Performance Optimization & Scalability (2025) – Coursera

Unlock the secrets of high-performing systems with this comprehensive performance scalability optimization course. Designed for developers, architects, and DevOps professionals, this Coursera-certified course helps you analyze, optimize, and scale applications to meet growing user demands, reduce latency, and ensure reliability under load.

What You’ll Learn

• Principles of software performance and bottleneck analysis
• Understanding system architecture for scalability
• Profiling and performance tuning tools (e.g., perf, top, flame graphs)
• Optimizing backend and frontend code for speed and efficiency
• Implementing caching, queuing, and asynchronous design patterns
• Scalability design patterns: vertical and horizontal scaling
• Load balancing and auto-scaling strategies
• Real-world case studies in cloud and distributed systems

Requirements

• Intermediate knowledge of programming (Python, Java, or JavaScript preferred)
• Familiarity with basic system architecture concepts
• Experience working with web applications or cloud environments is a plus

Course Description

This performance scalability optimization course is tailored for professionals aiming to improve the responsiveness and scalability of their systems. Through real-world examples and practical labs, you’ll explore common performance issues and how to solve them using profiling, architectural enhancements, and design patterns.

The course covers strategies for minimizing latency, increasing throughput, and improving reliability in cloud-native and monolithic architectures alike. You’ll also work with cutting-edge tools used in the industry to monitor performance and implement proactive improvements. Lessons are designed to be hands-on, helping you apply each concept to your own applications.

Upon completion, you’ll have a clear understanding of performance optimization workflows and be equipped to build systems that scale seamlessly with user growth.

About the Instructor

Delivered by a team of engineers and educators from top tech companies and universities, this Coursera-backed program blends academic rigor with real-world relevance.

Explore These Valuable Resources

• MDN: Web Performance Guide
• Martin Fowler: Distributed System Patterns
• Google Cloud: Performance & Scalability Guide

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