Spring 2026 AI Engineering Boot Camp

Master AI Agents, OpenClaw, MCP and building end-to-end AI applications in 5 weeks

Zach Wilson
Carly Taylor
Delia Lazarescu

Taught by Zach Wilson & Carly Taylor

Founder at DataExpert.io & Founder, Rebel Data Science

Spring 2026 AI Engineering Boot Camp program overview

What you'll learn

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5 industry leading guest speaker sessions
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OpenClaw setup and class by Carly Taylor
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Dev Tools setup by Kevin Naughton
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A capstone project that will get you noticed

Learn directly from the experts

Zach Wilson

Zach Wilson

Founder at DataExpert.io

I have led teams of data engineers and software engineers at Airbnb, Facebook, and Netflix. My next goal is to upskill as many data knowledge workers as I can!

Carly Taylor

Carly Taylor

Founder, Rebel Data Science

Delia Lazarescu

Delia Lazarescu

AI/ML Technical Growth Lead at Lazer Technologies, Google, Tech Unicorn

Kevin Naughton

Kevin Naughton

Software Engineer & Content Creator

Course syllabus

218 lessons • 145+ hours of content • 20 assignments

Kickoff
1
AI Engineering Bootcamp Kick off
2
Claude Code Onboarding
3
Langchain Starter Repo Setup
Week 1: Building functional AI agents using LangChain
1
Building functional AI agents using LangChain Day1 Lecture
2
Building functional AI agents using LangChain Day1 Lab
3
Building functional AI agents using LangChain Day2 Lecture
4
Building functional AI agents using LangChain Day2 Lab
Week 2: Optimize your dev workflow with Claude Code and Codex
1
Optimize your dev workflow with Claude Code and Codex Day1 Lecture
2
Optimize your dev workflow with Claude Code and Codex Day1 Lab
3
Optimize your dev workflow with Claude Code and Codex Day2 Lecture
4
Optimize your dev workflow with Claude Code and Codex Day2 Lab
Week 3: OpenClaw and Automating business processes
1
OpenClaw and Automating business processes Day1 Lecture
2
OpenClaw and Automating business processes Day1 Lab
3
OpenClaw and Automating business processes Day2 Lecture
4
OpenClaw and Automating business processes Day2 Lab
Week 4: OpenClaw Safeguards & Measuring business value for AI Agents
1
OpenClaw Safeguards & Measuring business value for AI Agents Day1 Lecture
2
OpenClaw Safeguards & Measuring business value for AI Agents Day1 Lab
3
OpenClaw Safeguards & Measuring business value for AI Agents Day2 Lecture
4
OpenClaw Safeguards & Measuring business value for AI Agents Day2 Lab
Week 5: End-to-End AI Applications
1
End-to-End AI Applications Day1 Lecture
2
End-to-End AI Applications Day1 Lab
3
End-to-End AI Applications Day2 Lecture
4
End-to-End AI Applications Day2 Lab
Capstone
1
Lesson 1
Tech Talks
1
Tech Talk - Li
2
Tech Talk - Brian
3
Tech Talk - Sai
4
Tech Talk - Vaishali
5
Tech Talk - Shwetha
Q&A with Zach
1
Q&A with Zach 1
2
Q&A with Zach 2
3
Q&A with Zach 3
4
Q&A with Zach 4
5
Q&A with Zach 5
TA Office hours
1
TA Office hours 1
2
TA Office hours 2
3
TA Office hours 3
4
TA Office hours 4
5
TA Office hours 5
6
TA Office hours 6
7
TA Office hours 7
8
TA Office hours 8
Book Club
1
Book Club 1
2
Book Club 2
3
Book Club 3
4
Book Club 4
5
Book Club 5

Also included

FullStackExpert logo
IncludedFullStackExpert
34 lessons

Fullstack Bootcamp Orientation

1Full Stack Bootcamp Orientation

Boot camp Kickoff

1Lesson 1

Web Dev Fundamentals

1Introduction to IDEs
2Structure of a Program
3Intro to HTML & CSS
4HTML & CSS LAB
5Intro to Javascript
6Advanced JavaScript Concepts
7Javascript lab part 2

Intermediate Frontend Development

1Introduction to ReactJS
2Advanced ReactJS and Tailwind

Fundamentals of Backend Development

1Introduction to databases and relational SQL
2Data Modeling and intro to backend

Intermediate Backend Development

1Intro to NodeJS & Express and event driven programming
2Connecting the database to the service

Advanced Backend Development

1Authentication and Advanced techniques
2Lab 1
3Event driven microservices
4Monitoring, scaling, experimenting
5week-5-Lab 2

Advanced Frontend Development

1Nextjs Introduction
2Week 6 lab part 1
3Advanced NextJS Features
4Week 6 lab part 2
5Docker Vercel and Optimization

Office Hours

1Unit Testing
2Integration Testing
3E2E Testing

Q&A with Dan

1Intro to CI/CD
2Intro to System Design
3Introduction to Containers
4Intro to Infrastructure as Code

Soft Skills

1Joining a new team
2Communicating Ideas and Getting Alignment
IncludedAI Engineering Boot Camp Starting on July 7th, 2025
Master all the most important technical AI engineering concepts like RAG, Graph RAG, prompt engineering and more! 47 lessons

Prompt Engineering

1Day 1 Lecture: Prompt Engineering Theory
2Day 1 Lab: Auto Prompt Optimization with dspy
3Day 2 Lecture: Optimizing Dev Workflows with Cursor and Windsurf
4Day 2 Lab: Vibe Coding Full Stack application in 45 minutes
5Supplemental Session on Auto-prompt Optimization

Understanding RAG

1Day 1 Lecture: RAG Fundamentals and types of RAG
2Day 1 Lab: Vectorizing Inputs into Milvus
3Day 2 Lecture: RAG Tradeoffs
4Day 2 Lab: Integrating RAG into your full stack app

Advanced RAG and Agentic AI

1Day 1 Lecture: Graph RAG vs Vector RAG
2Day 1 Lab: Building Graph RAG in production
3Day 2 Lecture: Types of Agents (reflection, plan-and-execute, rewoo)
4Day 2 Lab: Enhancing RAG with Agentic AI

MLOps

1Day 1 Lecture: Trusting your workflows (evaluation metrics and guardrails)
2Day 1 Lab: Setting up CI/CD for an AI application
3Day 2 Lecture: Understanding LLM Reasoning traceability
4Day 2 Lab: Tracing LLM reasoning with LangChain + LangSmith
5Supplemental lab session on GuardrailsAI

Building end-to-end AI Application

1Day 1 Lecture: Leveraging MCP and tools to integrate effectively
2Day 1 Lab: Using MCP to build more powerful agents
3Day 2 Lecture: How to link your AI agent to value
4Day 2 Lab: Building an asynchronous vs synchronous agent

Tech Talks July 2025

1Tech Talk - Li
2Tech Talk - Conor
3Tech Talk - Vikram
4Tech Talk - Ryan
5Tech Talk - Chip

Q&A with Zach July 2025

1Q&A with Zach Week 1
2Q&A with Zach Week 2
3Q&A with Zach Week 3
4Q&A with Zach Week 4
5Q&A with Zach Week 5

TA Office hours

1TA Office Hour 1
2TA Office Hour 2
3TA Office Hour 3
4TA Office Hour 4
5TA Office Hour 5
6TA Office Hour 6
7TA Office Hour 7
8TA Office Hour 8

Career Dev Sessions

1Career Dev Session 2
2Test Lesson
3Career Dev Session 4

Book Club

1Book Club 1
2Book Club 2
3Book Club 3
4Book Club 4
LinkedInExpert logo
IncludedLinkedInExpert
Find your niche, build your brand, and become a LinkedIn creator who makes money!23 lessons

Career Development

1LinkedIn like a pro
2Test Lesson
3LinkedIn Like Pro!
4Career Dev Session 4 (2025-08-07)
5Career Development - LinkedIn Optimization
6Career Dev Session 1 - Win with soft skills!
7Build a Resume
8Career Dev Session 2 - LinkedIn like a Pro!
9LinkedIn like a Pro
10Win with Soft Skills
11Career Dev Session 3
12Career Dev Session 4 (2025-10-09)
13Career Dev Session 5
14Career Development - Resume Review
15Career Development - Interview Help
16Career Development - Data Modeling Interview
17Career Development - Strategic Networking

Making Content on LinkedIn

1Monetizing Part 2: Sponsorship by Carly Taylor
2Build community, not content by Zach Wilson
3Monetizing Part 3: Products & Funnels by Zach Wilson
4Monetizing Part 1: Brands & Coaching by Stephanie Nuesi
5Your story matters and how to tell it by Stephanie Nuesi
6How to write non-boring content by Carly Taylor
IncludedAI Engineering Boot Camp starting October 20th, 2025
Master all the most important technical AI engineering concepts like RAG, Graph RAG, prompt engineering and more! 50 lessons

Week 0: Application Setup

1AI Application Setup

Week 1: Prompt Engineering + Basic RAG

1Prompt Engineering Day 1 Lecture
2Prompt Engineering Day1 Lab
3Prompt Engineering + Basic RAG Day 2 Lecture
4Prompt Engineering + Basic RAG Day 2 Lab

Week 2: RAG optimizations + Reranking

1RAG optimisation + Reranking Day 1 Lecture
2RAG optimisation + Reranking Day 1 Lab
3RAG optimisation + Reranking Day 2 Lecture
4RAG optimisation + Reranking Day 2 Lab

Week 3: MCP and Agentic AI

1MCP and Agentic AI Day 1 Lecture
2MCP and Agentic AI Day 1 Lab
3MCP and Agentic AI Day 2 Lecture
4MCP and Agentic AI Day 2 Lab

Week 4: MLOPs and Guardrails

1MLOPs and Guardrails Day 1 Lecture
2MLOPs and Guardrails Day 1 Lab
3MLOPs and Guardrails Day 2 Lecture
4MLOPs and Guardrails Day 2 Lab

Week 5: End-to-End AI Applications

1End-to-End AI Applications Day 1 Lecture
2End-to-End AI Applications Day 1 Lab
3End-to-End AI Applications Day 2 Lecture
4End-to-End AI Applications Day 2 Lab

Tech Talks

1Tech Talk with Xinran Waibel
2Tech Talk - 2
3Tech Talk with Ryan
4Tech Talk with Carly
5Tech Talk with Li

Q&A with Zach

1Q&A with Zach Week 1
2Q&A with Zach Week 2
3Q&A with Zach Week 3
4Q&A with Zach Week 4
5Q&A with Zach Week 5

TA Office hours

1TA Office Hour
2TA Office Hour 1
3TA Office Hour 2
4TA Office Hour 3
5TA Office Hour 4
6TA Office Hour 5
7TA Office Hour 6
8TA Office Hour 7
9TA Office Hour 8

Career Dev Sessions

1Career Dev Session 1 - Win with soft skills!
2Career Dev Session 2 - LinkedIn like a Pro!
3Career Dev Session 3
4Career Dev Session 4
5Career Dev Session 5

Book Club

1Book Club 1
2Book Club 2
3Book Club 3
4Book Club 4
5Book Club 5
IncludedData Engineer Interview Skills
The first live boot camp offered by Zach Wilson in Spring 2023.17 lessons

Interview Skills

1SQL
2Data Structures and Algorithms Interview
3Data Modeling Interview
4Behavioral Interview
5Product Sense Interview
6The SQL Interview
7The Data Modeling Interview
8The Data Architecture Interview
9The Data Structures and Algorithms Interview
10The Behavioral Interview
11Live SQL Training January 25th, Window Functions and Common Table Expressions
12Live SQL Training January 15th
13Scala Dataset vs Dataframe API [Dec 15, 2023]

AI and LLM

1LLM-Driven Data Engineering Day 1 Lab
2LLM-Driven Data Engineering Day 1 Lecture
3LLM-Driven Data Engineering Day 2 Lab
4LLM-Driven Data Engineering Day 2 Lecture

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Before you join

Prerequisites

Basic Python knowledge

Platform Access Included

DiscordDiscord
GitHubGitHub
AWSAWS
OpenAIOpenAI
anthropic

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