Le Wagon

Le Wagon

Careers at Le Wagon

Overview

Le Wagon is a coding bootcamp that teaches students to develop web applications from scratch. Their curriculum and teachers give students all the skills and tools needed to kick-start their tech career, land a job as software developers, product managers, or launch their own startup.

They've been ranked #1 coding bootcamp worldwide for three years in a row. Launched in Paris only 5 years ago by ex-Google and ex-HSBC Engineer who wanted to make coding accessible and relevant for everyone, Le Wagon is now running in 32 cities worldwide and has more than 4,200 alumni.

In addition to their intensive 9-week bootcamp, Le Wagon has also just launched their first part-time bootcamp in London, enabling students to retain their job while learning. The first cohort kicks off April 6th for 24 weeks! Apply here.


Learn web-development

Learn all about Ruby, SQL, and the Rails application framework. Develop your front-end skills by using advanced CSS patterns (flexbox, CSS grid) and go deeper into Javascript and ES6, the latest version of Javascript. More details.

Think like a Software engineer

A person who has the big picture on technical issues, who understands what MVC means, knows how to design a database schema or to dissect an HTTP request, and who can start learning a new programming language very quickly.

Adopt a technical workflow

There's definitely a good way of building tech products and that's what we will teach you. Write your MVP's user stories, draw your database scheme, build a mockup with Sketch, collaborate using pull-requests and code-reviews on Github. That's how successful startups work.

Get the startup toolkit

Heroku, Stripe, MailChimp, Cloudinary, Algolia... We will teach you how to implement all these services to be more efficient at the launch of your new product. Save time, use the right tool for your specific need, that's our developer mindset.

Build your product

No one will teach you how to build web products as we do. Kudoz has just raised 1.2M, Impact is disrupting politics, MaShareEcole school, MedPics healthcare, Krawd marketing... and there are so many other projects in the starting blocks. Check it out for yourself.

Land a new job

Working as a junior developer for Stripe, Algolia, Molotov, Save, Compass, 55, Save, etc.. We will help you find your dream job, either as a junior dev, product manager or growth hacker. Discuss with any of our alumni to find out more!

Stats we are proud of

  • 1

    Improving gender diversity (especially more women in tech)

  • 2

    Empower people to change their lives and have freedom

  • 3

    Family & community - a global network of 4,200+ alumni

  • 4

    Help to get hired & give co-working space pre-new-job

Behind the scenes

Team makeup

  • 30
    Employees
  • 17
    % Female

Benefits

  • Flexible Working

    Whether your child's ill, you're waiting for a package, or you have some deep-focussed work to do, we all work from home (or café) from time to time. Especially with weekly evening talks & workshops, employees can lie in or come when they are teaching. We encourage everyone to work from home when you need to.

  • Regular Salary reviews

    In line with a salary framework, to ensure equal pay for equal work and that we recognise and reward when your responsibilities increase.

  • Holiday

    25 days’ holiday a year (inc UK public holidays), we encourage them to take it all, and we don't check if people haven't gone over, it's a marathon, not a sprint and we trust our employees enough to take time off when they need in order to do great work!

  • Team Retreats

    Annual team retreats. A time to get to know each other away from the office.

  • Maternity, paternity and adoption leave

    Well-paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave, which you're eligible for if you join more than 13 weeks before your expected date of childbirth or adoption.

  • Pensions

    Pensions, with a 4% employer contribution.

  • Socials

    Team socials 2-3/week! Anything from escape rooms, dinners, table tennis tournaments, cocktail nights, beer pong evenings or just friday nights in the office :).

  • Equipment

    We provide laptops and work phone if you need them. Let us know which tools you need and we’ll do our best to get them for you.

  • Learning and training

    We'll contribute towards books, training courses and conferences that help you learn and grow in your role here.

  • Travel

    Opportunities to work in any of the offices worldwide

  • Bonus's

    Discretionary bonuses annually for hard work

  • Quarterly Retreats & Meetups

    In addition to our annual retreat, we have 'engineering week', 'marketing week' and 'driver week' in paris or other LW cities so teams can work together after each student cohort.