About Educative

Built For Developers
Who Learn Best By Doing.

The technology landscape has never moved faster or felt more overwhelming. Educative exists to help developers get hands-on with the skills they need — so they can stay sharp, stay relevant, and stay indispensable.

Why we created Educative

Fahim and Naeem in the early days of Educative

Fahim and Naeem in 2018. We've come a long way from our startup days.

Before my brother Naeem and I built Educative, I was a software engineer at Meta. Naeem was at Microsoft. As we grew in our careers, we had the same concerning realization: the resources available to help developers learn new skills and advance in their careers were failing.

Books were too dry and theoretical, while scrubbing through videos was too passive — and even when something clicked in the moment, there was no real way to know whether it had stuck. Neither format put you inside the problem, or made it easy to actually apply your knowledge. You can't learn to skateboard just by watching someone else.

So we started asking: how do you build a learning experience where developers are actually doing the work from minute one? No alt-tabbing between a video and a separate environment. No tedious installation steps just to run a "hello world." Just you and the problem — with everything you need to work through it right there in front of you.

The journey started with Grokking System Design — the first hands-on, interactive System Design course of its kind — and mostly through word-of-mouth, it became the go-to resource for developers preparing for interviews at top companies.

A lot has changed since then. The pace of learning has only accelerated. AI has made access to answers essentially free — which sounds like it should make things easier. In practice, it's raised the bar considerably. Junior developers are now expected to think at a staff level: to evaluate AI output critically, reason through system tradeoffs, and make judgment calls that used to belong to engineers with a decade of experience. The tools are available to everyone. The depth to use them well is not.

It has never been more important for developers to internalize the skills that make them truly indispensable — from System Design and coding interviews to the AI skills that every developer will need to master as a genuine builder and orchestrator, not merely a user of tools.

For over ten years, this has been the mission we've been committed to. And though the landscape has changed, the mission remains the same: we learn best by building, and we're here to build and learn together. Thanks for being part of the journey.

Fahim ul Haq

Co-founder & CEO, Educative

The team

Built by MAANG engineers, AI researchers, and Computer Science PhDs

Behind every course is a team of practitioners, curriculum designers, and subject matter experts who understand both how developers learn and what the industry actually demands. Every learning experience on Educative is built to be as interactive and hands-on as possible — because that's what the research says works, and because it's what we'd want ourselves.

What goes into every course we publish

Great learning experiences don't happen by accident. Here's the process behind every course on Educative — from author selection to what happens after launch.

  1. Practitioner author

    Every course starts with someone who has real-world experience in the topic — built the systems, passed the interviews, shipped the products.

  2. Curriculum structure

    Concepts are scaffolded so each lesson earns the next. The goal is durable comprehension — not a flat list of topics to skim through.

  3. Technical validation

    Content is reviewed for accuracy, current relevance, and appropriate depth before it goes live. Version notes and assumptions are called out explicitly.

  4. Hands-on design

    Every course is built to get you doing the work as fast as possible — interactive environments, practice problems, and exercises that force active recall.

  5. Maintained over time

    Especially in interview prep and GenAI, we update courses as formats and tools evolve. What was accurate two years ago may not be today.

Outcome-first

Every course starts with a specific, nameable goal — passing a loop, earning a certification, shipping a system. If we can't articulate the outcome, we don't build the course.

Validated, not generated

Every lesson is written and reviewed by a human expert — checked for technical correctness, tested for clarity, and built to reflect how the skill is actually used in production.

Updated as the field evolves

Every course is actively maintained by our content team as tools, frameworks, and industry practices evolve. When the technology changes, humans update the course — so what you're learning reflects the world you're actually working in.

Where 3 million developers learn — including engineers & teams at

Cracked senior SWE interviews at Visa

Huge thanks to Educative for being the backbone of my preparation strategy! Their deep dives into Distributed System fundamentals were absolutely instrumental in helping me crack the Senior Software Engineer interviews at both J.P. Morgan Chase and Visa. The platform’s interactive walkthroughs and architectural breakdowns turned once-daunting, complex concepts into second nature during my high-pressure technical rounds. I found that the hands-on labs provided a level of clarity that traditional video tutorials simply couldn't match. Whether it was mastering the nuances of consistency models or scaling microservices, the content was consistently high-quality and industry-relevant. If you are currently eyeing an SDE 2 or Senior role at a top-tier firm, this is undoubtedly the resource you need to succeed. Using these courses truly bridged the gap between theoretical knowledge and the practical design skills required for senior-level engineering.

Abhijeet Karmakar

Abhijeet Karmakar

Senior Software Engineer at Visa

Leading high-scale engineering at AWS

I’m currently completing Educative’s Interview Prep courses to strengthen my skills as both an interviewee and interviewer and to lay a foundation for expanding into new domains. Educative’s hands-on quizzes and real-world case studies consistently bridge theory to practice, helping me stay sharp and lead high-scale engineering efforts.

Matthew Baldwin

Matthew Baldwin

Principal Engineer, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Scaling systems for millions of players

Educative has helped me achieve the knowledge to better prepare me for the challenges of my role to provide awesome experience for our players. Grokking Modern System Design Interview for Engineers & Managers is great in context and full of insights!

Bruno Sampaio Pinho da Silva

Bruno Sampaio Pinho da Silva

Ubisoft

From backend engineer to AI builder

I constantly invest in upskilling to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving tech landscape. Educative.io has been a key partner in my growth, helping me strengthen core areas like system design and distributed systems through courses like Grokking the System Design Interview. I’ve also expanded into advanced AI concepts, including LLMs and agent‑based architectures, thanks to their evolving AI curriculum.

Nishal Pattan

Nishal Pattan

Software Engineer, Microsoft

From big tech engineer to AI founder

In 7 years as a Software Engineer at companies like JP Morgan, Amazon and Cleartrip, I’ve built trading platforms, microservices, delivered LLM based AI Chatbots, and created cloud native solutions. But my real leap came when I mastered AI through Educative’s "Make Your Own Neural Network in Python" and "Fundamentals of Retrieval-Augmented Generation with LangChain". These courses didn’t just teach me — they gave me the firepower to launch my own AI startup. Now, I’m on a mission to engineer intelligent, scalable systems that redefine what’s possible.

Priyanka Khatri

Priyanka Khatri

Founder, Engineer at JP Morgan, Amazon

Shipped production-grade AI agents

I began my career as a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), where I significantly benefited from Educative's courses to build a strong foundation. Through these resources, I learned how to use Amazon Bedrock and completed several hands-on projects. Leveraging that knowledge, I developed a real-world AI agent as a proof of concept (POC) at my previous company. The agent was designed to assist the team by automating the onboarding process for our internal Logging service, helping users fetch logs, and uploading the requested logs to Amazon S3.

Navjot Singh

Navjot Singh

Site Reliability Engineer, Nielsen

Mastered Airflow end to end

One of the highlights was the interactive coding environment. Being able to write, test, and debug code within the course platform was incredibly beneficial. This hands-on approach helped cement my learning as I could immediately apply concepts in practice, experimenting with different configurations and scenarios to see how they affect the execution of workflows.

Jeshua Romero Guadarrama

Jeshua Romero Guadarrama

Revolut

A 24-year veteran going deep on GenAI

I’ve always valued continuous learning. Over the past few months, I’ve intentionally taken a step back to deepen my strategic and hands-on understanding of Generative AI — a field I’m deeply passionate about. Educative’s structured and thoughtfully designed roadmap has been an invaluable companion throughout this journey — serving not just as a learning platform, but as a true friend, philosopher and guide. Thank you, Educative!

Shakti Amarendra

Shakti Amarendra

Senior Engineering Leader, Ex-Amazon, Philips and HP

Mastered prompt engineering

The prompt engineering course not only enhanced my technical skills but also fostered a collaborative learning environment that encouraged growth and innovation. Completing the course was a transformative experience, course structure helped me build a strong foundation in prompt engineering principles.

Surender Aireddy

Surender Aireddy

Wells Fargo

Cracked the Tier 1 interview code

Educative has been a pivotal resource in my journey to becoming a proficient coder. The platform's structured courses, interactive learning environment, and focus on practical skills have significantly contributed to my growth.

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Tit Sambath

Tesla

Designing systems like a senior

Educative’s interactive, text-based approach made complex topics more approachable, allowing me to learn at my own pace without the distractions of video lectures. Their structured path for learning backend development helped me track my progress and kept me motivated as I saw myself advancing through each module. This not only expanded my technical skills but also gave me the confidence to apply for senior roles, where system design expertise is essential.

Zoddah Wise

Zoddah Wise

Buildria

Landed a Tier 1 interview

This is my first time doing an interview for a Tier 1 company. Educative has been very helpful in getting insight on how these interviews work and what kind of questions they ask.

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Gourav Kamboj

Evernote

Promoted to mid-level in under a year

The writing is sharp and respects your time — no filler, no hand-holding. The text-first, interactive format worked well for me, and the system design material changed how I approach these problems in practice, not just in theory. The AI features helped me get unstuck without giving away answers. In under a year I moved to mid-level, with a clear path toward senior.

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Edward Teixeira Dias Júnior

Volvo Group

Mastery isn't generated.It's built.

Real understanding — the kind that holds up in a technical interview, a production incident, or a room where the hard problems get handed to the people who've earned them — still only comes from doing the work.

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