Start your career as a Software Engineer
Our online courses teach the most comprehensive software engineering curriculum you’ll find. While using real developer tools, students learn from best in class instructors through the world’s most sophisticated platform for learning code: Learn.co.
Full-Time, Part-Time, and Self-Paced Options All Include:
We designed our Online Software Engineering Bootcamp course to give students the necessary expertise in both back-end and front-end programming to become full-stack web developers. All of our students, regardless of course pace, learn the same, rigorous curriculum, diving into programming with Ruby and JavaScript.
We wrote the book on how to get a job after a bootcamp — literally. Flatiron School students work 1:1 with a dedicated career coach on interview best practices and successful job-search approaches that have worked for over 1,200 other students, and get access to our 200-page guide on how to be a great job-seeker, available only to Flatiron students.
Switch careers with total confidence, because your success is our success: Our Software Engineering Bootcamp is covered by a money-back guarantee. Receive a job offer within six months, or you’re eligible for a full tuition refund. (See eligibility terms.)
At Flatiron School, we know all students are different, so we offer three different, personalized course paces designed to give you the perfect balance of flexibility and structure to ensure your success.Paired with our proprietary online learning platform, Learn.co, and individualized support from an Educational Coach, all students have access to a personalized learning experience. Choose from three different program options, each tailored to today’s online learner.
Choose Which Course Pace Is Right for You
Graduate in 5 months with our fastest program pace: full-time. Students choose when they’ll work through the 45-50 hours per week of coursework, and benefit from full-time learning.
Students benefit from learning with a small, cohort and a dedicated Cohort Lead who teaches and mentors throughout the entire course schedule, at a 20:1 student:teacher ratio. Attend live lectures each week with your cohort lead – with multiple time slots, an options to fit your schedule.
Meet 1:1 for a full hour with your Cohort Lead weekly to get help breaking through tough technical concepts. Additionally, connect over 1:1 sessions with a dedicated Educational Coach every 2 weeks to review overall progress stay accountable for your progress. These sessions are in addition to real-time support from our Technical Coaches via our Ask A Question feature in Learn.co.
Graduate in 5 months with our fastest program pace: full-time. Students choose when they’ll work through the 45-50 hours per week of coursework, and benefit from full-time learning.
Students benefit from learning with a small, cohort and a dedicated Cohort Lead who teaches and mentors throughout the entire course schedule, at a 20:1 student:teacher ratio. Attend live lectures each week with your cohort lead – with multiple time slots, an options to fit your schedule.
Meet 1:1 for a full hour with your Cohort Lead weekly to get help breaking through tough technical concepts. Additionally, connect over 1:1 sessions with a dedicated Educational Coach every 2 weeks to review overall progress stay accountable for your progress. These sessions are in addition to real-time support from our Technical Coaches via our Ask A Question feature in Learn.co.
Graduate in 10 months at a pace that offers the same structure as our full-time option, but on a part-time schedule. Students choose when they’ll work through the 20-25 hours per week of coursework. Benefit from a structured schedule designed to keep you on track towards a career in code, while allowing for the life you have now.
Students benefit from learning with a cohort of up to 40 peers, and a dedicated Cohort Lead who teaches and mentors throughout the entire program schedule. Attend live lectures each week with your cohort lead – with multiple time slots, an options to fit your schedule.
Meet 1:1 once a month with an Educational Coach to help you stay accountable to your goals, anchor to your motivation, and review your overall progress. Partner with your Coach on addressing challenges, and striking the right balance between your coursework and the rest of your life. These sessions are in addition to to real-time support from our Technical Coaches via our Ask A Question feature.
Graduate in 10 months at a pace that offers the same structure as our full-time option, but on a part-time schedule. Students choose when they’ll work through the 20-25 hours per week of coursework. Benefit from a structured schedule designed to keep you on track towards a career in code, while allowing for the life you have now.
Students benefit from learning with a cohort of up to 40 peers, and a dedicated Cohort Lead who teaches and mentors throughout the entire program schedule. Attend live lectures each week with your cohort lead – with multiple time slots, an options to fit your schedule.
Meet 1:1 once a month with an Educational Coach to help you stay accountable to your goals, anchor to your motivation, and review your overall progress. Partner with your Coach on addressing challenges, and striking the right balance between your coursework and the rest of your life. These sessions are in addition to to real-time support from our Technical Coaches via our Ask A Question feature.
Our self-paced program provides the same rigorous curriculum and mastery standards of our full-time and part-time paces, but at a 100% flexible, self-guided schedule. This program most benefits students with prior coding experience or unpredictable schedules by providing access for up to 15 months as they guide themselves through the coursework.
Includes five sessions with an Educational Coach to help you set and stay accountable to your goals, and make steady progress at a pace that is right for you. Students also get on-demand access to Technical Coaches through the Ask A Question feature in Learn.
Collaborate with fellow students and teachers, join live study groups, pair and chat with your peers, , and access a living course that features thousands of updates a year to reflect current industry trends.
Our self-paced program provides the same rigorous curriculum and mastery standards of our full-time and part-time paces, but at a 100% flexible, self-guided schedule. This program most benefits students with prior coding experience or unpredictable schedules by providing access for up to 15 months as they guide themselves through the coursework.
Includes five sessions with an Educational Coach to help you set and stay accountable to your goals, and make steady progress at a pace that is right for you. Students also get on-demand access to Technical Coaches through the Ask A Question feature in Learn.
Collaborate with fellow students and teachers, join live study groups, pair and chat with your peers, , and access a living course that features thousands of updates a year to reflect current industry trends.
With our full-time and part-time course pacing options, you can also connect in-person with other learners in your city and work in an inspiring, beautiful workspace with a one-year WeWork hot desk membership included in your tuition — valued at over $2,500 per year.
Not sure which learning option is right you? Sign up for a 10 minute Program Consultation Chat with our admissions team to determine what pacing is the perfect fit for you.
At Flatiron School, our missions is to enable the pursuit of a better life through education. Hundreds of online students have trusted us with their futures so far, and we continue to release verified job outcomes reports to help students make well-informed decisions about their educational investments. Below are highlights from the 2018 Online Job Outcomes Reports.
of job-seeking students in our Online Outcomes Report who took full-time salaried roles, paid apprenticeship, and part-time roles during reporting period
of students in our most recent Online Outcomes Report accepted job offers in technical roles
Flatiron School students develop coding mastery in JavaScript and Ruby, as well as study computer science to ensure they’re highly attractive job candidates upon graduation.
We designed our flagship online coding bootcamp and its curriculum to give students the necessary expertise in both back-end and front-end programming technologies to become hirable full-stack developers — able to land their first job in tech and leverage it into a lifelong career.
Section 1: HTML & CSS, OOP, Ruby, SQL, ORM
After diving into HTML5 & CSS, students get comfortable with object-oriented programming, learning to read websites with Ruby and save data to a database with SQL and Object Relational Mappers.
Sections 2 & 3: Sinatra, Rails
Students learn two key Ruby frameworks, first mastering the fundamentals of web programming with Sinatra before experiencing how quickly they can build incredible apps with Rails.
Section 4: JavaScript, React
Students gain a thorough understanding of JavaScript and functional programming — crucial for front-end devs — and start to build their own version of React before moving onto the framework itself.
Section 5: React, Redux, JSON
Students learn to build productive, scalable front-ends with React and Redux, creating slick, functional, reactive code with Redux as a state manager and Rails as the back-end JSON API.
Section 1: HTML & CSS, OOP, Ruby, SQL, ORM
After diving into HTML5 & CSS, students get comfortable with object-oriented programming, learning to read websites with Ruby and save data to a database with SQL and Object Relational Mappers.
Sections 2 & 3: Sinatra, Rails
Students learn two key Ruby frameworks, first mastering the fundamentals of web programming with Sinatra before experiencing how quickly they can build incredible apps with Rails.
Section 4: JavaScript, React
Students gain a thorough understanding of JavaScript and functional programming — crucial for front-end devs — and start to build their own version of React before moving onto the framework itself.
Section 5: React, Redux, JSON
Students learn to build productive, scalable front-ends with React and Redux, creating slick, functional, reactive code with Redux as a state manager and Rails as the back-end JSON API.
Building complex applications at web-scale requires an understanding of algorithms and Computer Science fundamentals. By tackling an integrated CS curriculum, students gain an advantage in technical interviews and lay a powerful foundation to increase their technical depth throughout their careers.
To understand the resource constraints that affect software performance, students study List Searching and Sorting, Graph Manipulation, and Algorithmic Thinking and Algorithmic Analysis.
To understand the ramifications of how data is stored and accessed, students build their knowledge of Hash Tables, Stacks, Queues, Trees, and Graphs.
To understand the resource constraints that affect software performance, students study List Searching and Sorting, Graph Manipulation, and Algorithmic Thinking and Algorithmic Analysis.
To understand the ramifications of how data is stored and accessed, students build their knowledge of Hash Tables, Stacks, Queues, Trees, and Graphs.
Our Career Services team has helped over 1,200 students start software engineering careers. By combining a proven job-seeking framework, a team of Career Coaches who work with each student one-on-one, and an Employer Partnerships team who evangelizes for our graduates within companies, our students get the precise support they need — no matter where they’re located, or at what pace they graduate.
When it’s time to prepare for the job search, students work one-on-one with their dedicated Career Coach to build the job-search portfolio and the interview skills they’ll need to succeed. Students graduate with a sharp résumé, consistent interview counseling, and Flatiron’s Career Services team alongside them during every step of their search.
Graduates join an active network of successful data scientists and software engineers. For Flatiron School alumni, engaging with our community doesn’t stop at graduation.
Flatiron School alumni gain lifetime access to additional curricula on Learn.co, including:
Our Career Services team has helped over 1,200 students start software engineering careers. By combining a proven job-seeking framework, a team of Career Coaches who work with each student one-on-one, and an Employer Partnerships team who evangelizes for our graduates within companies, our students get the precise support they need — no matter where they’re located, or at what pace they graduate.
When it’s time to prepare for the job search, students work one-on-one with their dedicated Career Coach to build the job-search portfolio and the interview skills they’ll need to succeed. Students graduate with a sharp résumé, consistent interview counseling, and Flatiron’s Career Services team alongside them during every step of their search.
Graduates join an active network of successful data scientists and software engineers. For Flatiron School alumni, engaging with our community doesn’t stop at graduation.
Flatiron School alumni gain lifetime access to additional curricula on Learn.co, including:
“I love the available collaboration and [meeting with] cohort leads one-on-one. Oh, and the mandatory weekly assignments keep things moving along nicely. So far I’ve collaborated with two members of the cohort successfully, [where] I learn new things and solidify my understanding of a concept. It was great. I feel overwhelmed with gratitude for this opportunity. Can’t thank you enough.”
Flatiron is more than just a web developer school — students don’t just ship code; they become full-stack web developers. Students build advanced Portfolio Projects to demonstrate their technical skills and creativity (previous projects have won prestigious tech awards, become MVPs for startups, and been presented at the White House) and immerse themselves in the technical community.
Building complex applications at web-scale requires an understanding of algorithms and Computer Science fundamentals. By tackling an integrated CS curriculum, students gain an advantage in technical interviews and lay a powerful foundation to increase their technical depth throughout their careers.
GitHub is the modern source of technical résumés. Students push every line of code they write at Flatiron School to GitHub through our proprietary platform, Learn.co, giving them an extensive profile to show employers and fellow data scientists.
All Flatiron students maintain technical blogs to show they can not only write code, but also communicate how that code works – an essential skill for software engineers. (Explore our community’s blog posts in Learn Magazine.)
GitHub is the modern source of technical résumés. Students push every line of code they write at Flatiron School to GitHub through our proprietary platform, Learn.co, giving them an extensive profile to show employers and fellow data scientists.
All Flatiron students maintain technical blogs to show they can not only write code, but also communicate how that code works – an essential skill for software engineers. (Explore our community’s blog posts in Learn Magazine.)
Lucas Moore created $$$potify to shed light on Spotify’s artist payment system. Utilizing a Rails backend and Angular frontend and pulling data from the Spotify and Last.fm APIs, the app estimates artist earnings based on playcounts. Users can even log in to see their top artists’ estimated earnings.
Built with: Rails / Angular
Keegan Leitz built Cadu as an interface and interactive to-do list for personal assistants and their clients. In the past, assistants would have to build their own website and rely on unwieldy methods of communication with their multiple clients – Cadu allows them to run everything within the app.
Built with: Ruby on Rails
Writely uses code to cure writer’s block. Savannah Scott’s portfolio project provides inspiration to creative writers through an ever-refreshing list of prompts derived from randomly generated words and formats – from poems and dialogue to doctor’s notes.
Built with: Rails / Angular
Lucas Moore created $$$potify to shed light on Spotify’s artist payment system. Utilizing a Rails backend and Angular frontend and pulling data from the Spotify and Last.fm APIs, the app estimates artist earnings based on playcounts. Users can even log in to see their top artists’ estimated earnings.
Built with: Rails / Angular
Keegan Leitz built Cadu as an interface and interactive to-do list for personal assistants and their clients. In the past, assistants would have to build their own website and rely on unwieldy methods of communication with their multiple clients – Cadu allows them to run everything within the app.
Built with: Ruby on Rails
Writely uses code to cure writer’s block. Savannah Scott’s portfolio project provides inspiration to creative writers through an ever-refreshing list of prompts derived from randomly generated words and formats – from poems and dialogue to doctor’s notes.
Built with: Rails / Angular
Flatiron School students get jobs — period. In our last NYC Outcomes Report, 97% of students were hired. As a graduate of our Online Software Engineering Bootcamp, job-seek with the support of our team and you’ll get a job offer within 6 months of graduation, or we’ll refund your tuition (see eligibility terms). From weekly 1:1 career coaching sessions, to mock interviews, to employer evangelism, our seasoned Career Services team is dedicated to helping our students launch lifelong careers in code.
Students meet with a dedicated career coach every week, to ensure an effective job search via résumé review, mock interviews, and developing the right job-search collateral to tell their story.
Flatiron students change careers with confidence thanks to our money-back guarantee: you’ll receive a job offer within six months, or we’ll refund your full tuition. (See eligibility terms.)
For over 5 years, our Employer Partnerships team has been developing relationships with hiring partners across the country to help Flatiron School grads get in the door. Our dedicated Employer Partnerships team is the best in the industry — constantly evangelizing for our graduates at companies across the world.
After years of helping students get hired, we’ve developed a proven framework for leading a successful job search. Follow these steps with the support of your Coach, and you can be confident you’ll join our hundreds of Online Software Engineering Bootcamp grads who’ve been hired using the same framework.
“In my post-Flatiron job search I managed to completely avoid the soul-crushing trap of submitting résumés into the nether-world of online portals. They got me comfortable going to developer meetups, which quickly led to interviews and then offers. It wasn’t immediate, but it was swift.
Oh oh oh — and on the job I accepted, their counter-offer was more than I asked for. Can’t make that up. I’d say that probably symbolizes my entire Flatiron School experience.”
“I think the main feature is their post-graduation support. I was assigned a career coach to touch base weekly. She helped me build a résumé, a cover letter, gave me tons of advice on how to speak to recruiters and employers and provided moral support all the way through my job search. In addition to that Flatiron has a resourceful Business Development team who provide you with leads you won’t find online. I wouldn’t be able to find my job without those guys.”
“I was able to land a job just a month after graduating — delayed only by the month-long vacation I took to celebrate my graduation.
Plus, Flatiron provides you with great resources post-graduation too. Graduates get free access to all their curriculums forever, not just the one you enrolled in. I now have access to courses on algorithms, mobile development, Java, node.js, and the ever-evolving curriculum on full stack web development.”
“I went from having very little programming knowledge to being able to create a full stack website from the comfort of my home. The entire program took four months to complete, and with the help of their career services team, I was employed 1.5 months after graduation. Thanks to Flatiron School, I was able to transition into a developer and double my salary. It is the best decision that I’ve made, and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in a coding bootcamp.”
“Over the course of 15 weeks, I became close friends with all the students in my cohort and I will cherish these relationships for the rest of my life. The career services team is also extremely dedicated to student success and my coach cheered for me during the job search. I found a job as a full-time software engineer 1.5 months after graduation and I couldn’t be happier in my new role. Thank you Flatiron!”
“Attending Flatiron was an excellent decision — I wish I’d done it sooner. I was an early student in their online software developer program and was consistently impressed by the curriculum, the platform, and the teachers. I continued working full-time in my former career while completing the program. Everyone there, and especially Career Services, was great about supporting me to make that do-able.”
“In addition, the career services are unreal. I would have never gotten through the job search without my career coach. My coach was definitely a professional whose advice I completely trusted. She was extremely reliable and patient. Ultimately, it was the work with my career coach and a recruitment fair held on the Flatiron campus that led to me getting hired.”
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Dedicated to making our programs more accessible, we offer competitive financing options through Skills Fund and Climb, two industry-leading accelerated learning financing companies.
Offered to remove barriers for tech education access for women, our latest Women Take Tech collaboration with Citi will offer up to $1 million in total scholarships for Flatiron School students. Women who apply between Aug. 7 and Nov. 7 will be eligible to receive a $2,000 scholarship to Flatiron School’s in-person or online bootcamp courses.
Offered to applicants that demonstrate progress and passion in our free courses, this $1,000 grant reduces recipients’ tuition to the Online Software Engineering Bootcamp.
We don’t just admit individual students; we curate a community. Our online coding bootcamp students come from myriad backgrounds and prior career paths — ensuring that a diversity of thought and perspective enrich every student’s experience.
Application process
What we look for
Submit a written application. Tell us about yourself and why you want to join our community.
We love software engineering, and so should you! We bring together people who see coding as a craft and want to be great at it — not just as a means to an end, but as an end in itself.
Chat with an Admissions Advisor in this explicitly non-technical interview. This is an opportunity for us to get to know each other a little better. Nothing technical — just a friendly conversation.
Flatiron students are driven. While we look for students with an ability to transfer between different skill sets easily, above all, aptitude for software engineering is built from an innate curiosity about the world and how people interact with it.
After writing and submitting some code on Learn.co, students who apply for the Part-Time or Full-Time course will be asked to attend a live coding session with an instructor to assess your basic understanding of the material covered in our interview prep track. You’ll know if we are moving forward with your enrollment within four business days!
We don’t admit students; we craft a class. A lawyer, journalist, and pro-athlete will all approach solutions differently — which means a richer learning environment and the opportunity for students to engage with different kinds of problem-solving.
Submit a written application. Tell us about yourself and why you want to join our community.
Chat with an Admissions Advisor in this explicitly non-technical interview. This is an opportunity for us to get to know each other a little better. Nothing technical — just a friendly conversation.
After writing and submitting some code on Learn.co, students who apply for the Part-Time or Full-Time course will be asked to attend a live coding session with an instructor to assess your basic understanding of the material covered in our interview prep track. You’ll know if we are moving forward with your enrollment within four business days!
We love software engineering, and so should you! We bring together people who see coding as a craft and want to be great at it — not just as a means to an end, but as an end in itself.
Flatiron students are driven. While we look for students with an ability to transfer between different skill sets easily, above all, aptitude for software engineering is built from an innate curiosity about the world and how people interact with it.
We don’t admit students; we craft a class. A lawyer, journalist, and pro-athlete will all approach solutions differently — which means a richer learning environment and the opportunity for students to engage with different kinds of problem-solving.
Simply talk with our Admissions team — they’re here to help.
Full-time and part-time courses have specific starting dates, while self-paced students can start at any time.
Full-Time Cohorts average about 20 students and Part-Time cohorts about 40.
Which pacing option is right for you depends on two main considerations — how much time you can devote each week and what kind of learning environment you want. The Full-Time and Part-Time course paces provide assigned cohorts and require a minimum number of hours per week to drive program completion. Some people want that structure and accountability and are ready to commit that time. Other people with unpredictable schedules require a bit more flexibility and less structure, so they prefer the Self-Paced program. The Self-Paced option is also a good choice for students with a bit of background in code to guide themselves through the coursework.Note, all three of our course pace options offer the same industry-vetted software engineering curriculum.
In the Full-Time Program, each of the five modules takes four weeks. With one week of a scheduled break, you can expect the entire program to take five months. Students choose when to commit the 40-50 hours per week of coursework.
In Part-Time, the modules take eight weeks and there are two scheduled one week breaks making the program last ten months. Students choose when to commit the 20-25 hours per week of coursework.
In Self-Paced you’ll progress through each module at your own speed, but the entire program must be complete within fifteen months.
| Program | Hours per week | Total Study Weeks | Breaks | Total Months |
| Full-Time | 40 – 50 | 20 | 1 week | 5 |
| Part-Time | 20 – 25 | 40 | 2 weeks | 10 |
| Self-Paced | 15+ | N/A | N/A | Up to 15 |
There is 100 hours of pre-work for the Full-time and Part-Time Structured courses. This is to ensure that students are all starting from the same point and prepared to move at the pace of the class when they start.
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