🏗️ Roadmap to Become a Software Architect in 2 Months
Raj Kanwar – Java Spring Boot Developer with 18 Years of Experience
📅 Month 1: Foundations, System Thinking & Patterns
✅ Week 1–2: Architecture Fundamentals
• Software Architecture Basics
• Monolith, Modular Monolith, Microservices
• Layered, Event-Driven, Hexagonal, Onion Architecture
• Architectural Views (4+1 Model)
• Logical, Development, Process, Physical, Scenarios
• Key Tools:
• UML, Lucidchart, PlantUML
• Draw.io, C4 Model (Structurizr)
✅ Week 3–4: System Design, Trade-Offs & Patterns
• Design Principles:
• SOLID, DRY, YAGNI, KISS
• Design Patterns:
• Creational, Structural, Behavioral (GoF)
• Enterprise Integration Patterns
• System Design Trade-Offs:
• CAP Theorem, Scalability, Consistency, Availability, Maintainability
📅 Month 2: Cloud, DevOps, Documentation & Real-World Skills
✅ Week 5–6: Cloud-Native Architecture & DevOps
• Containers & Orchestration:
• Docker, Kubernetes
• Microservices Best Practices
• API Gateway, Service Mesh, Circuit Breakers, Rate Limiting
• Cloud Platforms:
• AWS/GCP/Azure (EC2, S3, Lambda, IAM, VPC)
• CI/CD Pipelines:
• Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD
✅ Week 7–8: Documentation, Security, Cost & Leadership
• Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)
• C4 Model (Context, Container, Component, Code)
• Security Architecture:
• OAuth2, SSO, Secrets Management, OWASP
• Communicating with Stakeholders
• Cost Optimization and Governance
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🛠️ 30 Problem Statements with FRs and NFRs
Each problem includes brief functional and non-functional requirements.
1. Ride-Sharing System (Uber Clone)
FR: - User registration & login (rider/driver) - Real-time driver tracking - Trip request, match, fare
calculation - Payment integration
NFR: - Latency < 200ms for location updates - 99.99% availability - Secure data handling
2. E-Commerce Platform
FR: - Product catalog, cart, order processing - Inventory sync, order history, payment gateway
NFR: - Scale to 10K concurrent users - PCI-DSS compliant - 24/7 availability
3. Real-Time Chat Application
FR: - Direct & group chat - Message delivery guarantees - User presence indicators
NFR: - Low latency (< 100ms) - Persistent storage for chat history - Horizontal scalability
4. Event Booking System
FR: - List/search events, booking seats - Payment & QR-based ticketing
NFR: - Prevent overbooking (race conditions) - 99.9% uptime - Resilient under traffic spikes
5. Video Streaming Platform
FR: - Upload, transcode, stream video - Adaptive bitrate, CDN usage
NFR: - Scalable content delivery - Efficient storage & bandwidth usage - DRM support
6. Food Delivery System
FR: - Browse restaurants, track orders - Manage delivery partners - Payment and tip support
NFR: - Fault-tolerant order matching system - Scalable up to city-wide delivery - Order tracking under 1s
refresh
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7. Loan Management System
FR: - Loan origination, approval workflows - EMI calculations, payment tracking
NFR: - Secure PII data - Fraud detection integration - 99.9% system reliability
8. Healthcare Appointment App
FR: - Patient registration, appointment slots - Doctor availability, video consultation
NFR: - HIPAA compliant - 99.9% uptime - Encrypted data storage
9. HRMS System
FR: - Leave, payroll, performance reviews - Org chart, notifications
NFR: - GDPR compliance - Secure access controls - SLA: 2s response time
10. SaaS Subscription Billing System
FR: - Plan creation, billing cycles - Invoicing, trial periods, refunds
NFR: - PCI-DSS compliance - Global timezone support - Failover support
(Continued for 20 more problems upon request or PDF export.)
