Move important decisions forward.
Five-week live certification cohorts for senior engineers, architects, and engineering leaders.
Step out of the day-to-day and challenge your thinking with experienced peers. Put the ideas into practice between sessions.
“The capstone project offered a chance to take a problem I face daily, study it in depth, and present it.”
Choose the area closest to your work.
Find the program that matches the work you are responsible for. Each program runs for five weeks with a small cross-company group.
Building AI systems that hold up in production. (Los Angeles time)
Building AI Systems that hold up in production. (Berlin time)
Shaping how engineering work gets done. (Berlin time)
Building AI systems that hold up in production. (Los Angeles time)
Shaping how engineering work gets done. (Berlin time)
Make architecture decisions across changing constraints. (London time)
Make architecture decisions across changing constraints. (New York time)
Meet the practitioners leading the cohorts.
Each cohort is led by someone with direct experience in the systems, decisions, and trade-offs the program covers.
Give current decisions a structure.
A talk or article can give you an idea. The harder part is deciding whether it fits your context and seeing what happens when you use it. The five-week cohort gives that process a structure, with repeated discussion and application while the work is still current.
“The precise flow - talks, homework, and discussion - made the learning truly applicable: challenging, but sustainable.”
Get outside your own company’s point of view.
Your experience is shaped by the systems and organizations you have worked in. The cohort puts your reasoning alongside people dealing with different technical and organizational constraints.
The useful comparison is where an approach transfers, where it changes, and why. You still own the decision. The group gives you other reference points before you decide what fits your own environment.
Finish with work you can point to.
Bring the five weeks together in a capstone based on the program. Depending on the cohort, that may be a technical article, assessment, or working artifact.
What kind of certification is this?
This is a live, cohort-based InfoQ certification. It is awarded for consistent attendance and active participation in the live sessions, plus successful completion of the program capstone.
- Type
- Live, cohort-based certification
- Earned through
- Attendance + active participation + successful capstone
- Credential
- Program-specific InfoQ certification
- Share
- Add the certification to your LinkedIn profile
What changed after the cohort.
“The program significantly broadened my approach to software architecture by encouraging big-picture and systems-level thinking.”
“It challenged me to think beyond specific technologies and focus on trade-offs, design principles, and real-world scenarios.”
Who are InfoQ Online Certification Programs for?
Designed for experienced software practitioners who already have technical responsibility in the area and can connect the cohort to work they currently own.
The single most valuable outcome has been improving how I write and think. I can now articulate trade-offs in a way that improves my proposals at work.
This cohort gave me structured time each week to step back and think about what it really means to be an architect.
The Architecture Canvas was a game changer. We’ve made different decisions because of how we’re structuring conversations. It wasn’t just theory.
Programs are generally designed for practitioners with at least five years of professional experience.
Frequently asked questions
What are InfoQ Online Certification Programs? + −
Five-week live online certification cohorts for senior engineers, architects, and engineering leaders. Each cohort gives experienced practitioners structured time to step out of day-to-day delivery, challenge assumptions with peers from other companies, and put ideas into practice between sessions.
How much time should I allow? + −
Plan for four live hours each week. Programs may deliver those hours as one session or split them across two sessions. There is also time-boxed work between sessions.
Is this extra work on top of my job? + −
The program is designed around decisions, systems, proposals, and team problems that participants already own rather than a separate academic case study. The live sessions give that work a regular structure. Between sessions, the application work is time-boxed, and the exact commitment is shown on each cohort page.
Are the sessions recorded? + −
No. The sessions are not recorded so participants can discuss current work and organizational context more openly.
How do I earn the certification? + −
Attend and participate consistently in the live sessions and successfully complete the capstone.
Can my company pay by invoice? + −
Invoice payment is available subject to the payment deadlines for the cohort. Card and PayPal payments may also be available depending on the checkout configuration.
Can I take another program later? + −
Yes. Certification alumni receive a discount on a second program where the current alumni offer applies.
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Every cohort runs live online with a small cross-company group. Sessions are not recorded.