AI Sales Engineer Bootcamp
Run technical discovery, build the proof of concept, close the technical win.
AI Sales Engineer Bootcamp is a 12-week live online bootcamp, taught on Zoom by one instructor at about 15 hours a week, with 6 deployed projects and a one-to-one every week. The founding price is A$200, down from A$400. Live sessions run on weekday evenings from 5:30 PM Sri Lanka and India time, with full-day sessions at weekends.
- Week 1Discovery Question BankA bank of discovery questions mapped to the technical risks each one uncovers
- Weeks 1–2DiscoveryA discovery record and PoC scope for a fictional buyer, published
- Week 3Demo ScriptA written demo script with a sample dataset that runs the same way every time
- Weeks 3–4The demoA reproducible demo environment, deployed, with a recorded demo
- Weeks 5–6The proof of conceptA PoC on the buyer's data with an integration, deployed
- Week 7Architecture DiagramAn architecture diagram of the PoC showing data flow, security and integration points
- Weeks 7–8The technical winA written architecture proposal and a recorded technical review
- Week 9Objection LibraryA library of technical objections with tested answers and links to proof
- Weeks 9–10ScaleThe capstone: a sales-engineering toolkit and playbook, deployed
- Weeks 11–12Employer brief and hiring sprintThe employer brief shipped, and demo day
- weeks, live on Zoom
- 12
- hours a week
- 15
- projects to build
- 10
- minutes 1-1, every week
- 30
Who it is for, and what you receive.
People who sell technical products, or engineers who want to, who need to run technical discovery, build the proof of concept and close the technical win.
Either you sell technical products or you build them and want to.
- Live on Zoom
- 4h
- Set reading and exercises
- 6h
- The project
- 5h
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Six deployed projects
Each graded by Nova against a published rubric and signed off by the instructor at the gate.
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The twelve-week plan
Every week has its theme, its topics and what you build, published before you apply and taught live by your instructor.
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Live on Zoom every week
A 90-minute live code review, a 60-minute squad lab, 60 minutes of office hours, and a 30-minute 1-1 with your instructor.
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Your hiring plan
Opened in week 1 and reviewed in every 1-1: target roles, the gap map, the proof list, weekly actions, an interview log, the outcome.
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The record
Every grade and every project with its repository at square1ai.com/u/{handle}, and the recording of your viva, verifiable by any employer.
- 6
The certificate
A credential ID that resolves at square1ai.com/verify to the real completion.
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The hiring sprint
Weeks 11 and 12: CV and portfolio from graded work, applications, mock interviews scored against the role, demo day.
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Nova for twelve weeks
A tutor with every submission of yours in its memory, at 2am as well as in class.
Twelve weeks in six parts.
Each part teaches for a week, then you build and deploy a project, then a gate checks it before the next part opens. The project and its gate are the part's entry on your record.
Live time each week on Zoom: a 90-minute class where the instructor reviews real submissions, a 60-minute squad lab, 60 minutes of office hours, and your own 30-minute 1-1. Nothing is lectured live; the recorded lessons do that.
- Key skillsTechnical discovery that finds the real problemMapping a buyer's stackScoping a proof of conceptWeek 1
Discovery
- Technical discovery that finds the real problem
- Mapping a buyer's stack
- Scoping a proof of concept
You build: A discovery record
Week 2Project 1: the scope
- Success criteria the buyer agreed to
- Risk
You build: A discovery record and PoC scope for a fictional buyer
Project 1 · the gate at week 2The scope
A discovery record and PoC scope for a fictional buyer, published
You hand in- Discovery record
- Stack map
- PoC scope with success criteria
The gateThe scope names success criteria the buyer agreed to.
What you can do by week 12.
Six deployed demos, proofs of concept and toolkits, and a recorded technical win, which is what a sales-engineering hiring manager asks to see.
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Run technical discovery that finds the real problem and scope a proof of concept with agreed success criteria.
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Build reproducible demo environments as code and give demos that prove rather than tour.
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Build a proof of concept on the buyer's data with an integration, and answer security questionnaires.
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Run architecture reviews, handle objections and competitors, and hold pricing conversations.
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Build a sales-engineering toolkit and playbook and feed product.
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Defend a technical win end to end, on camera.
No placement rate is shown, because there are no graduates to count yet. The roles above are what the projects are built for.
Your record at week 12.
Every exercise and project is graded by Nova against a rubric you can read, and every grade is kept on one page an employer can open and run. This is what the programme writes to it.
- Graded, line by line
- Nova reads every submission against the brief and the rubric and returns a score, what you did well and what to fix.
- Six gates
- A block does not open until the previous project passes its gate. You always know where you are and what is next.
- A weekly 1-1
- Thirty minutes with your instructor, who has already read your code before the call.
- One page an employer can run
- Every grade, project and the viva recording at /verify. An employer opens it, runs the code and watches you defend it.
- Week 2Graded, gate signed
The scope
The scope names success criteria the buyer agreed to
- Week 4Graded, gate signed
The demo
The demo is rebuilt from scratch in under an hour
- Week 6Graded, gate signed
The PoC
The PoC meets the agreed criteria
- Week 8Graded, gate signed
The review
The review answers every objection with evidence
The entries, not the grades: those are yours to earn. The page lives at /verify and an employer needs no account to open it.
8 entries, twelve weeks. Reserving a spot holds the founding price.
Reserve a seatHow we help you find a job.
The last block is not curriculum. It is the hiring sprint, and the proof you built in the ten weeks before it.
The whole plan on a few pages: the parts, the projects, the gates and the price. We email it to you.
Get the booklet- 1
Your hiring plan, from week 1
Six parts you and your instructor keep: target roles, the gap map from real postings, the proof to send, weekly actions, an interview log, the outcome. Read before every 1-1.
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The hiring sprint
Weeks 11 and 12: CV, portfolio, applications, mock interviews, and demo day in front of hiring partners.
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A record an employer can run
Your deployed projects and the recorded viva on /verify. An employer opens it, runs the code and watches you defend it.
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The career agent
Paste a real job posting at /career and it maps the role to your graded work and what to do next.
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The roles directory
Every role we prepare people for, what it pays and what it asks, at /roles.
Questions people ask.
About AI Sales Engineer Bootcamp, answered from the plan on this page.
- GTM Engineer Bootcamp · 12-week live bootcamp
One cohort, one instructor. Hold your spot.
A cohort of 25, one instructor, 12 weeks, six things you ship. Spot holders hear the start date first, and nothing is charged before you confirm.
- Six deployed demos, PoCs and toolkits
- A recorded viva
- Your record on /verify
About a minute. No account, no card, and nothing is charged until you confirm.