Web Development Apprenticeship

About the opportunity

IronHack’s Tech Scholarship is an opportunity for Puerto Rican talent to start their careers in tech. Together with the Department of Economic Development and Commerce under the 21st Century Techforce initiative, we offer a fully covered tuition scholarship for a tech bootcamp. Technology is changing continuously, and the goal is to keep the local talent up to speed with the most demanded skills. The scholars receive 9 weeks of technical training, career mentorship, and join the 20,000+ IronHack Alumni all over the world.

Those who are selected will be given a scholarship to attend 9 weeks of hands-on technical training led by IronHack's award-winning teachers and programs. The curriculum is designed to train you to become a Web Developer.

Without a doubt this program will fast track your career trajectory for the digital transformation.

The upcoming training launches on April 29th, so we will review applications as soon as possible, with a deadline of April 15th.

The course will be from Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (EST), with an hour for lunch.

What you will learn as a future Web Developer?

• Use the fundamental components of JavaScript to write programs and applications: Variables and Data types, Conditionals, Loops, Objects and Arrays, Functions, Scope, Event Loop, DOM, Events and Classes.
• Develop JavaScript applications employing intermediate-level concepts.
• Apply Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and ES6 classes to organize and structure JavaScript applications.
• Create frontend applications using the following technologies and techniques: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Responsive Web Design and React.
• Create backend applications using the following technologies and techniques: Node.js, Express, REST APIs and MongoDB.
• Create full-stack applications using a range of techniques and software architectural styles such as REST and SPAs.
• Work with MongoDB and write queries to extract information from databases and manipulate data.
• Create schemas and data models for the MongoDB database using an ODM.
• Implement Authentication & Authorization in a web application.
• Integrate third-party services (APIs) with an existing frontend or backend JavaScript application.
• Use command line, Git, version control, GitHub, and the Git flow branching model to manage and deploy projects.
• Set up test runners, write unit tests and integration tests for client-side and server-side applications.
• Deploy frontend and backend applications to a loud Service.
• Write clean, modular, and efficient code following best practices (KISS, YAGNI, DRY & SOC).
• Use Agile & Lean as frameworks for product management: standups, retros, MVP, constraints vs. scope, etc., to ensure good collaboration and workflow.

What are we looking for?

• Have a work permit to work in Puerto Rico: IronHack cannot provide sponsorship or visas.
• Bachelors or Masters in IT or STEM.
• Availability to take the course full time for 9 weeks. The course will be from Monday to Friday from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm with an hour for lunch.
• Must have a go-getter attitude and be open to operating in a fast-past environment.
• Live in Puerto Rico.