Building Production-Grade Microservices
Akinkunmi OkunolaSenior Software Engineer | 10+ years in Fintech | Previously @ Interswitch10+ years
Limited to 20 students
Small cohort for personalized feedback.
Is this the right fit for you?
Wholesession cohorts are intensive and high-level. We want to ensure you're in the right room to get the most out of this experience.
Ideal for you if...
- You're a mid-level backend engineer (2-5 years experience): You can build APIs and features, but struggle with system design and architecture. You want to reach senior-level thinking.
- You've built REST APIs but never designed a distributed system: You understand CRUD operations but don't know how to handle inter-service communication, data consistency, or resilience patterns.
- You fail system design interviews: You can code but can't architect. You know syntax but don't understand production trade-offs. This is holding you back from senior roles.
- You want hands-on, production-focused learning: You're tired of toy tutorials and todo apps. You want to build real systems that handle scale, failures, and real-world complexity.
- You can commit 11 hours/week for 8 weeks 4 hours for live sessions (Tuesdays/Thursdays 6-8pm WAT) + 7 hours for assignments and capstone work. You're serious about leveling up.
Not for you if...
- You're a complete beginner: If you haven't built a REST API before or are still learning basic programming syntax, you're not ready. Start with fundamentals first.
- You want a quick 2-week crash course: This is 8 weeks of intensive learning with weekly assignments and a capstone project. There are no shortcuts to senior-level skills.
- You just want certificates: We don't offer certificates. You'll build a production-grade portfolio project that proves your skills—which matters more to employers than paper.
- You can't commit to live sessions: This is a live cohort experience. While sessions are recorded, the value is in showing up, asking questions, and learning with your peers.
- You're looking for passive video consumption: This requires active participation: coding, debugging, building, presenting. If you just want to watch videos, this isn't it.
Learn how to design, build, and run scalable microservices from a senior engineer who has done it in real production fintech systems.
## 🚀Learn how to build scalable microservices for real-world production
Building Production-Grade Microservices focuses on what it actually takes to build backend systems that work reliably in production.
It focuses on what it actually takes to build backend systems that work reliably in production. Instead of toy examples, students will learn how real companies design microservices that scale, fail gracefully, and evolve over time.
The course covers architecture, communication patterns, data consistency, security, observability, and deployment strategies used in high-traffic fintech and enterprise systems. Students will understand not just how to build microservices, but why certain architectural decisions are made.
What makes this course unique is its strong emphasis on real-world trade-offs, operational challenges, and production lessons learned from systems serving millions of users.
What makes this course unique is its strong emphasis on:
✔️Real-world trade-offs
✔️Operational challenges
✔️Production lessons learned from systems serving millions of users
By the end, you will have built a complete microservices-based system and gained the confidence to work on real backend platforms.
🔨What you'll build
You will develop your own capstone project, a microservices-based system that handles real-world scale and complexity. By the end, you will present it on the demo day to a panel of judges.
🧠How it works
Each week follows a 2 hour session:
Tuesdays: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Thursdays: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
QnA Sessions