AI for Staff Engineers

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This is not a vibe coding course. Learn how to build production-level software with AI tools.

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Course overview

This is not a vibe coding course. Learn from actual staff engineers.

All students get LIFETIME ACCESS to all materials and recordings!


This is an intensive 3-day accelerator. Days 1 and 2 combine live coding demos with guest speakers from leading AI companies. Day 3 is a hands-on hackathon with real-time support to work on projects at work.


FYI: This October cohort is $600, but we will price the December cohort at $1200!


Students get access to a private Discord community with instructors and AI-forward engineers.


Do you catch yourself asking any of the following questions while coding?

- How do I manage context windows effectively when building complex features?

- What's the difference between coding with AI and just using autocomplete?

- How do senior engineers actually use AI in production environments?

- How do I maintain quality with AI-generated code?

- How do I go from meeting notes to working code without losing context?


If you or your team not maximizing AI in your development workflow, this course is for you. This is a hands-on course for software engineers ready to level up. Ideal for busy folks who don't have the time to spend hours scouring the internet for information


This course will transform how you write code. Get ready for intensive live coding sessions, real feature builds, and immediate application to your work. All sessions are recorded and available to students forever.


Day 1 — Fundamentals of AI Software Engineering


We’ll set the foundation for coding with AI in production. You’ll learn how to turn raw meeting notes into working code without losing context, manage context windows, and apply the Explore → Plan → Execute workflow.


The day ends with a live coding session where we build a complete feature together.


Day 2 — Advanced Workflows & Guest Speakers


We go deep into rules, advanced features, and the Model Context Protocol (MCP).


Guest talks will be from top companies in the AI coding space. More to share soon as we finalize speakers!


We’ll close with an integration workshop to bring these tools together.


Day 3 — Hackathon & Implementation


A full day of applied learning. You’ll work on a real feature from your own backlog, with live support from instructors and peers.


The day wraps with project showcases, structured debriefs, and key takeaways you can immediately reuse at work.


By the end of this course, you'll be shipping features in hours that previously took days, with the confidence to incorporate new AI coding tools as they come out.

Who is this course for

01

Engineers, tech leads, and hands‑on managers who want examples of how to build with AI for production use cases.

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Engineers who don't have hours to spend on YouTube and X trying to figure out what works and doesn't work.

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Engineers who are skeptical about how AI can help improve development workflows.

What you’ll get out of this course

Building agent plans to organize complex code changes


Using AI to build out CLIs and scripts to help you be more productive


Seeing how some of the best AI native teams in the world use AI


Supercharging your AI, IDE, or agents with MCPs and other tools


What’s included

Live sessions

Learn directly from Vignesh Mohankumar & Jason Liu in a real-time, interactive format.

Lifetime access

Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.

Community of peers

Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.

Certificate of completion

Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.

Maven Guarantee

This course is backed by the Maven Guarantee. Students are eligible for a full refund up until the halfway point of the course.

Course syllabus

Week 1

Oct 15—Oct 17

    Day 1 — Fundamentals of AI Software Engineering

    • Oct

      15

      Introduction & Foundation

      Wed 10/154:00 PM—4:30 PM (UTC)
    • Oct

      15

      Conversation to Code

      Wed 10/154:30 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)
    • Oct

      15

      Explore, Plan, Execute

      Wed 10/155:30 PM—6:30 PM (UTC)
    • Oct

      15

      Live Coding Workshop

      Wed 10/156:45 PM—8:30 PM (UTC)
    • Oct

      15

      Wrap-up, Q&A

      Wed 10/158:30 PM—9:00 PM (UTC)

    Day 2 — Advanced Workflows & Guest Speakers

    • Oct

      16

      Kickoff & Announcements

      Thu 10/164:00 PM—4:15 PM (UTC)
    • Oct

      16

      Guest Speaker

      Thu 10/164:15 PM—4:45 PM (UTC)
    • Oct

      16

      Guest Speaker

      Thu 10/164:45 PM—5:15 PM (UTC)
    • Oct

      16

      Guest Speaker

      Thu 10/165:15 PM—5:45 PM (UTC)
    • Oct

      16

      Guest Speaker

      Thu 10/166:00 PM—6:30 PM (UTC)
    • Oct

      16

      Guest Speaker

      Thu 10/166:30 PM—7:00 PM (UTC)
    • Oct

      16

      Integration Workshop: Putting It All Together

      Thu 10/167:15 PM—7:45 PM (UTC)
    • Oct

      16

      Hands-on Setup & Troubleshooting

      Thu 10/167:45 PM—8:45 PM (UTC)
    • Oct

      16

      Group Discussion & Wrap-up

      Thu 10/168:45 PM—9:00 PM (UTC)

    Day 3 — Hackathon & Implementation

    • Oct

      17

      Hackathon Kickoff & Orientation (Eastern)

      Fri 10/171:00 PM—1:30 PM (UTC)
    • Oct

      17

      Open Hacking & Instructor Office Hours

      Fri 10/171:30 PM—4:00 PM (UTC)
    • Oct

      17

      Hackathon Kickoff & Orientation (Pacific)

      Fri 10/174:00 PM—4:30 PM (UTC)
    • Oct

      17

      Open Hacking & Instructor Office Hours

      Fri 10/174:30 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)
    • Oct

      17

      Project Showcase (Eastern)

      Fri 10/178:00 PM—8:30 PM (UTC)
    • Oct

      17

      Structured Debrief (Eastern)

      Fri 10/178:30 PM—9:00 PM (UTC)
    • Oct

      17

      Course Wrap-up (Eastern)

      Fri 10/178:45 PM—9:00 PM (UTC)
    • Oct

      17

      Open Hacking & Instructor Office Hours

      Fri 10/179:00 PM—11:00 PM (UTC)
    • Oct

      17

      Project Showcase (Pacific)

      Fri 10/1711:00 PM—11:30 PM (UTC)
    • Oct

      17

      Structured Debrief (Pacific)

      Fri 10/1711:30 PM—11:45 PM (UTC)
    • Oct

      17

      Course Wrap-up (Pacific)

      Fri 10/1711:45 PM—12:00 AM (UTC)

What people are saying

        Vignesh helped our staff engineers build a strong understanding of applied AI and showed them how to use AI tools to speed up development in meaningful ways. He played a key role in shaping our AI roadmap, helping the team get clear on both what to build and how to build it.
Paul Klicnik

Paul Klicnik

CTO at Relay
        We appreciated Vignesh’s knowledge of how to maximally leverage tools like Cursor to efficiently grok our codebase and produce production-level code that works. If you’re looking for someone to help you leverage AI tools that actually work for you instead of leading you in circles, we highly recommend him.
Kiran Cherukuri

Kiran Cherukuri

Founder at Perdiem

Meet your instructor

Vignesh Mohankumar

Vignesh Mohankumar

Vignesh is an independent consultant working on Applied AI. He works with companies to get AI shipped to production within 30 days. He also helps upskill engineering teams on AI usage.


Previously, he was a founding engineer at Drift (acquired $1.2b), an early conversational AI startup. He later led the growth engineering team as a staff engineer.

Jason Liu

Jason Liu

Jason has built search and recommendation systems for the past 6 years. He has consulted and advised a dozens startups in the last year to improve their RAG systems. He is the creator of the Instructor Python library.

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AI for Staff Engineers

October Accelerator

$600

Dates

Oct 15—17, 2025

Payment Deadline

Sep 23, 2025
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Learning is better with cohorts

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Active hands-on learning

This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects

Interactive and project-based

You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams

Learn with a cohort of peers

Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you

A pattern of wavy dots

Join an upcoming cohort

AI for Staff Engineers

October Accelerator

$600

Dates

Oct 15—17, 2025

Payment Deadline

Sep 23, 2025
Get reimbursed

$600

USD

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