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Spend 12 months inside a managed, fully remote 5-person software development team. Rotate across critical roles under the guidance of senior software team leads and instructors, building production-grade software, and gaining the ability and team-confidence that employers actually hire for.
In the real world, software engineering is a team sport. At Team Ready, you are not working in isolation. You are embedded in a structured 5-person team, managing your sprint board, communicating on internal chat, and conducting daily stand-ups to unblock development. Run the interactive simulation below to hear a daily scrum stand-up.
Experience the core agile ritual of our 12-month program. See how rotating Scrum Masters lead daily stands with AI Developers, DevOps, Cyber, and ML Engineers.
You are grouped into teams of 5. You select a viable business idea from our provided set, choose a project name, and commit to building a realistic software product over 12 months.
Each sprint incorporates real-world training to fill in gaps, followed by hands-on practice to bed in what has been learnt. Any technical gaps will be fully addressed during the simulation.
Every member takes turns acting as the Scrum Master on a part-time basis, leading the team's stand-ups, unblocking issues, and coordinating directly with the Lead Architect.
Whenever there is a reduction in engagement by a team member, a professional software engineer from our network steps in to pair-program and cover, ensuring your delivery velocity never stalls.
Unlike static courses that teach a single topic, our workspace simulates the entire Software Delivery Life-Cycle (SDLC). Over the 12-month period, you will rotate across 5 critical engineering disciplines, gaining hands-on software, design and operational confidence. Along the way, you will pick up real-world, professional team etiquette.
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Full Stack Developer with AI
Build and maintain both front-end and back-end systems, integrating AI tools and APIs into production-grade features across the full stack.
Learning curriculum
Workplace practices
Industry toolstack
Scrum Master responsibility
As Scrum Master, you will run stand-ups, coordinate code reviews with the Lead Architect, and lead the team's sprint planning to balance frontend and backend feature delivery.
Your team won't just write disjointed code. You will build, secure, and deploy a complex, interconnected system. The Full Stack Developer writes the UI, the Cloud Engineer provisions the infrastructure, the DevOps Engineer automates the pipelines, the Cybersecurity Engineer audits the security, and the ML Engineer deploys intelligent models.
We structure our 12-month simulation into 4 distinct macro sprints, moving from raw setup to complex integration and live deployment. Inspect our active sprint board below to see realistic backlog tasks for each phase.
Workspace Setup & Architecture Blueprinting
Onboarding, team forming, git flow setup, and designing the system blueprint.
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Pre-process mock customer datasets for ML models
Set up security threat modeling and audit scope
Establish git branching model and repository agreements
Design database entity relationship diagram (ERD)
Draft architectural C4 model for the microservices
Ten seats, two teams, one intake a year. Leave your email and we will send you the pre-registration window, the curriculum breakdown, and the tuition schedule before they go public.
Real feedback from people who have gone through the WorkReady programme and landed their first engineering role.
Our team includes experienced software team leads and technical professionals who are able to mentor and guide attendees achieve their real-world learning goals. Explore our flexible, discount-heavy pricing options below.
Pay fully upfront to unlock the maximum discount and secure your seat. Includes free cloud sandbox extensions and dedicated lead-architect review slots.
Saves £3,000 off standard £12,950 list price
Pay in 3 non-refundable tranches spaced out at Month 0, Month 4, and Month 8. Aligns payments with curriculum milestones, with flexible exit points at each term boundary.
Saves £2,500 off standard £12,950 list price
Spread the investment evenly across the full 12-month duration of the simulation. Our most budget-friendly monthly option, ideal for students managing part-time commitments.
Saves £1,750 off standard £12,950 list price
Unlike static courses that teach a single topic, our workspace simulates the entire Software Delivery Life-Cycle (SDLC). Over the 12-month period, you will rotate across 5 critical engineering disciplines, gaining hands-on software, design and operational confidence. Along the way, you will pick up real-world, professional team etiquette.
Read through our detailed FAQ to understand the legal structure, cover guarantees, and expectations of the program.
No. WorkReady is a structured 12-month simulation — not employment or an internship. You will not be on a company payroll, but you will work inside a realistic team environment with professional-grade expectations, tooling, and deliverables.
If a student in your 5-person team reduces engagement or withdraws, a professional software practitioner from our network steps in to pair-program and cover the role. This ensures your team's project velocity never stalls and you continue to work in a fully functional 5-person agile team.
Aspiring software engineers, recent graduates, and career changers who want genuine team experience before entering the job market. You don't need prior professional experience, but you should have foundational coding skills in at least one language.
Each sprint one team member takes the Scrum Master seat — facilitating standups, managing the board, and running the retrospective. The role rotates so every participant leads at least once per quarter and builds the leadership and communication skills employers look for.
You get access to the full professional toolchain: GitHub, Jira, Figma, AWS sandbox, Slack, CI/CD pipelines, and more. Everything mirrors what you would use on day one at a real software company.
A 30-minute conversation about your goals, the Founder Cohort, and whether the programme is the right fit for you.