8-Week Advanced AI Engineering Program | Dinesh AI Academy
Advanced AI Engineering Program

The 8-Week Advanced AI Engineering Program

One agentic AI app. Shipped in Week One. Enriched every week with RAG, tools, agents, MCP, memory, guardrails and evaluation — built the way enterprise teams actually ship, with Claude, GitHub Copilot, Azure DevOps and AWS. Choose a morning or evening batch — same content, same schedule, different time of day.

16Live Sessions, 1.5 hrs Each
24Practice & Assignment Sessions
5Shipped App Versions
1Live Production App on AWS
Pick your batch: 🌅 Morning · 6:00 AM – 7:30 AM 🌙 Evening · 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM Tuesday & Thursday
What You Walk Away With

By Week 8, You'll Have...

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One deployed, live agentic app — a public URL on AWS

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A Certificate of Completion + the full course codebase

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All session recordings + lifetime community access

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5 × 1:1 career sessions over the following 6 months

Who This Is For

Make Sure This Is Your Program.

No Bootcamp completion is required, but this isn't a from-zero introduction either — here's the honest fit check.

You're a good fit if…

  • You're comfortable writing and reading basic code, in any language
  • You've used ChatGPT, Claude or similar tools and want to go from using AI to engineering with it
  • You can commit to 16 live sessions over 8 weeks (Tuesday & Thursday), morning or evening batch, plus some time between sessions

Consider the Bootcamp first if…

  • You've never written or run a line of code before
  • You want a lighter, lower-cost introduction before committing to an 8 weeks build
  • You'd rather build your first agent in 5 days than architect a production app over 8 weeks
The Problem

Traditional Full-Stack Engineers Are 10x Slower — And It's Not a Skill Gap.

3–5 days

to onboard onto just one unfamiliar codebase

40%

of a sprint lost to boilerplate, config and CI/CD debugging

Skipped

test coverage and postmortems, under deadline pressure

None of this is a skill gap. It's toil the tooling never removed — and it's exactly what this program removes, phase by phase.

Why It's 10x Slower

Every SDLC Phase, Fixed.

The job doesn't disappear. It moves from typing every line to deciding what's right — and verifying the AI got it right.

SDLC PhaseWhy It's 10x SlowerFixed By
RequirementsVague asks take days to become a workable specClaude turns a 2-line ask into a spec in minutes
ArchitectureAnalysis paralysis; decisions get lost, never written downClaude proposes tradeoffs, documents the ADR on the spot
DevelopmentConstant context-switching across the stack; hours lost to boilerplateCopilot writes the boilerplate, fluent across the whole stack
DebuggingReading someone else's codebase takes days just to onboardCopilot Chat explains the repo, traces bugs in minutes
TestingThorough tests are the first thing dropped under deadline pressureCopilot generates test suites, edge cases included
Code ReviewInconsistent reviews, queued behind a senior engineer's calendarAI flags correctness & security issues before a human looks
DeploymentCI/CD and infrastructure-as-code is a specialty most never go deep onCopilot drafts the pipeline, explains every failure line by line
Production SupportHours burned correlating logs and traces by handAI triages traces, drafts the incident timeline to verify
DocumentationDocs go stale the moment the code changesDocs generate and update alongside the code
The Solution

Two AI Engineers Work Alongside You.

Every phase of the SDLC gets an AI partner. You stay the one who decides.

Reasoning Partner

Claude, via Claude Code

  • Turns a 2-line ask into a spec
  • Proposes architecture, writes the ADR
  • Runs the first-pass code review
  • Triages logs and traces in production
In the IDE

GitHub Copilot

  • Writes the code, end to end
  • Explains and debugs unfamiliar code
  • Generates the test suite
  • Drafts CI/CD pipelines and deploy configs

AI proposes. You approve. Every phase, every week.

The AI-SDLC Loop

The Same Six Steps, Every Week.

RequirementsClaude
→
ArchitectureClaude
→
DevelopmentCopilot
→
ReviewClaude
→
DeployCopilot
→
Prod SupportClaude

Loops every week — the same six steps, applied to that week's feature. Azure Boards tracks the work, Azure Pipelines runs it, AWS hosts it live.

The Program

One App. Eight Weeks. Shipped Early, Grown Every Phase.

One app, not five

One real agentic app, built end to end — not five disconnected demos.

Premium, real tools

The same models, frameworks and cloud a startup ships on today.

AI runs the SDLC, you run the judgment

The meta-skill that outlasts any one framework or model.

16Live Sessions
24Practice & Assignments
24Contact Hours
5Shipped Versions
1Live URL
Tech Stack · Build & Intelligence Layer

The Tools You'll Actually Use.

Models

Claude Sonnet 5 / Opus

Frontier reasoning; GPT-5 & Gemini 2.5 Pro for comparison

Dev Pair-Programmer

GitHub Copilot

Writes, debugs, tests & drafts deploy configs, in the IDE

Agent Framework

Claude Agent SDK + LangGraph

Agent loops and explicit workflow graphs

Backend + UI

Angular + FastAPI + Streamlit

A real API layer behind a fast, focused UI

Vector DB + Memory

Qdrant / pgvector + Postgres

Production retrieval and long-term memory, one database

MCP

Custom MCP Server

Your app's own tools, callable by any MCP client

Tech Stack · Trust & Enterprise Layer

The Same Stack Real Companies Run.

The same enterprise ALM and cloud stack real companies run production on.

Guardrails

Llama Guard + Guardrails AI

Blocks PII leakage, prompt injection, off-topic misuse

Evaluation

promptfoo / DeepEval / Ragas

Golden-set regression, run as a release gate

Observability

Langfuse

Full traces turn "it's wrong" into a debuggable path

Work Tracking

Azure Boards

Sprints and work items — a real enterprise backlog

Source Control & CI/CD

Azure Repos + Pipelines

Git history and YAML pipelines Copilot drafts

Cloud Hosting

AWS

The app deploys to real cloud infrastructure

The Week-by-Week Plan

Exactly What You'll Build, Every Week.

One app, growing up — no ambiguity about what ships when.

Weeks 1–2 · Sessions 1–4

Foundations, Shipped Early

Ships v0.1

What You Build

  • A deployed chat app on Claude Sonnet 5 (FastAPI + Streamlit)
  • Reliable prompting: system prompts, structured output, caching
  • A codebase-comprehension drill: debug a real unfamiliar repo with Copilot
  • A hardened, tested v0.1 — not a demo, a real deployed baseline

AI-SDLC in Action

Session 1 · Requirements & ArchitectureClaude drafts the spec as an Azure Boards user story; an ADR decides the architecture
Session 2 · DevelopmentCopilot scaffolds, writes and debugs the app end to end
Session 3 · Review & TestingA first-pass AI code review runs; Copilot generates the test suite before it's called done
Session 4 · Deploy & Prod SupportAzure Pipelines runs CI and deploys; the first version goes live on AWS, with Claude walking through what to monitor
Weeks 3–4 · Sessions 5–8

Knowledge: Production RAG

Ships v0.2

What You Build

  • Chat grounded in the student's own documents, with citations
  • A production vector store (Qdrant / pgvector) and a real ingestion pipeline
  • A golden-set check on retrieval quality before it ships

AI-SDLC in Action

Session 5 · Requirements & ArchitectureA new Azure Boards story for RAG; an ADR on chunking and retrieval strategy
Session 6 · DevelopmentCopilot builds the ingestion pipeline and retrieval end to end
Session 7 · Review & TestingAI review flags a document prompt-injection risk before merge; retrieval quality is tested against a golden set
Session 8 · Deploy & Prod SupportAzure Pipelines redeploys to AWS; Claude checks retrieval quality against production traces
Week 5 · Sessions 9–10

Action: Tools & Workflows

Ships v0.3

What You Build

  • The app calls real tools and APIs, running multi-step workflows (LangGraph)
  • 2–3 domain tools: search, a live API, a calculator or data tool

AI-SDLC in Action

Session 9 · Requirements & ArchitectureWork items for each tool in Azure Boards; an ADR on workflow design
Session 10 · Development & DeployCopilot wires the tool schemas and workflow graph; a review checks error handling on failed tool calls before the pipeline tests and redeploys
Week 6 · Sessions 11–12

Autonomy: Agents & MCP

Ships v0.4

What You Build

  • A true agent loop: plan, act, observe
  • A custom MCP server exposing the app's own tools

AI-SDLC in Action

Session 11 · Requirements & ArchitectureAn Azure Boards story for the agent loop; an ADR on agent boundaries and where guardrails will hook in
Session 12 · Development & DeployCopilot builds the agent loop and MCP server; a review checks for runaway loops before Azure Pipelines runs multi-step agent tests and redeploys
Weeks 7–8 · Sessions 13–16

Trust: Memory, Guardrails, Evaluation

Ships v1.0

What You Build

  • Long-term memory, plus guardrails against PII leaks, injection & misuse
  • An eval harness (golden set + LLM-as-judge) and Langfuse tracing
  • A production-hardened v1.0, demoed live on Demo Day

AI-SDLC in Action

Session 13 · Requirements & ArchitectureAn Azure Boards story for the eval harness; an ADR on memory design and guardrail policy
Session 14 · DevelopmentCopilot builds memory, guardrails and the eval harness
Session 15 · ReviewClaude reviews the golden-set results and red-teams the guardrails before they ship
Session 16 · Deploy & Demo DayThe eval suite becomes a release gate in Azure Pipelines; a production-hardened deploy on AWS — Demo Day
One App, Growing Up

From v0.1 to v1.0 in Eight Weeks.

v0.1
Weeks 1–2

Deployed chat, live on AWS

→
v0.2
Weeks 3–4

+ RAG & citations

→
v0.3
Week 5

+ Tools & workflows

→
v0.4
Week 6

+ Agent & MCP

→
v1.0
Weeks 7–8

+ Memory, guardrails, eval — production

By Demo Day, it isn't five toy demos — it's one product that grew up, live on real infrastructure.

Outcomes

What Every Student Walks Away With.

✓A deployed, working agentic app — live on AWS with a public URL
✓An Azure Repos history, a README, and 5 ADRs — one per shipped version
✓An Azure Boards backlog showing a real sprint history
✓An eval report and a Langfuse trace they can point to
✓The AI-SDLC habit — Claude + Copilot, every phase, any future project

"Can I build an agentic AI application myself?" By Week 8 — yes.

What You Get

Support That Doesn't End at the Last Class.

A complete learning + support package built around the 8 weeks program.

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3 Months

Dedicated course-scope support

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Lifetime

Community access

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5 × 30 min

1:1 career sessions over 6 months

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All Sessions

Session recordings, yours to keep

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Full Codebase

Complete course codebase

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Certificate

Program completion certificate

5 career sessions can cover: career direction · resume · project positioning · mock interview · interview preparation

Who's Teaching

Learn From Someone Who's Actually Shipped This.

Dinesh Kushwaha, Founder

18 years architecting and delivering enterprise-scale platforms, now applying that same real-world discipline — architecture decisions, code review, CI/CD, production support — to how AI-assisted engineering should actually be taught. Read the full story.

18 yrsEngineering Experience
50+Enterprise Platforms Delivered
10K+Users Supported
1000+Engineers Coached
Which Path Fits You?

Two Independent Ways to Start.

Not a prerequisite chain — pick whichever matches where you are today. No Bootcamp completion is required for this program.

New to AI

Start With the 5-Day Bootcamp

A lighter, more affordable introduction — five evening sessions to your first working AI agent, no prior experience needed.

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Common Questions

Before You Enroll.

Basic coding comfort in any language, yes — this program moves fast and assumes you can read and write simple code. If you've never coded at all, start with the 5-Day Bootcamp first.
Every session is recorded and yours to keep, so you won't lose the material. Since each week builds on your app from the last, try not to fall behind — catch up on the recording before the next session where you can.
Alongside the 16 live sessions, you get 24 self-paced practice & assignment sessions to reinforce that week's material on your own app, at your own pace, between classes.
Yes — see our full Refund Policy for details and eligibility windows.
You keep building with support: 3 months of dedicated course-scope support, lifetime access to the community, and 5 × 30-minute 1:1 career sessions you can use over the following 6 months.
Yes — a Program Completion Certificate, plus the deployed app, full course codebase, and your Azure Repos/Boards history as proof of what you actually built.
The current 40% launch discount (₹14,999, down from ₹24,999) is already reflected in the price above and applies to everyone. Bootcamp alumni — chat with us on WhatsApp to check if there's anything extra for you.
Ready to Build?

Ready to Build the Way Enterprise AI Teams Actually Ship?

Seats are limited to keep every architecture discussion and every build session hands-on.

Cohort Details

Cohort Starts
5 October 2026
Schedule
Tuesday & Thursday
Choose Your Batch
🌅 Morning · 6:00 AM – 7:30 AM 🌙 Evening · 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Session Length
1.5 hrs/session
Duration
16 live sessions + 24 practice & assignment days over 8 weeks (24 contact hours)
Practice & Assignments
24 self-paced sessions between live classes
Seats
10
Format
Live Online via Zoom

Seats are limited to keep every architecture discussion and build session hands-on.

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