Careers
Application developer
Beyond the screen there is an architecture, a database, tests and a deployment. The application developer designs software meant to last, to evolve and to carry a company's real load.
Designing before writing
The job starts with a conversation: what does the user actually do, in what order, with what data. Then comes design — data model, module split, contracts between components — and only then code. Automated tests accompany every feature, because they are what allows an application to be changed six months later without fear. Deployment follows a tooled pipeline, and the monitoring that follows belongs to the same work.
- Design a data model and an application architecture
- Write code that is tested, reviewed and documented by peers
- Tool integration and deployment so they are reproducible
- Take over an existing application and evolve it without regression
Enterprise development settings
Business software vendors
Accounting, payroll, invoicing, sales management: products installed at hundreds of clients and maintained for years.
Corporate IT departments
Internal applications, interfaces between systems, data migrations: less visible work, and much in demand.
Digital services companies
Successive projects at varied clients, demanding working methods, fast technical progression.
The programme at a glance
Everything below is on the record: these figures appear in the filed catalogue and serve as the reference for equivalence requests, employer funding or submissions to an administration. They are given before enrolment because that is when they are useful, and because a commitment is read before it is signed.
- qualification level
- 5
- months of programme
- 12
- taught hours
- 800 h
- credits
- 80
- competency blocks
- 5
Senior technician and supervisor
Led by an instructor.
1 credit = 25 h of work, 10 of them taught.
Framework of the « Application Developer » qualification, code TP16.
What you work on, in order
The sequence follows the logic of the job: fundamentals first, then what builds on them, then real situations. Each step carries its own taught hours, which lets you plan the pace week by week rather than discover the workload along the way.
| Competency block | What it covers | Taught hours |
|---|---|---|
| Application design | Modelling, layered architecture, patterns, technical debt | 200 h |
| Development and quality | Typed languages, automated testing, review, continuous integration | 220 h |
| Data and integration | Modelling, efficient queries, interfaces, message queues | 190 h |
| Deployment and operations | Containers, environments, monitoring, fixing in production | 140 h |
| Professional conduct | Estimation, teamwork, working with the business | 50 h |
Towards enterprise application development
Every row in this table comes from the official catalogue: title, duration, credits, taught hours and yearly or one-off fees. Nothing is rounded and nothing is hand-entered. This is the table you take to an employer to request funding, or to an adviser to weigh your options.
| Programme | Duration | Credits | Taught hours | Fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science programme — Bac+3 level · Bachelor's degree | 3 years | 180 | 1800 h | 5 400 000 GNF per year |
| Web and Mobile Development · Bachelor's degree | 2 years | 120 | 1200 h | 5 200 000 GNF per year |
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