Backend Development
Engineer the APIs and systems that power modern products.
Behind every great product is a great backend. Learn to design APIs, manage data, handle authentication and scale services — with Node.js, PostgreSQL and cloud deployment.
Backend Development
Development • Intermediate
Program overview
What you'll learn
Design clean REST and GraphQL APIs
Implement authentication and authorization
Model and optimize PostgreSQL databases
Add caching and background jobs
Write tests and debug production issues
Deploy a scalable backend service
Curriculum
A step-by-step path to mastery
6 timed assessments keep you on track, and a final certification exam proves what you know.
Node.js Core
- Event loop and async patterns
- Express and middleware
- Error handling and logging
APIs & Auth
- REST design and versioning
- JWT and OAuth flows
- Role-based authorization
Data & Scale
- PostgreSQL and indexes
- Redis caching
- Background jobs and queues
Production & Capstone
- Testing and CI
- Docker and cloud deployment
- Backend capstone service
Tech stack
Tools you'll master
Career outcomes
Roles this program prepares you for
Backend Developer
Node.js Engineer
API Developer
Systems Engineer
Why choose this program
Built to get you hired
API capstone project
Production patterns
Performance & security focus
Employer-verifiable certificate
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