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Backend Engineer Bootcamp: Go from Zero to Hero

Backend concept foundations across Node and Python. Ship servers you can defend.

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Message a mentor about fit, prerequisites, or where to start. Replies come on WhatsApp, usually within a day.

  • Curriculum fit, prerequisites, or where to start
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Outcome

What you'll be able to do.

Ship backends end to end across Node and Python: APIs, validation, docs, databases, containers, and CI pipelines.

  • A REST API in Express with controllers, services, and a Postgres database
  • A FastAPI service with typed validation, documentation, and async patterns
  • Schema design and queries against a real 100k-row Postgres dataset
  • Containerized services with Docker and automated CI on GitHub Actions
  • Production-shaped defaults: health checks, twelve-factor config, typed contracts

Projects you build

Portfolio pieces you can demo.

Each project ships as real code you run locally, not slides you watch. Walk into your next review with something on screen.

01Project

A blog or todo API with real auth

Signup, login, JWT, rate limits, typed endpoints, documented OpenAPI. The real backend you keep wanting to build and never finish.

Node.jsExpressPostgres

You ship: A clean repo and a live API other people can hit with curl. The bar many junior backend candidates never clear.

02Project

A Python service with self-updating docs

A FastAPI service with typed contracts and auto-generated Swagger. Hit the docs URL, see every endpoint. Non-backend teammates stop asking you questions.

FastAPIPydanticasyncpg

You ship: A portable Python backend template you will reuse on every project for the rest of your career.

03Project

A CI pipeline that deploys on every push

Push to main. GitHub Actions runs your tests. If they pass, your service auto-deploys to Fly.io or Render. A green badge. A live URL.

DockerGitHub Actions

You ship: A portfolio repo with a green CI badge and a live URL. Tells interviewers you think about shipping, not just coding.

Curriculum

What's inside.

  1. 01

    Backend engineer bootcamp: Go from zero to hero

    Become the engineer who can ship the server, not just the screen.

  2. 02

    Ultimate PostgreSQL Bootcamp: Go from Beginner to Expert

    From SELECT to production PostgreSQL mastery on 100k+ real e-commerce orders.

  3. 03

    Introduction to FastAPI

    Build a production-shaped FastAPI service with typed endpoints, Pydantic models, and a lifespan that loads a model once.

  4. 04

    Data Validation with Pydantic

    Turn messy JSON into typed, validated objects with Pydantic v2.

  5. 05

    Concurrent programming with asyncio

    Run slow Whisper and LLM calls concurrently, hand off background work, and tear down cleanly with FastAPI lifespans.

  6. 06

    API documentation with OpenAPI

    Turn your FastAPI service into a self-documenting API with Swagger UI, ReDoc, and a machine-readable spec.

  7. 07

    Deploying twelve-factor apps with FastAPI

    Refactor a FastAPI service to the twelve-factor methodology and deploy it anywhere.

  8. 08

    Containerizing Python APIs with Docker

    Turn your FastAPI service into a production-shaped image with uv, a slim runtime, and a healthchecked compose stack.

  9. 09

    Production health checks with FastAPI

    Wire /healthz and /readyz, a lifespan that pre-warms models, and a SIGTERM handler that drains requests so your service survives a deploy.

  10. 10

    CI/CD for Python APIs with GitHub Actions

    Stop pushing to main and hoping. Build a workflow that tests, lints, types, builds, and ships your Python API.

Who it's for

Is this for you?

Frontend engineers

who want to own the server side, not just call it

Self-taught developers

who want a coherent backend path instead of scattered tutorials

Software engineers

who need production backend concepts they can defend in interviews

What you'll earn

Ship it, earn it.

API Builder

Ship production REST APIs

Auth Engineer

Own the login and access layer

Backend Engineer

Complete the bootcamp

Pricing

Pick the path that fits.

Self-paced forever, or mentor-led when you want live feedback.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need prior backend experience?
None. The bootcamp starts from fundamentals in both Node and Python and builds up systematically. If you can write basic JavaScript, TypeScript, or Python, you can start.
Why cover both Node and FastAPI?
Node wins fullstack and typed web apps; FastAPI wins Python AI services. Most modern backend engineers work across both. Learning concepts in both stacks means you can pick the right tool, not the one you happen to know.
How is this different from watching backend videos?
You build working services end to end on your own machine in both stacks. Real code, real database, real auth, real validation, real tests. By the end you have something you can demo in an interview.
Can I take this after the Full Stack Bootcamp?
The Full Stack Bootcamp already includes the Node backend as its server phase. Take this standalone if you want backend concepts across Node and Python, or the Full Stack Bootcamp if you want backend plus frontend together.
How is this different from the Backend Engineer Accelerator?
The bootcamp teaches the concepts, so you learn each piece (APIs, validation, docs, containers, CI) with depth. The accelerator assumes you know the concepts and has you ship senior-grade projects (resumable uploads, streaming, concurrency, scale).

Pick your next step.

Backend concept foundations across Node and Python. Ship servers you can defend.

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Backend Engineer Bootcamp: Go from Zero to Hero

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