From ticket queue
to platform engineer.
12 weeks. Hands-on labs. A certification that proves you can build golden paths, self-service infrastructure, and internal developer portals at scale.
Build Your First Internal Developer Platform
5 modules. 27 hours.
One certification.
Every module maps to a real skill gap on platform teams. No theory padding. Each lab runs against actual infrastructure you provision and destroy.
- ›Kubernetes basics
- ›Git
- ›CLI proficiency
- ✓Deploy Backstage on a real cluster
- ✓Register 10+ catalog entities
- ✓Configure GitHub discovery provider
Numbers don't lie.
Average reduction in ticket queue within 90 days of certification
Faster onboarding for new engineers at certified companies
Cohort completion rate — highest in platform engineering training
Median time to first golden path shipped post-certification
I spent 18 months reinventing Backstage configs at three different companies. Deploy gave me the mental model I was missing — XRDs, compositions, and how they map to catalog entities. Finished the cert in 9 weeks while working full time.
My team was drowning in infra tickets. After 4 engineers completed Deploy's cert, we launched a self-service portal in 6 weeks. Ticket volume dropped 58% in the first month. The ROI math is embarrassingly obvious.
The ArgoCD module alone was worth the price. The app-of-apps pattern with Kustomize overlays — I had seen it described in blog posts but never understood the why. Three labs in and it clicked completely.
Start free.
Certify when ready.
Module One is permanently free — no account, no card, no friction. The curriculum earns your trust before asking for anything.
Full access to PE-101: Internal Developer Platform Foundations. No credit card, no account. Just start.
- ✓4.5 hours of content
- ✓3 hands-on labs
- ✓Backstage + kubectl environment
- ·Certificate of completion for PE-101
- ·Access to community Slack
All 5 modules, all 19 labs, and the Platform Engineering Professional certificate. Lifetime access.
- ✓All 5 modules (27 hrs total)
- ✓19 hands-on labs with live infra
- ✓Backstage, Crossplane, ArgoCD, Terraform
- ✓Platform Engineering Professional certificate
- ✓Verified LinkedIn badge
- ·Private cohort Discord
- ·6 months of lab environment access
Volume pricing for platform teams. Includes manager dashboard, progress tracking, and custom onboarding.
- ✓Everything in Full Certification
- ✓Manager progress dashboard
- ·Team completion reports
- ·Custom onboarding call
- ·Slack Connect with Deploy instructors
- ·Priority lab environment SLA
Not ready to start?
Download the full 47-page curriculum spec — module breakdowns, lab environments, assessment rubrics, and certification criteria. Reviewed by 200+ platform engineers.