a course created by industry engineers that teaches you how to design scalable, resilient, user-centric mobile systems.
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Grokking the Mobile System Design Interview is a critical course for mobile engineers, architects, and interview candidates aiming to design real-world, platform-aware systems. It covers end-to-end mobile design, from architectural patterns (MVC, MVVM, VIPER) to performance optimization, networking, data/state management, and life cycle handling. You’ll explore cross-platform strategies, platform differences, security concerns, and trade-offs in designing mobile clients that interact with complex backend systems. The SCADET framework ties it together, guiding you through structured design thinking. Finally, real-world systems like chat apps, newsfeeds, and Google Maps help you apply concepts in realistic, high-impact scenarios.
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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

The ability to architect mobile apps using patterns like MVC, MVVM, VIPER, and BFF for mobile
The ability to optimize mobile performance across networking, rendering, caching, and startup time
Knowledge of how to manage app state, persistence, and data flow across devices and sessions
The ability to handle app life cycle events, background execution, and resource limitations
Application of security best practices across authentication, storage, and network layers
Hands-on experience using the SCADET framework to structure design decisions and trade-offs
Hands-on experience designing real-world mobile systems like chat, newsfeeds, and maps with end-to-end system thinking
The ability to architect mobile apps using patterns like MVC, MVVM, VIPER, and BFF for mobile

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TAKEAWAY SKILLS

System Design

Mobile Application Development

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System Scalability

API Design

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