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AI Engineer Bootcamp

An intensive, mentor-led program that takes you from Python foundations to deploying production-grade LLM applications. Real code, real systems, real portfolio — crafted by engineers who ship AI to millions of users.

Starts July 27

14-week live cohort
with recorded catch-up

Only 20 seats

Limited cohort for
personalized mentoring

32+ years

Helping students launch
successful IT careers

ai_engineer.py
1# Week 04 — Build a retrieval-augmented assistant2from openai import OpenAI3from langchain.vectorstores import FAISS45class SupportAgent:6 def __init__(self, kb_path: str):7 self.llm = OpenAI().chat8 self.index = FAISS.load(kb_path)910 def answer(self, query: str) -> str:11 ctx = self.index.similarity_search(query, k=4)12 prompt = f\"\"\"Use the context to answer.13Context: {ctx}14Question: {query}\"\"\"15 return self.llm(prompt).text1617agent = SupportAgent("kb/")18print(agent.answer("How do I deploy?"))
Starts
27 July

Starts July 27

The classes are twice a week — Monday and Thursday, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM PST.

Instructor — Slava Skryabin · AI Engineer Bootcamp
Meet your instructor
Portrait of Slava Skryabin, VP of Engineering and AI Engineer Bootcamp instructor
15+ Years
teaching
Program creator AI Engineer Bootcamp
VP of Engineering · Automation Architect

Slava Skryabin

VP of Engineering at one of the largest international IT companies, Slava is a seasoned automation architect with a US patent in automation architecture solutions. He has designed and built advanced test automation frameworks from scratch using Java, Python, Ruby, Scala, and JavaScript — covering UI, mobile, web services, databases, and even security vulnerability scanning.

In recent years, Slava has also been actively involved in AI engineering, applying machine learning and AI-powered solutions to enhance development, test automation, anomaly detection, and intelligent data analysis.

A proud graduate of Portnov Computer School, Slava returned as an instructor and has been teaching various courses at the school for over 15 years. He is the creator of several popular programs and is especially well-known among students for the Silver Bootcamp with Java — one of the school's most in-demand courses.

VP of Engineering

Leading engineering at a top international IT company

US Patent Holder

Automation architecture solutions

AI Engineer

ML & AI-powered automation, anomaly detection

15+ Years Teaching

Creator of the Silver Bootcamp with Java

Languages & technologies

Java Python Ruby Scala JavaScript Machine Learning Test Automation UI / Mobile / API