The Question
DesignScalable Movie Ticket Reservation System
Design a high-concurrency ticket booking platform for a global cinema chain. The system must support real-time seat availability maps, prevent double-booking through robust locking mechanisms, and handle massive traffic spikes during major movie releases while ensuring strong transactional consistency for payments.
Postgres
Redis
SQS
CDN
API Gateway
L7 LB
WAF
March 19, 2026