LaunchTechUp is an enterprise software engineering ecosystem that bridges the gap between academic knowledge and industry-ready skills. 24 weeks. Real projects. Production pipelines.
Unlike conventional bootcamps, we simulate a real software engineering company — complete with CI/CD, code reviews, and production deployments.
Build production-grade applications with real architecture decisions, code reviews, and deployment pipelines — not toy projects.
Every developer writes Jenkinsfiles, manages Docker containers, and deploys to Kubernetes clusters by week 10.
Live two-week sprints, daily standups, planning poker, retrospectives — exactly how top tech companies operate.
OWASP practices, Snyk scanning, SonarQube quality gates, and secrets management are enforced on every pull request.
Prometheus metrics, Grafana dashboards, ELK logging, and incident response simulations prepare you for on-call reality.
Graduate with a full-stack enterprise application in production, an ADR, runbooks, and measurable DORA metrics.
Every developer follows the same rigorous daily checklist. No cutting corners. No sitting on blockers. No uncommitted code at end of day.
From environment setup to deploying a full enterprise application in production — every phase builds on the last. No shortcuts. No tutorials. Just real engineering.
Every developer configures their complete development environment and learns team conventions before writing a single line of production code. The foundation is non-negotiable.
Developers join a live Agile team running two-week sprints. They attend all ceremonies — planning, standup, review, retrospective — and own tickets end-to-end with CI gating every merge.
Developers build, maintain, and debug the full deployment pipeline from code commit to production. Every developer must be able to roll back a bad deployment in under 5 minutes.
Developers containerise applications and deploy them to real Kubernetes clusters using Helm. Blue-green and canary deployments. Zero-downtime rolling updates. Readiness and liveness probes on everything.
Developers instrument systems and respond to incidents confidently. A simulated incident — one developer intentionally introduces a bug — the team must detect, triage, fix, deploy, and write a postmortem.
The team builds a full enterprise-grade application from scratch — React frontend, Node.js/Python API, PostgreSQL database — with zero manual deployments permitted. Full CI/CD from day one. Weekly stakeholder demos. Final architecture presentation.
No deviations. No shortcuts. This 9-step process is muscle memory by graduation.
PM writes user story with acceptance criteria in Jira. Team refines and estimates. Only enters sprint when Definition of Ready is met.
Developer creates feature/PROJ-123-description from latest main. All work on the branch — never directly on main.
Write failing tests first, then implementation. Lint and test locally before every commit. Conventional Commits format enforced.
Open PR with description: what, why, how to test. Jira ticket linked. At least one reviewer assigned — always Tech Lead for juniors.
Checkout → Install → Lint → Tests → Build → Docker → SonarQube → Snyk. All must pass. Slack notifies #ci-alerts with results.
Reviewer checks logic, test coverage, readability, security, and performance. Comments are specific. Developer responds to every comment.
Squash and merge. CI builds Docker image, pushes to registry. ArgoCD deploys to staging automatically. QA runs smoke tests.
Rolling Kubernetes update — zero downtime. Monitor Grafana for 30 minutes. Rollback immediately if error rate spikes. Post in #deployments.
End of every sprint — what went well, what to improve, what we commit to. Track DORA metrics monthly. Rotating knowledge shares.
30+ tools across project management, source control, CI/CD, containers, cloud, and observability. Every developer uses every tool before graduation.
Every participant is assigned a role that mirrors real enterprise teams. Responsibilities are real. Accountability is real.
Owns technical direction. Reviews all architecture decisions. Mentors every team member through weekly 1:1s. Final approver on PRs touching core services.
Owns the product backlog. Writes user stories with clear acceptance criteria. Prioritises features based on learning value and business relevance.
Builds UI components in React. Owns accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA), performance budgets, and UX quality. Writes component unit tests.
Designs and builds REST/GraphQL APIs. Owns database schema, migration management, and query optimisation. Documents all APIs in OpenAPI/Swagger.
Owns the CI/CD pipeline for every service. Manages Kubernetes cluster health, Terraform infrastructure, secrets, RBAC, and Snyk scanning.
Designs test plans and builds the E2E test suite in Cypress. Owns the definition of done — no ticket moves to Done without QA sign-off.
Facilitates all Agile ceremonies. Removes blockers. Tracks velocity and burn-down charts. Ensures retrospective actions are actually completed.
Works across both frontend and backend. Particularly valuable on features that span the entire stack end to end with deployment awareness.
LaunchTechUp maps every phase of training to what hiring managers actually demand. Here's what you graduate ready for.
LaunchTechUp was created by Bennybriel Technologies in direct response to a crisis hiding in plain sight: Nigerian and African developers possess the theoretical knowledge, but lack exposure to the enterprise practices that actually get jobs.
That statement revealed a broader pattern across Africa's technology ecosystem: the urgent need for developers experienced in professional workflows, teamwork, deployment processes, and enterprise application development — not just syntax.
LaunchTechUp is the answer.
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. High discipline required.
To create a real-world enterprise software engineering ecosystem where aspiring developers gain practical industry experience — working in teams, building enterprise applications, and following professional engineering processes.
Prepare developers for the real-world job market. Simulate professional engineering company environments. Expose developers to enterprise tools, workflows, DevOps, cloud computing, and deployment processes. Build portfolio-ready engineers.
Through discipline, consistency, collaboration, innovation, and practical engineering exposure — LaunchTechUp contributes meaningfully to Nigeria's digital economy and the development of Africa's next generation of world-class software engineers.
LaunchTechUp is not a casual learning environment. It mirrors real enterprise expectations — which means high discipline is not optional. The best hands in the industry will hold sessions directly with participants on board.