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Intermediate

Designing Production LLM Architectures

Coursera · DeepLearning.AI · Updated March 2026

Platform rating

4.5/5

Champ rating

8.3/10

Duration

4 weeks, 6 hours/week

Classes

40

Learn to design and deploy scalable LLM systems for production environments. Cover system architecture, performance optimization, cost management, and reliability considerations.

What you'll get

Design scalable LLM application architectures

Implement caching, batch processing, and optimization strategies

Manage costs and latency in production LLM systems

Handle safety, security, and reliability concerns

Deploy and monitor LLM applications at scale

Fit

Best for

Leaders

Analysts

Researchers

Decision-makers

Not ideal for

Learners seeking only entry-level overviews

Prerequisites & pricing

Prerequisites

LLM fundamentals, software engineering basics, cloud platform knowledge

Pricing

Free to audit, $49 for certificate

Certification

Certificate

llm-architecture

production-deployment

scalability

optimization

cloud-computing

devops

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