This is how you become a
Senior in record time
Developer
For developers with initial professional experience, without endless tutorials and years of dependence on others.
Find out how in the video:
20+ Years
International Development Experience
Top 3%
of the world's best developers – rated by Toptal
3000+ Hours
Experience mentoring junior developers
Do you feel like you're just not progressing?
Poor Pay
Your salary isn't improving the way you imagined?
No Career Advancement
You're gaining more and more experience, but are still being treated the same?
No Support
You need support, but aren't getting any at your job?
Unfair Competition
You have to compete with cheaper developers from abroad?
Exploitation
You're not getting a bigger piece of the pie your boss earns with you?
Not an Expert
You simply don't know how to be counted among the world's best developers?
It's absolutely possible that you become a top developer in record time with concentrated knowledge of timeless dev skills.
Who am I to make such a claim?
International Software Developer for over 20 Years
Clemens Helm Start-up Founder and CEO
- Top 3% of the world's best software developers, awarded by international freelancer agency Toptal
- Software contracts from successful IT companies in Silicon Valley and around the world
- Speaker at Europe's largest developer conferences
- 4 years CTO at med-tech company Medbee
- Over 100 software projects for top startups like Bitmovin, PSPDFKit and Podigee
- Collaboration with more than 300 international software developers
What will your career look like after working with us?
Confident as a Senior
You effortlessly apply all the skills of an experienced senior developer because they've become second nature to you.
Higher Salary Faster
You tackle more complex challenges and earn significantly more as a result.
And that's after just a few months.
A Secure Feeling
You feel confident with all challenges, because you have the tools to handle them.
Diverse Job Offers
Thanks to your in-demand skills, you can choose from a wealth of attractive jobs.
Fulfilling Professional Life
You're entrusted with interesting and higher-value tasks and gain more and more trust.
Recognition as a Top Developer
In your work and your environment, you're respected for your expertise and asked for professional advice.
Top Dev Network
You share your goal with talented developers who accompany you on your journey.
Projects, job offers, and friendships emerge.
Our recipe for results that will amaze you:
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Plan Your Development
- Together we analyze what you already know and what you're still missing to become a senior developer.
- You receive feedback from experienced seniors and an individual plan for your path to senior.
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Build Valuable Knowledge
- Expand your knowledge daily, which will serve you throughout your entire career.
- You playfully train what you've learned so it burns into your long-term memory.
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Practice Professional Skills
- Apply your knowledge immediately on the job.
- Start a project with other juniors. In doing so, you apply all theoretical knowledge in practice and deepen it.
- A top mentor is personally at your side.
If you're tired of ...
- ... other developers snatching your dream job.
- ... every artificial intelligence writing better code than you.
- ... constantly investing in online courses that don't help you in practice.
If you want your efforts to finally bear fruit 🍒,
then we'll support you 💪🏼!
Many have already become seniors in record time:
From Junior to a Job at Amazon in New York
Thanks to Clemens' great support, I landed a job at Amazon Web Services! This is how I realized my dream: I live in New York and work as a Cloud Application Architect.
As a junior developer, I was fortunate to be mentored by Clemens for several months. He taught me effective work methods and fascinated me with his deep technical knowledge and his passion for software development. Clemens has a special sense for what juniors need to transform them into first-class developers in no time.
Without Clemens, I wouldn't be CTO today.
I was very fortunate to have Clemens as a mentor during my first steps in web development. Thanks to his valuable support, I'm now a successful development professional and CTO at a startup.
Clemens genuinely cares about his mentees and masterfully helped me tackle technical challenges independently. I can warmly recommend Clemens as an outstanding mentor in software development!
From Career Changer to Engineering Manager
As a career changer, I came to Clemens as an inexperienced developer, especially in the theoretical foundations of software development. With well-thought-out tasks that gradually became more complex, I learned an enormous amount in a short time.
Clemens can explain complex things without making them scary. In no time, I could implement important projects independently. I developed demanding features for an accounting platform in both frontend and backend.
In just a few months, thanks to Clemens' support, I transformed from a career changer to a professional developer. Today I'm an Engineering Manager and would work with Clemens again without hesitation. ❤️
3 reasons why you should schedule a meeting with us
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Your Custom Development Plan
We examine your development skills and create a tailor-made, precise roadmap for how you'll become a senior. You'll be amazed at how well you get to know yourself!
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Exactly What You Need
With the experience of dozens of top developers and tech leaders who also serve as your mentors, you acquire new, specially selected knowledge and skills that will outshine most developers.
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Ready for the Future
What you learn with us, you'll never forget! Our program is designed so that you engrave everything learned deep in your brain in a playful way.
If that sounds good,
secure your call now!
Number of participants limited to 5 for the start date February 2026.
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Step 1
Choose a time for your initial consultation below.
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Step 2
In this conversation, we'll examine your developer career so far and work out what your shortest path to senior looks like.
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Step 3
We'll give you quick tips you can implement right away. Whether or not you want to work with us. Finally, we'll assess whether you're suitable for our program.
What juniors often ask us:
Seniority is not measured in years, but in experience. Experience is accumulated through diverse impressions, situations, and professional knowledge. DevCraft Academy offers individualized training programs designed to accelerate experience acquisition by identifying knowledge gaps and providing practical skills in missing areas.
More details on this topic can be found in our blog post.
No problem – there is no time limit. You can complete the program at your own pace and receive your certificate whenever you finish.
Life sometimes gets in the way – vacation, illness, work commitments. That's perfectly fine. You can take breaks and continue when it suits you. Your progress is preserved.
Starting from 3 participants, DevCraft Academy offers the opportunity to go through the program as a team. While all participants receive individual training programs tailored to their strengths and weaknesses, they can complete all team projects together.
Special conditions are offered for teams of 3 or more participants. Further details can be obtained via the contact page.
DevCraft Academy is structured for working professionals. Participants spend approximately one to two hours daily acquiring new skills and knowledge tailored to their background and objectives for maximum efficiency.
Through consistent daily training, developers observe tangible workplace progress within days, immediately applying newly acquired capabilities in their professional roles.
The academy offers its program in German and English. The mentor team speaks German, English, and Spanish at native-speaker level.
Generally, at least 6 months of work experience is required. However, exceptions have been made in the past for candidates who could demonstrate sufficient web development experience through training, internships, or personal hobby projects.
Interested individuals with less formal work experience can arrange a personal conversation with the team to discuss their individual qualifications and determine together whether participation in the program is possible.
DevCraft Academy can be completed entirely online. All that is required is a computer and internet connection. Participants receive access to a custom-built training platform with a personalized training program that can be worked on daily according to their own schedule.
The mentoring video calls also take place online. Mentors are available at any time via the Slack community. For corporate clients, an optional in-person kick-off is offered to meet the team and start together.
DevCraft Academy does not teach specific programming languages or frameworks, but rather focuses on fundamental web developer skills. The course covers topics such as software architecture, code quality, and deep understanding of web technologies and applications.
The practical programming exercises use the core languages of the web: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript – regardless of whether participants already know PHP, Java, or Python. This approach enables transferring the learned concepts to various programming languages.
DevCraft Academy is aimed at web developers who want to deepen their knowledge of professional web application development. The program provides comprehensive knowledge from all areas of web development – frontend, backend, databases, DevOps and security.
Participants receive a customized program that takes their existing skills into account and focuses on topics not yet mastered. While individual focus areas are possible, it is recommended to acquire broad knowledge across all aspects of web development.
DevCraft Academy provides a structured 6-month training program with daily instruction, covering new topics, challenging exercises, team projects, and mentoring from experienced developers.
6 months is the recommended duration with consistent daily training. In reality, most participants take longer – and that's perfectly fine. There is no time limit. You can take breaks and learn at your own pace.
Upon completing the DevCraft Academy program, participants receive a certificate confirming successful completion of the senior-level training.
Key points:
- The certificate is awarded upon full program completion
- There is no time limit – you can learn at your own pace
- Continued access to the training platform is provided after certification to reinforce acquired knowledge
- The academy emphasizes that learning should continue beyond certificate receipt
The program focuses on sustained professional development rather than treating certification as a final endpoint.
Secure your free call!
Together we'll address your questions and design your individual path to senior.
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