InfoQ previews the September cohorts of its online certification programs

InfoQ is offering online certification programs for September cohorts in Architecture, Engineering Leadership, and AI-Assisted Engineering. Each program consists of a four-hour online session per week for five weeks. Participants engage in live discussions, applying frameworks from QCon talks to real-world decisions in their own work. They collaborate with experienced senior engineers and architects from various companies, fostering peer networks and exchanging ideas.

The Architecture program, led by Mezzalira, focuses on sociotechnical aspects of architecture, covering decision-making, platform engineering, developer adoption, and constraints introduced by AI agents. The capstone involves co-authoring a technical article, with the best published on InfoQ. Completion of the program earns the InfoQ Certified Software Architect in Emerging Technologies (ICSAET) certification.

The Engineering Leadership program, guided by Brush, emphasizes organizational dynamics, technical strategy, execution, and cost analysis after a system's release. The AI-Assisted Engineering program, headed by Xiong and Chandrasekaran, delves into generating and verifying AI systems for software operations. Participants build a harness against a brownfield codebase using Claude Code, covering agent permissions, sensors, characterization tests, independent review, and CI for autonomous agents.

The capstone consists of three parts: the harnessed repository, an original rule or agent skill, and a comparison of logged results against initial predictions. Registration details and full syllabuses can be found at certification.qconferences.com.