Backend Development.
Level-2 Backend track: Python, Django, Postgres, APIs, and shipping services that scale.
Level-2 Backend track: Python, Django, Postgres, APIs, and shipping services that scale.
By the end you'll be able to.
An API is a promise. We teach you to keep it.
— Backend Development, cohort philosophyWhat you'll build.
Four pieces of work — not toy code. Reviewed by working practitioners and published on your portfolio so recruiters can verify them.
Multi-tenant JSON API
DRF, JWT auth, role-based permissions, full CRUD. Reviewed line-by-line.
E-commerce backend
Auth, payments (Paystack sandbox), Celery jobs, webhook handling. Tested.
Public webhook + 3rd-party integration
Pick a real API (Slack, Notion, Twilio). Build a 2-way integration with retries and observability.
Capstone — production deploy
Deploy your service to a Hetzner / DigitalOcean droplet with Docker + GitHub Actions. Live URL on your CV.
What you'll work with.
Industry tools that working professionals use today — not academic toys. The bar is what hiring managers ask about in interviews.
The journey.
What you'll be ready for.
Salary bands are typical Nigerian gross monthly ranges from recent listings; international remote ranges reflect what graduates of comparable programmes are placed at. We publish actual placement numbers on the Impact page.
How you earn the certification.
Weekly code reviews + four graded services + a capstone production deploy reviewed by a senior backend engineer. Pass mark 70%. Training and weekly reviews are free; the optional Professional Certification Exam is ₦25,000 (~$30) and awards the verifiable TDF Professional Certification. Cohort outcomes published under CIRR.
Who it's for — and who it isn't.
- +Level-1 graduates who enjoyed logical problem-solving
- +Analysts and scripters wanting to build real services
- +Graduates targeting junior backend and API roles
- −You want a data-science focus (try Data Analysis or a Master's)
- −You lean strongly frontend (try Frontend Development)
- −You can't commit 12 hours per week for 12 weeks
Free to learn. Sit the Professional Exam.
Training, live sessions, code reviews, community, recordings, and capstone feedback — all free. The Professional Certification Exam is optional: sit it, pass, and earn the industry-verifiable TDF Professional Certification that employers can check against our public outcomes register.
FREE
Sponsor-funded by Tech Diversity Foundation partners. No tuition. No platform fee. No catch.
₦25,000~$30
Optional. Pay only if you want to sit the Professional Certification Exam and earn the industry-verifiable TDF Professional Certification.
Who you'll learn from.
Senior backend engineer (5+ years production Django)
Cohort ratio: 1:18 student-to-instructor
DevOps and platform-engineer guests run the deployment week sessions.
We'll publish the numbers here.
Outcome data is being collected now. CIRR-standard 90- and 180-day employment + income figures publish when the first cohort closes (January 2027). Read our commitment to outcome transparency on the Impact page.
Frequently asked.
Full FAQ →Where this sits on the ladder.
Next cohort.
Backend Development.
A new cohort opens 6 to 8 weeks before the next start date. Register interest and we'll notify you when applications open. No fee to apply. No fee to learn.