Zerodha system design interview prep · System Design Mastery

Reported by candidates

From public interview write-ups; each links its source.

We couldn't find first-hand write-ups we could check for Zerodha yet, so everything below is our pick.

Likely, from what they build

Our pick, not a report: questions that fit Zerodha's products.

Design a Stock Exchange / Trading PlatformSystem design
SQ-13 · Zerodha Kite Trading Platform →W05 · DAY 01 · Consistency Models →
Design live market-data streaming to millions of clientsSystem design
SQ-13 · Zerodha Kite Trading Platform →W03 · DAY 03 · Backpressure and Flow Control →W08 · DAY 01 · Event Ingestion at Scale →
Design order placement that survives the market-open spikeSystem design
SQ-13 · Zerodha Kite Trading Platform →W01 · DAY 04 · Hot Keys and Skew →W02 · DAY 01 · Timeout Hell →
Design end-of-day reconciliation and contract-note generationSystem design
W08 · DAY 02 · Streaming vs Batch Processing →W02 · DAY 05 · Distributed Cron & Job Scheduling →W03 · DAY 05 · Audit Log System →
Design price alerts and good-till-triggered ordersSystem design
IP-17 · Design a Distributed Job Scheduler →IP-06 · Design a Notification System →
Design a Rate LimiterSystem design
IP-02 · Design a Rate Limiter →W01 · DAY 03 · Rate Limiting at Scale →
Design an API GatewaySystem design
W09 · DAY 05 · Security Architecture →W09 · DAY 02 · Noisy Neighbor Prevention →
Design portfolio and P&L reports over years of tradesSystem design
W08 · DAY 03 · Data Modeling for Analytics →W08 · DAY 05 · Query Layer and Optimization →W01 · DAY 01 · Partitioning Deep-Dive →
Design a session store with two-factor loginSystem design
W01 · DAY 05 · Session Store Design →W09 · DAY 05 · Security Architecture →
Design recurring mutual fund SIP ordersSystem design
IP-17 · Design a Distributed Job Scheduler →W02 · DAY 02 · Idempotency in Practice →

Study path

An ordered path through the course for Zerodha, and why each step is there.

Zerodha.

Reported by candidates

Likely, from what they build

Study path

Zerodha.

Reported by candidates

Likely, from what they build

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