Big Tech's interview bar has radically shifted
Gen AI architecture is now the critical differentiator
Traditional system design alone won’t get you hired
1. Production Architecture
Real patterns from Claude, Netflix, Azure, OpenAI
End-to-end AI pipelines: ingestion → embeddings → vector DB → inference → orchestration
GPU orchestration & autoscaling at massive scale
2. LLM Failure Mastery
Diagnose hallucination cascades
Fix grounding failures, context collapse, and vector hot partitions
Build self-healing recovery frameworks that actually work in prod
3. Business Impact
Cost governance for GPU-intensive workloads
ROI-driven decisions on model hosting, caching, and batching
Architectural influence in the AI-first enterprise
What today’s top companies test:
LLM integration patterns under pressure
Multimodal workload design & resource planning
Cost–performance trade-offs in real-time
Debugging RAG failures, latency spikes, and inference anomalies
Architecture that can scale with uncertainty
This playbook is for:
Big Tech candidates
Startup founders & CTOs
Enterprise architects
Engineers transforming into AI-native builders