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Java Programming and Application Development: Advanced

From developer to Java architect: JVM internals, performance engineering, distributed microservices, and a multi agent AI platform.

Duration
8 weeks
Level
Advanced
Content
48 lessons
8 modules · 16 h 46 min
Certificate
Included
On completion
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What you'll learn

Understand JVM internals, memory architecture, and choose and tune the right garbage collector
Profile Java services with JFR, async profiler, and benchmark honestly with JMH
Design distributed systems with Spring Cloud, service discovery, and Elasticsearch based search at scale
Build microservices communicating over gRPC with saga based distributed transactions and idempotency
Build event driven systems with Kafka, event sourcing, CQRS, and Resilience4j based fault tolerance
Take a slow enterprise service to production speed with a load tested JVM performance engineering campaign
Build full observability with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Grafana, and cut startup with GraalVM native image
Build production RAG and multi agent systems in Java using Spring AI with evaluation and guardrails
Architect and deploy a distributed, event driven, multi agent AI platform on Kubernetes with full observability

Who this course is for

  • Intermediate level graduates ready to architect production grade Java systems
  • Working Java developers preparing for senior engineer, backend architect, or solutions architect roles
  • Engineers who want deep, hands on experience with JVM performance engineering and distributed AI systems
  • Anyone targeting senior level system design interviews and AI engineer career tracks

Skills you'll gain

Advanced JavaJava ArchitectSenior Java EngineerJVM InternalsGarbage CollectionGC TuningJMHPerformance EngineeringProfilingSystem DesignDistributed SystemsMicroservicesSpring CloudKafkagRPCEvent Driven ArchitectureEvent SourcingCQRSSaga PatternResilience4jCircuit BreakerElasticsearchGraalVMOpenTelemetryKubernetesSpring AIProduction RAGMulti Agent Systems

This course includes

Live mentor led Ucanly sessions plus self paced recorded content
A minor project taking a slow enterprise service to production speed with load tested proof by week six
A major project architecting a distributed multi agent AI platform by week twelve
Ucanly mock system design and senior technical interviews and senior portfolio review
Resume and profile audit with placement guidance
Lifetime access to course materials and future updates
Advanced Certificate of Completion from Ucanly

Course content

8 modules · 48 lessons · 16 h 46 min

JVM internals and performance engineering, system design and scalable architecture, microservices and distributed systems, event driven architecture and resilience, observability testing and production operations, a minor project on JVM performance engineering, advanced AI engineering with Java, and a major project architecting a distributed AI platform.

Requirements

  • Completion of the Intermediate level, or hands on experience shipping tested Spring Boot services with JPA, security, and Docker
  • Comfort with Java internals, distributed systems concepts, and cloud deployment
  • A computer capable of running Kubernetes and distributed system tooling

About this course

This is the final stage of the Ucanly Java Programming and Application Development track, where developers become Java architects. Built for practitioners with hands on experience shipping tested Spring Boot services with JPA, security, and Docker, this program goes deep into JVM internals, garbage collector tuning across G1, ZGC, and Shenandoah, and profiling with JFR, async profiler, and JMH. You will design distributed systems with Spring Cloud, Kafka, and gRPC, event driven architecture with event sourcing and CQRS, and resilience patterns with Resilience4j. In your week six minor project, you will take a genuinely slow enterprise service to production speed through profiling, GC tuning, query optimization, and a virtual thread rewrite, proven under real load. You will also build full observability with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Grafana, and move into advanced AI engineering with Java: production RAG, Spring AI at depth, multi agent orchestration, and evaluation with guardrails. You will graduate having architected a distributed, event driven Java microservices platform in your week twelve major project, with Kafka, gRPC, saga based consistency, a multi agent AI layer, full observability, Kubernetes deployment, and a defended architecture document.

Earn a Ucanly certificate

Complete this course to earn a Ucanly certificate with its own page and QR code. Save it as a PDF, share its link, or add it to the certifications on your LinkedIn profile.

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Frequently asked questions

It is recommended, but hands on experience shipping tested Spring Boot services with JPA, security, and Docker is sufficient to start.

Yes, your minor project takes a genuinely slow enterprise service to production speed through profiling, GC tuning, query optimization, and a virtual thread rewrite, with load tested proof of the improvement.

Production RAG architectures in Java, Spring AI at depth with advisors and streaming, multi agent orchestration, and evaluation pipelines with guardrails and cost engineering.

A distributed, event driven Java microservices platform with Kafka, gRPC, saga based consistency, a multi agent AI layer, full observability, Kubernetes deployment, and a defended architecture document.