Issued by: Igrowker LLC

Duration: 6 weeks (80 total hours)

Format: Advanced program for senior developers

Mode: Online + collaborative teamwork

Certification objective

To prepare software architects capable of leading the design and evolution of complex, scalable, and secure systems, making strategic technical decisions with measurable business impact.

Upon completion, participants will have:

• Designed modern architectures under real-world constraints.
• Documented trade-offs and critical decisions.

• Integrated best practices for observability, security, and system evolution.

Program structure

• Week 1 – Architectural role and mindset: analysis of real architectures.

• Week 2 – Modern patterns and distributed systems: redesign of legacy applications.

• Week 3 – Critical decisions and living documentation: creation of ADRs (Architecture Decision Records).

• Week 4 – Scalability, performance, and observability: design for variable workloads.

• Week 5 – Security and system evolution: threat mitigation and refactoring strategies.

• Week 6 – Final challenge: architecture defense before an evaluation panel.

Deliverables: executive technical document, architecture diagrams, oral defense.

Certification awarded: CSAP™ – Certified Software Architecture Professional™.