Got laid off
Back to work, faster
Rebuild your CV, sharpen for interviews, and apply with a plan instead of panic.
In your first weeks: 1:1 mocks and a CV review
Become the AI Engineer companies hire.
AI is your junior dev now. We make you the senior it reports to.
A roadmap built for you, 10+ live sessions a week, 1:1 mock interviews, and a team that holds you to your goals until you land the offer.
$129/month7-day money-backCancel anytime
127 members and growing. Some have stayed 10 months and counting.
Where our students and members work
AmazonAppleSpotifyMastercardDeloitteIBMHSBCBlackRockAdidasLinkedInDellBoschFordVodafoneIKEAMongoDBStarling BankNubankAccentureCapgeminiAllianzDanske BankAkamaiLuminor BankEpsilonAtosFDM Group
Who joins the Academy
Five starting points. One roadmap, built around yours.
Studying computer science
Graduate job-ready
University teaches theory. We teach what the job interview tests: real backends, system design, DSA.
You leave with: projects you can show, not just a degree
Self-taught or bootcamp grad
Land the offer
You can code. Interviews keep ending it. We practise system design, take-homes and the behavioural round until you pass them.
1:1 mocks, booked with you by name
Changing career
Break into tech
The roadmap starts at Linux and assumes nothing. No degree needed.
Linux→Java→Spring Boot→AI Engineering→Your first job
Already in a job
Get paid more
The senior skills that move your salary band: system design, AI engineering and code worth reviewing.
Every Tuesday: a live system design session
Probably not for you if
- You want a certificate, not the skills to build production-grade backends
- You want AI to write your code, not to understand what it wrote
- You can't find 3 to 5 hours a week
- You don't want anyone reading your code
Results
Real members. Real offers.
Yusuf's story
No coding background. Now an AI Engineer.
He joined with no plan. We gave him a roadmap, held him to it, and got him ready for every interview. Within six months he had an internship at Luminor Bank. It turned full-time.
Day 1
Student
No coding background
Within 6 months
Intern
Luminor Bank
Now
AI Engineer
Full-time, Luminor Bank
“Before joining, I had zero direction, no coding background, no plan. With Nelson and his team's help, I had my own roadmap to follow.”Yusuf, in his Skool review
Ensieh's story
Laid off. Eight months later, a €100k senior role.
An ex solution architect, laid off in Germany. She came first of five shortlisted candidates.
“The feedback was great. They didn't want to miss you. Here's the offer.”The recruiter, on the phone to Ensieh
- of 5 shortlisted
- 1st
- of 5 shortlisted
- senior role
- €100k
- senior role
- joining to offer
- 8 mo
- joining to offer
More members, more offers
In 2 months
Senior Software Engineer
Epsilon
Jose · Academy member
In 6 months
3 job offers
Including Allianz and Nuvolar
Thays · Academy member
Big tech
Software Development Engineer II
Amazon
Sai · Academy member
Hired in 1 month
Junior to mid-level
Software Engineer at HyPlus Group
Ephraim · Academy member
Promotion
Promoted to Senior Software Engineer
Accenture
Ricardo · Academy member
Every week in Wins
And plenty more.
Offers, promotions and first jobs, posted by members.
Read their stories
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A real community
Members don't just meet on calls. They meet for coffee.
Why now
AI changed what junior engineers get hired for.
AI writes the easy code now. Companies still hire people who can explain, debug and design what the AI produced. That is exactly what interviews test, and it is very hard to learn alone from playlists.
Nobody reviews your code
So the habits that fail interviews never get caught.
Nobody tells you when you're ready
So you apply too early, or never.
Nobody notices when you stop
Three weeks in, life happens, and you start over.
What you actually do each week
Six things, all run by people. None of them is watching a video by yourself.
- 01
A roadmap built for you
In onboarding we look at where you are and the job you want, then set the order of courses and projects. It changes as you do.
- 02
Held to your goals
Tuesday standup: what you shipped, what's next. Go quiet for a week and someone checks in.
- 03
10+ live sessions a week
Real engineering, not toy tutorials. Recent ones: virtual threads, ForkJoin, debugging concurrency, profiling with JFR, Keycloak. All recorded.
- 04
Code review
Post what you built in Review Requests. Engineers further along tell you what they would change, line by line. Pair programming sessions most weeks.
- 05
System design
A live session every Tuesday, plus a 49-lesson course. This is where senior offers are won or lost.
- 06
Interviews, end to end
1:1 mock interviews booked with you by name. DSA on Thursdays. Your CV and LinkedIn reviewed before you apply.
A real week from the calendar
Times in UTC. Every session is recorded.
Mon
10:00Parallel streams
16:00AI Engineering
Tue
15:00System Design
17:00Standup
Wed
10:00Virtual threads
14:00DevOps and Cloud
16:00Keycloak, with a guest
Thu
16:00DSA and LeetCode
Fri
10:00ForkJoin and work stealing
13:00Lobby and Chill
Sat
14:00Ask anything
Sun
16:00Onboarding
17:301:1 mock interview
Everything we teach
53 courses across the backend stack, from your first Linux command to shipping AI features. Your roadmap sets the order.
Plus system design, DSA and LeetCode, CV, LinkedIn and interview prep.
- Java
- Spring Boot
- Spring Data JPA
- Spring Security
- PostgreSQL
- Kafka
- Maven
- JUnit
- Mockito
- Testcontainers
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- AWS
- Terraform
- GitHub Actions
- Linux
- Git
- IntelliJ
- React
- TypeScript
- Next.js
- Python
- Claude Code
- OpenAI
In your Amigoscode dashboard
Practise the interview on your own time, then bring it to a live session.
System Design Lab
AI PoweredPractise the senior rounds against AI, with real-time feedback on the architecture decisions you make and the tradeoffs you miss.
Mock Interviews
AI PoweredFull interview scenarios with AI, scored on communication, problem-solving approach and technical accuracy.
CV Builder & Analyser
AI PoweredBuild a recruiter-ready CV from a LaTeX-style template, or paste your existing one in for an AI review with a score and concrete fixes.
LeetCode
75 ProblemsThe problems that cover every major interview pattern, with progress, weekly goals and your own solutions linked against each one.
Behavioral Prep
AI PoweredSTAR method practice across leadership, teamwork and conflict, so the non-technical rounds stop being the thing that ends it.
Your profile rewritten so recruiters find you and the right roles come to you, reviewed alongside your CV rather than left as an afterthought.
Why I built this
People would finish everything I made, tell me it was the clearest explanation they'd found, and still not get hired. The content was never the problem.
Nobody was reviewing their code. Nobody told them they were ready to apply. So I built the room I wish I could have handed them: daily calls, real reviews, and a group small enough that your absence is noticed.
Nelson Djalo
Founder, Amigoscode · 1.1M followers
Why not learn alone, or pay for a bootcamp?
| Learning alone | Bootcamp | Amigoscode Academy | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free, plus the months you lose | $10k to 15k up front | $129/month, cancel anytime |
| A path to follow | No | Same syllabus for everyone | A roadmap built for you |
| Someone reads your code | No | Until the course ends | Every week, as long as you stay |
| Live help | No | Set office hours | 10+ sessions a week, recorded |
| Interview prep | No | Some | 1:1 mocks, CV and LinkedIn review |
| If you go quiet | Nobody notices | Support ends with the cohort | Someone checks in |
| Join the Academy | |||
Join the Academy
Everything you need to land the offer
- A personalised roadmap and someone holding you to it
- 53 courses, and every live session recorded
- 10+ live sessions a week with instructors
- 1:1 mock interviews and career coaching
- Code reviews and pair programming
- Private community and accountability group
- Interview and career tools in your dashboard
Membership
$129/month
Less than one week of a bootcamp. Cancel anytime.
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7-day money-back. Not for you? Ask within 7 days for a full refund.
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Questions
How much time do I need?
3 to 5 hours a week. Some members study before work, others join calls on their lunch break.
I'm a complete beginner. Is this for me?
Yes. The roadmap starts at Linux and assumes nothing. No degree needed.
What if I fall behind?
That's what the structure is for. You set your goals, and we hold you to them: weekly standups, an accountability group, and a mentor who follows up when you drift.
What if it's not for me?
Ask within 7 days for a full refund. After that, cancel anytime and you won't be charged again.
When are the live calls?
Most sessions run between 10:00 and 17:00 UTC, which suits Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Every session is recorded, so other time zones can catch up.
Is it only Java?
Java and Spring Boot are the core. The roadmap also covers frontend, DevOps and AI engineering.
How is this different from buying the courses?
All the Amigoscode courses are included. What you're adding is people: code reviews, daily calls, interview practice and a group that expects you to show up. If you only want the courses, you can get those on their own.
Where does it happen?
The community, calls and courses live on Skool. The interview and CV tools live in your Amigoscode dashboard.
Can my employer pay?
Yes. Message us and we'll send an invoice in your company's name, so it can come out of your training or learning budget.
In Their Words
Hundreds of engineers, already hired
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The Backend Engineer Roadmap
The order we use with members. Know what to learn next, and what to skip.
- Seven stages, from your first Linux command to your first job
- The courses and tools in each stage, in the order we teach them
- Where AI fits, and where you still need to understand the code
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