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OLX Boost Your Skills Scholarship Program

OLX and Udacity are awarding learners with scholarships in 2022. Learn valuable skills to open new career opportunities in the lucrative fields of site reliability or front end engineering.

About this program

If you reside in Spain or any of the Indian cities of Gurgaon, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, or Chennai and have a valid work authorisation with a minimum of a bachelor's degree, then this scholarship is for you.


The OLX Boost Your Skills Scholarship Program aims to help eager learners—especially women—looking to advance their skills in either site reliability or front end engineering. Prepare for a potential career at one of the world’s leading tech companies, as graduates will be eligible for opportunities to interview for roles at OLX.


Learn more about OLX here.

Today’s challenge

Site reliability and front end engineering are two of the fastest-growing fields in tech, and the demand for these skill sets will only continue to grow in the coming years.


The field of site reliability engineering incorporates aspects of software engineering and applies them to problems of infrastructure and operations. Individuals with these skills design systems to automate responses to software site issues.


Front end engineers, on the other hand, use their skills to build and develop a variety of websites and applications. They construct and develop interactive websites and applications using JavaScript and HTML.


OLX and Udacity are proud to be running programs such as this scholarship to try and make tech a more inclusive, empowering industry for female workers.

Program details and prerequisites

  • 01

    Site Reliability Engineer

    • Experience with Python and Linux
    • Experience running simple SQL queries
    • Experience running DevOps tasks, such as setting up monitoring, doing feature rollout, and troubleshooting production issues
    • Experience working with Kubernetes and basic kubectl, such as kubectl apply, kubectl create, and kubectl config

  • 02

    Senior Front End Engineer

    • Experience building front end web apps using HTML, CSS, and Javascript
    • Familiarity with asynchronous Javascript
    • Familiarity with web APIs and webpack

Designed with student's needs in mind:

  • Convenient: Courses are part-time and online so you can learn when and where it’s convenient for you.

  • Flexible: Our flexible schedule means you can put in just a few hours a week and learn at your own pace.

  • Inclusive: The scholarship is available to work-eligible learners in Spain and the following cities in India:
    • Gurgaon
    • Bangalore
    • Hyderabad
    • Pune
    • Mumbai
    • Chennai

  • In-depth: Students can access dozens of hours of free training modules and tutorials on site reliability or front end engineering and their real-world applications.

  • Cutting-edge: Students get the exciting opportunity to learn competencies in two of the most in-demand and fastest-growing fields in tech.

  • Mentor-supported: Learners participate in Connect Sessions where they can engage with experienced professionals as well as other students to get support and ask questions.

  • Career-focused: Graduates of this scholarship program will have the opportunity to interview for a role at OLX.

Scholarship timeline

  1. September 7, 2022:

    OLX Boost Your Skills Scholarship Program applications open on Udacity's website.

  2. October 5, 2022:

    Last day to submit applications to earn scholarship access on Udacity's website.

  3. October 14, 2022:

    Scholarship winners announced.

  4. November 2, 2022:

    Nanodegree program begins.

  5. Feburary 22, 2023:

    Nanodegree program ends.

FAQs

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