Backend Engineering
Taught by engineers from PiggyVest, Cowrywise, Mono & Paystack
5 experts teaching
The people teaching this course
Meet your teaching team
Each module is designed and delivered by a different specialist — someone who does this exact topic every day at a top tech company.
Femi Adewale
Backend Lead
Teaching
Node.js Fundamentals & API Design
Ngozi Eze
Senior Engineer
Teaching
PostgreSQL & Data Modeling
Bayo Olanrewaju
Principal Engineer
Teaching
Authentication, Authorization & Security
Ifeanyi Ugwu
Staff Engineer
Teaching
Microservices, Queues & Scaling
Halima Ibrahim
Backend Engineer
Teaching
Docker, Deployment & Observability
What you'll learn
- Design secure production APIs
- Model relational data at scale
- Deploy observable services
Technologies & tools
Companies represented
Build real things
Projects you'll ship
Payments API
Portfolio-grade · Mentor reviewed
Multi-tenant LMS backend
Portfolio-grade · Mentor reviewed
Event-driven notification system
Portfolio-grade · Mentor reviewed
Curriculum
Week by week breakdown
5 modules · each taught by a different industry expert · pay per module or enroll in all.
Pay per module or save with the full course
Each module is priced individually — pick the expert and topic you need, or enroll in everything at a discount.
per module from
₦36,000
full course
₦180,000
₦36,000
Most developers use Node.js but few understand it. Femi designed the PiggyVest API that handles ₦500B+ in savings — this module teaches you to build APIs that are correct, documented, and ready for production from day one.
Lessons
- 01Node.js event loop, async model & concurrency explained
- 02Express architecture — middleware stack, routing & controllers
- 03REST API design — versioning, naming conventions & status codes
- 04Request validation with Zod — schema-first development
- 05File uploads with Multer & cloud storage integration
- 06Pagination, filtering & sorting — industry-standard patterns
- 07Global error handling middleware & custom error classes
- 08API documentation with OpenAPI 3.1 & Swagger UI
- 09Security headers with Helmet & CORS configuration
- 10Rate limiting, throttling & request timeout handling
After this module you can
- Design clean RESTful APIs
- Handle all edge cases with validation & error middleware
- Produce living API documentation
Femi Adewale
Backend Lead · PiggyVest
Module project
Build a fully documented CRUD API for a financial task-tracking system with Swagger, Zod validation and proper error handling
₦36,000
₦36,000
₦36,000
₦36,000
Production-grade learning
Learn with the tools used in the industry
Our Backend Engineeringtrack is built around the exact tools, workflows, and delivery systems that top tech companies use. You won't just study concepts — you'll ship code, review PRs, and present to real audiences.
- Weekly live sessions with actual industry engineers
- GitHub-based project delivery (like real engineering teams)
- Code reviews from engineers who do this for a living
- Mock technical interviews with detailed feedback
- Verified certificate issued on completion
Engineers from these companies teach this course
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