Software Engineering Bootcamp

Graduate in as little as 13 weeks. Land a job or your money back.

  • 100% online with a project-based curriculum to build your software engineering portfolio

  • 1-on-1 mentorship, coaching and career services

  • Instructional content from coding legend Colt Steele

  • Graduate in just 13 weeks with a full-time schedule. Or, study part-time for more flexibility.

  • NEW! AI for Engineers learning unit

Our Software Engineering graduates have been hired by:

Become a software engineer, boost your earnings

+$25K

Average salary increase of software engineers who completed the Springboard bootcamp and provided pre- and post-course salaries

December 2023

In this software engineering bootcamp you will:

  • Code in the most widely used programming languages in the world

  • Understand software development theory, tools, and build skills

  • Test your knowledge through projects that prepare you for a job and boost your work readiness

Plus, you’ll learn the tools and languages developers use, like:

Graduate in as little as 13 weeks with a full-time schedule of 40 hours per week. Or, study part-time for more flexibility and graduate in 36 weeks.

Learn job-ready, in-demand skills

Build skills and put them to the test with an online bootcamp designed by software development experts.

Get an edge with human support

Work with a mentor, career coach, and more. They have your back and will hold you accountable.

Land a job or your money back

We back our program with a job guarantee. Get a job or you'll receive a full refund. See terms.

Colt Steele

Learn to think like a coding legend

With over 10 years experience helping people build coding careers, Colt Steele is an industry leader that you'll learn from throughout the course. Pushing you further, faster.

What you’ll learn in this software engineering bootcamp

In this course, you'll quickly learn full-stack development skills for today's software engineering careers. You'll complete projects and assessments to reinforce both front-end and back-end development. Plus, you'll learn to collaborate with generative AI to code smarter and faster with a new AI learning unit.

SAMPLE UNITS

Understanding Web Development

Build an understanding of web technologies, fundamental web principles, and get familiar with modern development tools. Learn foundational concepts of web application development and how to apply them using the MERN stack.

  • Learn about the evolution of the web

  • Get an in-depth look at web mechanics

  • Receive an introduction to the MERN stack

SAMPLE UNITS

NEW! AI for Engineers: Prompt Engineering

Learn to harness the power of AI with this new learning unit, exclusively for Springboard students. Get comfortable speaking the language of ChatGPT and other generative AI language models. Make your code more efficient and build a skill set that puts you ahead of the competition.

Learn at a pace that works for your schedule

Our Software Engineering Bootcamp teaches you pro coding skills in as little as 13 weeks if you can dedicate 40 hours per week. If you have other commitments, study part-time and graduate in 36 weeks.

Full-Time

Part-Time

Weekly Learning Time

40 hours

11-17 hours

Time to Graduate

13 weeks

36 weeks

Your Priority

Start your software engineering career faster

Manage your schedule flexibly

Join an industry-leading program

We’ve helped thousands of students learn skills and land jobs. It’s why we’ve been consistently recognized as an industry leader.

Best Bootcamp

2023

Best Bootcamp

2023

Best Bootcamp

2023

Build a portfolio that proves your skills to hiring managers

The best way to learn software engineering is to get hands-on experience coding. Complete six mini projects and five portfolio projects, including a capstone project. During this bootcamp, you'll build an interview-ready portfolio you can show to future employers.

While working on the project, you will:

  • Gain hands-on experience on building each individual component of the MVC (Model, View, and Controller) architectural pattern

  • Create a database-driven website using front-end development with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS on top of an external API

  • Complete a capstone project implementing the most popular web development stack—MERN Stack (MongoDB, Express, React, and Node)

Past projects from Springboard students

Juan Guzman

Capstone project: An app that helps you compare credit card rewards

Tim Birkmire

Capstone project: Map-based app to help transgender individuals find public restrooms

  • Mastery from your mentor

    Build software engineering skills faster with an expert in your corner. Your mentor will keep you accountable and give you an insider's view.

  • Counsel from your career coach

    Get prepared for the job search. Your career coach will help you gain confidence and know-how to land the role.

  • Support from your student advisor

    Stay on track and achieve your goals. Your student advisor has your back and will keep you on track to graduation.

  • Collaboration from your community

    You’ve got a built-in community — students who, just like you, are betting big on themselves.

Mentor: Eddy Sayar

Software Engineer

Mentor: Jessica McElroy

Software Engineer

Mentor: Roy Zheng

Sr. Software Engineer

Here’s why people like you choose Springboard

The course was taught by Colt Steele. He is a fantastic human being. He's so good at teaching and explaining things and communicating difficult concepts, and that’s when I decided Springboard would be the best bootcamp for me.

Bryce Dunn

From Undergraduate Student

To Full-stack Engineer @ Egen

Springboard coding graduates have achieved life-changing growth. You can too.

+$25,764

Average salary increase of software engineering students who provided pre- and post-course salaries.

December 2023

88.4%

Of job-qualified individuals who reported an offer and received it within 12 months of graduation.

December 2023

2,957

Enrolled students in the Coding bootcamp since 2020.

December 2023

A software development bootcamp with a job guarantee

Invest in yourself with confidence with the Springboard Job Guarantee. If you put in the work and don't land a job, we'll give you a refund. Terms apply.


Eligibility for the Springboard Job Guarantee:

  • Successful completion of all mandatory coursework, core projects and career development tasks

  • Fulfill all post-completion job search requirements — regular networking, job applications and interviewing

Requirements

  • JavaScript fundamentals — ability to write simple functions, loops, and conditional statements and declare variables

  • Programmatic problem-solving skills — ability to break down a problem into its component pieces, think through it logically, and come up with a solution

  • Recommended: HTML & CSS fundamentals — ability to build simple web pages with basic knowledge of selectors, common CSS rules and specificity

Don’t meet the requirements? Start with our Foundations to Core program

Become a software engineer from scratch at no extra cost. Build your basic Javascript, HTML, and CSS skills before you take on the core Software Engineering Career Track curriculum.

Apply to the next bootcamp

Graduate this software engineering bootcamp in as little as 13 weeks when you dedicate 40 hours per week to your learning.

4 ways to fund your future

Everyone should have the opportunity for growth. That’s why we offer a range of payment options.

What are software developers earning?

These are the average salaries of software engineers in the US.

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Data as of November 2022; cross-referenced with Glassdoor, LinkedIn, Indeed, Payscale, Salary.com, BuiltIn, and Comparably.

Don't pay until you start your job

With deferred tuition, you’ll hold your spot with a deposit, and then pay just $443/month for 36 months after you get a job. The costs won’t rise.

Other bootcamps structure their tuition payments as Income Share Agreements (ISAs) — that means they take a percentage of your income. You don’t know how much you’ll pay and, if you get a raise, you have to share the upside, which could cost you thousands more.

Better than Income Share Agreements

Other bootcamps structure their tuition payments as Income Share Agreements (ISAs) — that means they take a percentage of your income. With Springboard’s deferred tuition you can save thousands of dollars — it's a smarter alternative to expensive ISAs.

Springboard Deferred Tuition

Bloom Institute of Technology*

Galvanize ISA*

Coding Dojo*

Percent of income paid

Fixed

14%

10%

9.8%

Maximum payment duration

36 months

48 months

48 months

70 months

Maximum total cost

$19,480

$42,950

$25,172

$30,963

Job guarantee

Yes

Yes

No

No

All data as of January, 2023

Your questions, answered

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