Founder Cohort: Limited to 10 seats (2 teams). Pre-registration now open for the 5th October 2026 launch. — Link Button
Real software teams. Simulated workplace. Professional growth.
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.
Every morning starts at 09:30 AM GMT.
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.
Master the Full Software Lifecycle.
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.
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
- Modern React (v19) & TypeScript fundamentals
- API design with Node.js, Express, & tRPC
- Database schema design & migrations (SQL/Prisma)
- Prompt engineering & context-window management for AI coding
- AI-driven unit testing and test coverage automation
Workplace practices
- AI Pair-Programming (Cursor, Copilot, Claude)
- Component isolation & atomic design
- State management & client-side caching
- Performance profiling & rendering optimizations
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.
Cloud Engineer
Design and provision cloud infrastructure on AWS using Terraform, ensuring scalability, security, and cost efficiency across all environments.
Learning curriculum
- Cloud architecture principles (AWS/Azure/GCP)
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform & ARM
- Serverless architecture and container orchestration
- High availability, load balancing, and auto-scaling
- Cloud cost optimization & financial management (FinOps)
Workplace practices
- Architectural blueprinting (C4 Model)
- Immutable infrastructure provisioning
- Multi-region failover and disaster recovery
- Subnetting, VPC configurations, and network peering
Industry toolstack
Scrum Master responsibility
As Scrum Master, you will coordinate environment handoffs, lead retrospectives focused on platform stability, and manage infrastructure tasks in the sprint backlog.
DevOps Engineer
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, orchestrate container deployments, and ensure reliable, automated delivery from development to production.
Learning curriculum
- CI/CD pipeline construction (GitHub Actions / GitLab)
- Containerization and microservices architecture
- Log aggregation and central telemetry systems
- Alerting systems and automated incident response
- Zero-downtime deployments (Blue-Green, Canary)
Workplace practices
- GitOps and automated deployment flows
- System health monitoring & performance telemetry
- Incident management and post-mortem analysis
- Infrastructure drift detection and auto-remediation
Industry toolstack
Scrum Master responsibility
As Scrum Master, you will coordinate release windows, lead the daily stand-up focusing on deployment blocks, and manage the team's release metrics dashboard.
Cybersecurity Engineer
Audit the codebase for vulnerabilities, define security policies, and integrate automated scanning into the CI/CD pipeline to protect production systems.
Learning curriculum
- OWASP Top 10 web vulnerabilities & remediation
- Static and dynamic application security testing (SAST/DAST)
- Identity and Access Management (IAM) & OAuth2
- Network security, firewalls, and intrusion detection
- Vulnerability assessment and automated security patching
Workplace practices
- Threat modeling & risk assessments
- Automated dependency vulnerability scanning
- Secrets management & encryption in transit/at rest
- Penetration testing & secure code review
Industry toolstack
Scrum Master responsibility
As Scrum Master, you will enforce secure coding reviews, manage security debt in the backlog, and coordinate security incident response drills during sprint planning.
ML Engineer
Design and train machine learning models, build data pipelines, and expose model inference via REST APIs for integration into the product.
Learning curriculum
- Machine learning fundamentals & model training
- Feature engineering and data pre-processing pipelines
- ML model packaging and deployment as microservices
- Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) & model tracking
- LLM integration, fine-tuning, and vector databases
Workplace practices
- Model performance monitoring & drift detection
- Scalable model serving & low-latency API design
- Data labeling & synthetic data generation
- Hyperparameter optimization & experiment tracking
Industry toolstack
Scrum Master responsibility
As Scrum Master, you will lead research-to-engineering alignment sessions, coordinate model handoffs with DevOps, and manage data collection milestones.
One Integrated
Software System
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.
The 12-Month Agile Roadmap
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.
5
Tasks
26
Points
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
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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.
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Transparent, Milestone-Led Pricing
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.
Upfront Founder Special
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
3-Tranche Milestone Plan
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
12-Month Flex Installments
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
Secure Your Seat in the Founder Cohort Today.
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.
Got Questions? We Have Answers.
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.
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