Design Schema Evolution for a Multi-Tenant Event Platform
Overview
What this challenge is about.
Design schema evolution for a multi-tenant event platform and implement a CI compatibility checker to earn your verifiable certificate.
The scenario
The SaaS (around EUR 9M ARR, 320 customers) cannot keep breaking customers' downstream pipelines or they'll lose their renewal motion.
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
Design and ship a schema-evolution governance model + CI-time compatibility checker for a multi-tenant Kafka platform processing ~2B events/month.
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Design schema-registry topology for multi-tenant event platforms
- Choose per-topic compatibility modes based on consumer assumptions
- Build CI-time enforcement that prevents breakage before merge
- Communicate schema policy to non-technical customer-facing teams
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
Event-Driven Architecture
Master · Software Engineering
Strong alignment
This challenge maps to Event-Driven Architecture at the Master level. It sharpens the same practical skills your coursework expects — but in a real industry context with actual constraints and deliverables.
Skills
Skills you'll demonstrate.
Each one shows up on your verified credential.
- Schema Evolution
Apply schema evolution to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Kafka
Apply kafka to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Schema Registry
Apply schema registry to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Ci Cd
Apply ci cd to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Multi Tenancy
Apply multi tenancy to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Api Design
Design RESTful and GraphQL APIs that are intuitive, consistent, and well-documented.
Careers
Career paths this challenge builds toward
Completing this challenge demonstrates skills that transfer directly to these roles: