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Design a Notification System

Design a multi-channel notification system handling email, SMS, push, and in-app notifications with delivery guarantees.

Part of System Design (Week 7)

What You'll Build

A system design for a notification platform with priority queues, template management, delivery tracking, retry logic, rate limiting, and user preference management.

Tools Used

Message QueueRedisPostgreSQLWorker Pools

Skills Practiced

Event-driven architectureMessage queuesDelivery guaranteesRate limiting

Prerequisites

  • URL shortener design lab
  • Message queue concepts

Why This Matters in Real Jobs

Notification systems are asked in senior engineer interviews because they test event-driven thinking, queue management, and handling failures at scale.

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