Backend

Challenge

Registration is open until 13 April

2025

Ukraine

What is Backend Challenge?

Backend Challenge is a unique

opportunity for professional development.

Unlike traditional courses, it offers

practical assignments, expert evaluation

and feedback, which helps participants

improve their skills and competitiveness.

You

will get

Works analysis and feedback

Objective assessment of work, analysis and feedback to everyone.

A prize fund

The best participants in the Hard category will receive a cash prize.

Discount on education at SET University

In both categories, 100% for the first place, 50% for the second, and 30% for the third. 10% for all participants.

Masterclass «How to increase your chances of winning»

Study sample tasks, learn about the competition mechanics, and get advice for successful preparation.

Your rank in the rating

Place among the other participants, which can become an additional motivation for further development.

Participant diploma

The official confirmation of your achievements will be a valuable addition to your CV.

Recognition and promotion

Coverage of the winners on one of the largest tech media and social networks of the organiser.

Judges

Volodymyr Sveredyuk

CTO @ DEV Challenge

Volodya is the Winner of the DEV Challenge. Now he is also CTO and Lead Backend Judge. Volodya is Head of Product Engineering Managed Services Provider in SPsoft.

Iana Mykhailenko

Director of Engineering @ Turnitin

Judge and mentor of international competitions and hackathons, and moderator of the “How to Become a Great CTO” meetup series. She works as Director Of Engineering at Turnitin – the most famous anti-plagiarism program in the world.

Alex Kovalchuk

CTO @ Cargofy

Technology enthusiast who worked at the Space Research Institute, where he was involved in developing cutting-edge technology for space exploration. He also runs a YouTube "Алекс про IT" channel where he shares his experiences, tips, and tricks on technology and exploration.

Ruslan Shevchenko

System Architect @ ZAKA

Ph.D. in Computer Science, founder of the UA Scala user group, and co-author of "Methods of Algebraic Programming". He has a background in founding NBI internet provider and GradSoft software company. Currently, he works as a software architect and researcher and actively contributes as a columnist to the Ukrainian developer community.

Anton Berezhnyi

Software Engineer @ GoCreator Group

Software Engineer with 13+ years of experience, winner of DEV Challenge 19 and 20 seasons, specialising in high-load systems, ML and architecture. He is certified in Highload Software Architecture and Algorithms.

Dmytro Kosmakov

Software development @ Amazon UK

Tech leader with over 12 years of expertise in large-scale backend systems. Currently, optimizing Amazon's transportation network to run in the most efficient and sustainable way. Mentor and judge in various software development competitions.

Choose your category:

25% of contributions form a prize fund – the best participants will be rewarded for their achievements

Discount is valid until 11.04

Hard

€109

€150

Challenging tasks for experienced developers

Lite

€75

€90

For junior developers who want to grow rapidly

Timeline

Registration + Qualification
March 27 — April 13
Challenge
April 14—19
Evaluation of works
April 20—24
Online review of works and announcement of winners
April 26
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