Back-End Developer Bootcamp

A Back-end Developer builds services that provide data and other capabilities to front-end applications, such as those built using React. Such developers build applications, business logic, and database architectures, including deployment and other responsibilities. At the back-end, developers can work with many languages and platforms/frameworks such as JavaScript, Java, Python, .NET, Ruby, PHP, Go, and others.

Every company today is a tech company, and demand is growing steadily for software engineers who can creatively solve problems and implement robust, sustainable solutions. 67% of the tech leaders surveyed reported an inability to acquire the needed talent. Regardless of your professional background, this Bootcamp is an excellent way for you to break into and accelerate your future-proof career in tech.

Boost your chances of getting hired with a lucrative pay package on successfully completing the Back-End Development Bootcamp. Take advantage of: 

• Diverse growth options in tech across industries.
• Increased scope of being part of game-changing tech projects.
• Increased employment opportunities, regardless of industry or geography. 

Building backend applications involves many steps, and hiring skilled professionals to work on each discrete step and stage gets very complex for organizations. Back-End Developers add significant value with their versatility across backend services and ecosystems. 

Here are some of the ways you will add value to companies as a Back-End Developer: 

• Expertise in designing and building business logic and database 
• Ability to handle all facets of backend services and the stack 
• Ability to work with NoSQL and RDBMS databases 
• Ability to work and implement DevOps pipelines 
• Ability to optimize and maintain existing systems 
• Faster speed to market 
• Equipped with process management skills 
• Faster speed to market at reduced costs 

By the end of the program, you’ll be able to: 

1. Go from zero to building and deploying sophisticated backend apps, services
2. Manage end-to-end development lifecycle of projects
3. Work comfortably and optimally in a Linux (*nix) environment
4. Version control your code using Git and GitHub
5. Master JavaScript, build and customize development toolchains, pipelines 
6. Harness the power of Node.js and Express to build full-stack apps, APIs 
7. Embrace the power of unstructured data with MongoDB, Mongoose ODM 
8. Implement resilient and performant relational databases with MySQL
9. Build OpenAPI 3.0 compliant RESTful APIs
10. Implement microservices architecture and build scalable backends  
11. Containerize apps using Docker and orchestrate with Kubernetes  
12. Implement DevOps workflows, deploy your full-stack applications on AWS
13. Implement a CI/CD setup using Jenkins X and AWS services
14. Use Agile and Scrum tools, methodologies in your development lifecycle 
15. Cultivate an Agile mindset and contribute value to projects as a Scrum practitioner 

Along the way, you’ll put together a compelling professional-grade project portfolio that you can showcase to potential employers and collaborators. 

The Back-End Development Bootcamp will give you the tools needed to perform well in various developer roles. Some examples of job titles that align with your new skills are: 

• Software Engineer 
• Back-End Developer 
• Web Application Developer 

Does building out the infrastructure that powers and supports the web, desktop, mobile, and integrated applications in the world excite you? As a Back-End Developer, you’ll be the go-to person that companies rely on to build, support, and maintain their web applications. If you’re looking for a way to break into the role of a back-end developer and fast-track your tech career, this Bootcamp is just what you need. 

We've been around since 2011. Our Back-End Development Bootcamp curriculum is industry-validated and developed with guidance from our Software Engineering Advisory Board. Our team has taught thousands of professionals, and we've found that the full-stack model helps our students stand out from the pack.  

By learning the fundamentals across multiple languages, you'll gain agility, developing your ability to program and learn new languages - a mission-critical skill as a software developer. As long as you put in the work, our subject matter experts and success team will be there to help. 

Yes! As high as 70-80% of our students don't have coding experience when enrolling in our Back-End Development Bootcamp. While many bootcamps declare that they don't require coding experience, one faces many hurdles such as coding challenges or technical assessments while getting started.

At KnowledgeHut, you will not face any of these obstacles. We're committed to teaching you, no matter where you start. The Bootcamp is carefully designed in consultation with industry experts to ensure that learners are transformed into developers with job-ready coding skills, regardless of where they start.

Full-time learning can be challenging to fit into a busy schedule. If you’re interested in making a tech career change but don’t want to give up your daytime commitments, join us part-time in our Flex format. Experience the best-in-class training that KnowledgeHut bootcamps are known for. 

While the number of hours required for study would vary by person, our most successful students dedicated at least 35-40 hours per week in order to complete the program within six months. A few others dedicated about 12-15 hours per week and completed it in eight months If you feel your schedule does not permit this rigor consistently, you can opt for a more paced-out approach—you will have the option to dive deep or space out your study as per rhythms in your schedule. 

Our program is designed to be rigorous and intensive but, most of all, incredibly rewarding!

Yes, you can! Our on-demand bootcamp is designed for busy professionals with full-time work commitments. You can dive deep into mastery of back-end skills at your own pace.

If you are struggling, just reach out to our support team. Our team will do its absolute best to keep you on track and confident about the learning. Remember, becoming a skilled developer doesn’t come easy. While anyone can learn to code, grit and a growth mindset will get you there.

If you’re looking to establish and fast-track your career in tech, this beginner-friendly bootcamp is for you. Anyone can take the course including: 

• Freshers 
• Novices 
• Developers  
• IT Industry Professionals 
• Professionals in a tech-adjacent role 
• Professionals from any industry 

The Back-End Development Bootcamp is a beginner-friendly program with no prerequisites. However, many students have previously engaged in self-learning or worked at tech startups or in tech-adjacent roles.  

Whether you’re new to the field or looking to formalize your practice, our curriculum helps you gain fluency in the programming languages, frameworks, and libraries that modern employers demand and puts them to work on the path to a new career in tech. Our Learning Advisors can discuss your background and learning goals to advise if this coding Bootcamp is a good fit for you. 

Software Requirements 

• An IDE or a code editor like Microsoft VSCode, Sublime Text or similar 
• A web browser such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Firefox 

System Requirements 

• Any workstation or laptop with Internet access, with at least 8Gb of RAM 
• An AWS and Google account 
• A code editor such as Microsoft VSCode

Yes! Upon passing this course, you will receive a certificate of completion from KnowledgeHut. Thousands of KnowledgeHut alumni use their course certificates to demonstrate skills to potential employers and their LinkedIn networks. KnowledgeHut’s tech programs are well-regarded by many top employers, who contribute to our curriculum and partner with us to train their teams. 

As a back-end developer, you're tasked with building the server end infrastructure and database that serves the front-end application that the user sees. The best way to demonstrate your prowess is to build a backend service for a given use case that demonstrates your command of critical development skills. A sample of projects that you can opt to create as your capstone project are listed below; we refresh this on a regular basis.

1. Privé (Movie Streaming)

Build and deploy microservices to power up a Netflix style movie streaming service, complete with user accounts, content management, ratings and more. 

2. BLIhort messaging social network, with user accounts, message feeds, favourites and more.

3. Bites (News Aggregator)

Design, create and deploy an API for news aggregator service like Google News. Enable users to customize the news feed, sources and other aspects. 

4 Collab (Realtime Collaboration)

Build a real-time backend providing chat, file share and interaction services to a Slack-like web application.  

5. Dew (Storefront)

Build microservices to power up a storefront featuring catalogues, user management, transactions, order tracking system and more. 

6. ContentMaster (Content Management System)

Build microservices to power a hotel reservation service featuring user management, booking management, hotel reviews and ratings and more.

Throughout the Bootcamp, you will compile a portfolio of solo and group projects designed to reinforce what you've learned in each module. Through the capstone, you'll gain the experience to build a professional-grade portfolio of projects from concept to completion, mirroring real problems that engineers face — the best way to showcase the breadth of your technical skills to employers. 

The projects will bring together your understanding of the full-stack architecture as you go from vision to deployment of a realistic full-stack application, encompassing all essential milestones encountered in a production setting. 

Once you’ve mastered Back-End Development in this bootcamp, you can consider going deeper in:  

• Serverless functions with AWS, GCP and Azure 
• Integrating messaging bus and queue 
• Web application development using Angular and/or Vue.js 
• Learning Next.js framework  
• Building APIs with Node.js and Loopback framework 
• Databases - PostgreSQL and MySQL 
• Building mobile applications using React Native 

Our self-paced bootcamp authors represent the best and brightest web development professionals who combine in-depth knowledge as practitioners with a passion for nurturing the next generation of talent. They are industry-recognized experts with over 10 years of experience in Full-Stack development.

A unique feature of our Back-End Development Bootcamp is the highly engaging, immersive learning you experience. You get to learn, practice, assess, get insights, and personalize your learning journey. 

• LEARN: Engaging self-learning videos, smart flashcards, interactive eBooks, and recall quizzes help reinforce your learning. You can also maximize your learning potential with collaborative social learning via discussion forums and group and one-to-one messaging. 
• PRACTICE: Access our Playground Labs during and after the course. Guided hands-on exercises will help you gain confidence and productivity from day one. 
• ASSESS: Assess your skills at every stage with various questions ranging from multiple choice to code-based, completely auto-graded by the system. Assignments and projects within our inbuilt, intelligent development environment give you micro “work-like” experiences. Test your subject matter comprehension through diagnostic, module level, and final assessments. 
• GET INSIGHTS: Based on your performance in the assessments, assignments, and projects, you gain deep insights into your progress, which help you identify areas you are good at and where you need to improve. All you need to do is follow recommendations and enhance your skill proficiency from where you are to where you want to get.

Our Back-End Development Bootcamp workshops are currently held online and anyone with a stable internet from anywhere across the world can make the best of this opportunity to establish a career in tech. 

Schedules for our upcoming workshops for the self-paced Back-End Development Bootcamp can be found here

You will receive a registration link from PRISM to your e-mail id. You will have to set your password, log in to our Immersive Learning Experience platform and start your learning journey.

Yes, Cloud/Practice Labs—a preconfigured development editor built into your learning space—will be available for your guided hands-on exercises, assignments, and practice during and after the training. 

The playground labs are low-friction sandbox environments, allowing you to get started without any installations in your local system. We have tried hard to ensure that practice labs simulate the developer experience. These in-browser solutions feature environments for working with all platforms, including operating systems, coding languages, and more. 

In this sandbox environment, you can feel free to run any command and experiment without the guidelines of a typical lab. The goal is to increase the practical, real-world experience you gain to get you work-ready for course completion.

You will be granted 250 hours of access to Cloud Labs to perform all your assignments and projects, including your final capstone projects.

Post the Bootcamp; you'll retain access to the platform and the entire Self-Learning material for life. Any unutilized hours on the Cloud Labs will be available for the periods specified above. These will be available for purchase if you need additional hours of practice on the Cloud Labs.

You will have lifetime access to the entire Self-Paced Learning material, including on-demand videos, assessments, quizzes, ebooks/case studies, and more.

You can attempt the recall quizzes any number of times. Assessments can be taken twice.

We currently use the Zoom platform for video conferencing and will soon be adding more integrations like Webex and Microsoft Teams. However, all the sessions and the recordings will be available within our learning platform. Learners will receive instructions through PRISM notifications and will not need to wait for external notifications or links.

Yes, there will be other participants actively participating in the class remotely. They can attend online training from the office, home, or any other suitable place.

At KnowledgeHut, Bootcamp students come from all walks of life but share one joint mission: they are passionate about launching a career in tech by gaining an in-demand technical skill set.  

We have witnessed career changes from diverse professional backgrounds, including sales, marketing, project management, finance, and many more. Most aim to secure jobs as software engineers or web developers, while others may be looking to combine experience with a new skill set to enter more specialized roles. 

In case of any queries, our support team is available 24/7 via the Help and Support section on PRISM. You can also reach out to your workshop manager on your workshop group messenger.

Raise a ticket on PRISM or email us on support@knowledgehut.com and we’ll get right back to you. 

Here are just some of the benefits Back-End Development Bootcamp students can expect at KnowledgeHut: 

• Expert guidance in the skills you need to enter the workforce as a full-stack web developer. 
• Self-paced pre-work to explore software engineering fundamentals help you hit the ground running on day one of class. 
• Robust coursework, including expert-vetted lesson decks, project toolkits, and more. Refresh and refine your knowledge throughout your professional journey as needed. 
• A professional-grade portfolio of projects taken from concept to completion—each mirroring real problems that engineers face—that allows you to showcase the breadth of your technical skills to employers. 
• A KnowledgeHut course certificate to showcase your new skill set on social media. 

We believe that financial hurdles shouldn’t keep you from achieving your goals. We have made installment options available to help you plan out your payments. To avail of the installment option, please contact us at support@knowledgehut.com. Our team will explain how installments work and provide timelines for your case. Typically, the number of installments varies from 2 to 3, but the full amount must be paid before completing the course. 

You can cancel your enrolment and receive refunds in line with our Cancellations and Refunds policy.

We're so confident that with this course, you'll be taking concrete steps toward a thriving career in tech that we offer a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Should you require additional clarification, please reach out to your Learning Advisor.

Yes, group discounts are available and apply to groups as small as three (3) participants. The more participants that attend a training course, the greater the discount. Registering in groups can save up to 20% to 30% on the course fees. For more details, please check out upcoming schedules.