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Where engineers are built.

Expadox Lab is a project-based engineering mentorship program. Real systems. Real teams. Real pressure. No tutorials.

Cloud Engineering  ·  Cybersecurity  ·  DevOps  ·  AI Automation  ·  Tech Research

170+
Engineers trained
3
Cohorts
17+
Countries
25
Teams built
Expadox Lab  /  Cohort 3 Dashboard
Active Mentees
120+
Current cohort
Teams Running
25
Across 3 tracks
Track Progress
Cloud Engineering
78%
Cybersecurity
65%
DevOps
82%
Tech Stack in Use
AWS EKS
OpenCTI
Terraform
ArgoCD
Docker
Grafana
17+
Countries
100%
Free to join
Why we exist

We bridge the gap between theory and practice, giving aspiring engineers the real-world experience they need before their first job.

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Project-Based Mentorship

Learn through guided real-world projects designed to give you practical experience in Cloud, Cybersecurity, and DevOps.

Industry-Relevant Learning

Our programs are built around modern tools, workflows, and technologies used by today's engineering teams globally.

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Global Tech Community

Join a growing community of aspiring tech professionals, mentors, and career switchers learning and building together across 17+ countries.

Explore our programs

Structured 10-week cohorts designed to take you from foundational knowledge to real-world engineering output.

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AWS Cloud Engineering

Build practical cloud engineering skills through hands-on mentorship, guided projects, and real-world deployment workflows on AWS.

Online Mentorship Collaborative End-to-End Projects
✓  100% Free

About the track

This track takes participants beyond theory into practical cloud-based projects and modern infrastructure workflows. Mentees gain experience in cloud architecture, deployment strategies, monitoring, storage, networking, and cloud security fundamentals.

Mentees work in teams, receive mentor guidance, and build portfolio-ready projects that reflect real-world engineering environments.

What mentees learn

  • Cloud Engineering and Workload Deployment
  • Designing Scalable Systems
  • Cloud Operations, Monitoring and Automation
  • Cloud Security Engineering
  • Industry Research and Documentation
Level
Beginner to Intermediate
Duration
10 Weeks
Projects
4 to 5
Format
Team-based
Support
Lifetime
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Cybersecurity

Learn practical cybersecurity skills through hands-on labs, guided mentorship, and real-world security workflows.

Online Mentorship Collaborative Hands-on Projects
✓  100% Free

About the track

This track introduces mentees to modern cybersecurity concepts, security operations, defensive security techniques, and real-world best practices through guided learning and practical projects.

Mentees gain exposure to network security, cloud security, system protection, threat detection, vulnerability awareness, and collaborative security engineering.

Skills mentees gain

  • Cloud engineering and secure infrastructure workflows
  • Incident response and security event handling
  • Threat intelligence analysis and risk awareness
  • Cloud security operations and monitoring
  • Threat hunting and DevSecOps automation
Level
Beginner to Intermediate
Duration
10 Weeks
Projects
4 to 5
Format
Team-based
Support
Lifetime
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DevOps

Gain practical experience in automation, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure provisioning, containerisation, and deployment workflows.

Online Mentorship Collaborative End-to-End Projects
✓  100% Free

About the track

This track introduces participants to modern DevOps practices, automation workflows, infrastructure management, and deployment processes used in real engineering environments.

Mentees work on projects covering CI/CD pipelines, Linux environments, containerisation, cloud deployment, monitoring, and collaborative engineering practices.

What mentees gain

  • CI/CD pipeline design and deployment workflows
  • Containerisation with Docker and orchestration
  • Monitoring, logging, and system reliability
  • Cloud deployment and infrastructure management
  • DevSecOps workflows and automation integration
Level
Beginner to Intermediate
Duration
10 Weeks
Projects
4 to 5
Format
Project-based
Support
Lifetime
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Tech Research

Develop the skills to investigate, document, and communicate complex technical topics in a structured, professional, and publishable format.

Online Mentorship Collaborative Research Projects
✓  100% Free

About the track

This track equips mentees with the ability to carry out structured technical research, produce professional documentation, and communicate findings clearly. It is designed for those who want to develop a strong analytical and research foundation alongside their engineering journey.

Mentees work on real research problems, develop reports, and learn how to present technical findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.

What mentees learn

  • Structured technical research and investigation
  • Professional documentation and report writing
  • Literature review and source evaluation
  • Communicating complex topics clearly
  • Research ethics and publication standards
Level
Beginner to Intermediate
Duration
10 Weeks
Projects
4 to 5
Format
Project-based
Support
Lifetime
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AI Automation

Learn to design, build, and deploy AI-powered automation systems that solve real business problems using modern tools and workflows.

Online Mentorship Collaborative End-to-End Projects
✓  100% Free

About the track

This track introduces mentees to practical AI and automation concepts, focusing on building systems that automate workflows, process data intelligently, and integrate with real-world applications.

Mentees work on hands-on projects involving AI tools, APIs, prompt engineering, workflow automation, and deployment, building output that reflects real engineering and product environments.

What mentees learn

  • AI workflow design and automation engineering
  • Prompt engineering and LLM integration
  • Building and deploying AI-powered applications
  • API integration and data pipeline automation
  • Responsible AI practices and evaluation
Level
Beginner to Intermediate
Duration
10 Weeks
Projects
4 to 5
Format
Project-based
Support
Lifetime
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Calling for mentors
Are you an active practitioner?

We are looking for experienced engineers in Cloud, Cybersecurity, DevOps, AI Automation, and Tech Research who want to guide, challenge, and invest in the next generation of global tech professionals. Cohort 3 mentor applications are open now.

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Built different, by design

Our projects are intentionally challenging and closely reflect the real day-to-day work of modern engineers.

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Supportive mentorship

Continuous feedback and corrections through structured, personalised guidance from active practitioners.

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Technical and soft skills

We build professional habits and communication skills alongside technical depth. The full engineer, not just the coder.

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Portfolio building

Every mentee graduates with deployed, documented projects they can show in any interview globally.

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Team-based collaboration

Learning happens in teams, mirroring how real engineering organisations work, with expert feedback at every step.

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Cross-domain thinking

Projects connect Cloud, DevOps, and Security so mentees understand how decisions in one area affect the others.

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Global community

Mentees from 17+ countries across every cohort. A truly international community of engineers growing together.

Mentees build in teams, receive continuous feedback through structured guidance, and leave with the confidence to operate independently on any team from day one.

Real projects. Real engineers.

These are not practice exercises. Production-grade projects built by our mentees, tackling real business problems with modern tools.

Sentinel AI Operations Platform
Cohort 1, 2026DevOps + Cloud + Security
Sentinel AI Operations Platform

A production-grade AI customer support platform powered by Groq's LLaMA 3.3 70B, deployed on AWS EKS with enterprise DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and security operations. Features RAG-based knowledge search, Redis caching, and document upload support across 20+ technologies.

AWS EKSLLaMA 3.3RAGRedisGitOps
FinSec Threat Intelligence Platform
Cohort 1, 2026Cybersecurity
FinSec: OpenCTI Threat Intelligence Platform

Built for Neoglobe Fintech, a high-value target for financially motivated threat actors. The team implemented a centralised threat intelligence platform with automated IOC analysis, SOAR playbooks, MITRE ATT&CK mapping, and full SIEM integration.

OpenCTISOARMITRE ATT&CKSIEM
BillFlow Cloud Security
Cohort 1, 2026Cloud Security
BillFlow: Open-Source CNAPP Security Platform

BillFlow, a SaaS payments startup migrating to AWS, faced S3 data exposure, overly permissive IAM, and zero runtime visibility. The team built an open-source CNAPP using Tracee, Prowler, ScoutSuite, and Trivy. All 14 misconfigurations detected and remediated.

CNAPPCWPPCSPMProwlerTrivy
CloudOpsHub GitOps Platform
Cohort 1, 2026DevOps
CloudOpsHub: Automated Docker Infrastructure with GitOps

CloudOpsHub, a growing SaaS analytics company, needed to eliminate manual infrastructure provisioning across multiple regions. The team built a fully automated Docker-based platform with ArgoCD GitOps pipelines, Terraform, GCP, AWS ECR, and Vault.

DockerTerraformArgoCDGCPVault
Our mentees' words

Do not take our word for it. Reviews from graduated mentees who built real things.

★★★★★

This program actually made me believe in myself. I was able to overcome all the challenges I encountered during the project and complete all projects in the stipulated time.

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O. Grace
Cloud Engineering · Cohort 1, 2026
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The program provided a structured, hands-on environment that allowed me to see how all the moving parts connect. It gave me the practical frameworks I needed to properly orchestrate deployments, showing me how to streamline workflows from code commits to container registries.

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O. Olakunle
DevOps · Cohort 1, 2026
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I have been able to learn in a real life environment where we had to build a security architecture for a fintech company and other hands-on projects.

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O. Michael
Cybersecurity · Cohort 1, 2026
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The mentorship structure was key. Having guidance from someone who could see the full picture helped me start connecting the dots between cloud, DevOps, and security in a way I had not been able to on my own. The projects forced cross-functional thinking, which made everything feel very practical rather than theoretical.

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R. Reuben
Cybersecurity · Cohort 1, 2026

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