Sitecore Academy
Eight weekends that take a strong computer science graduate from no Sitecore knowledge to building, personalizing and shipping a bilingual Sitecore site. Taught by Arcsen's Sitecore practice.
Why now
Why we started a Sitecore track
Sitecore launched SitecoreAI on 4 November 2025. It replaced XM Cloud with an AI-first platform built around agents, flows and brand-aware content. Certified Sitecore developers are still rare, especially in the Middle East.
The skills underneath are standard modern web engineering: Next.js, React, TypeScript and GraphQL. So eight weekends is enough for a strong graduate, and our tests focus on JavaScript. Nobody needs to have touched Sitecore before.
Brands across the region run large Sitecore estates, and many of their Arabic and English sites will move to Sitecore's new platform over the next few years.
The curriculum
Eight weekends, week by week
Each weekend has a Friday topic, a Saturday topic and a lab. You'll ship two small projects through a real deployment pipeline before the final one.
Who we are looking for
What we look for when we select
Must have
- A degree in computer science, engineering or IT, class of 2024, 2025 or 2026
- Solid object-oriented programming and data structures, in any language
- Real JavaScript: the DOM, async code and fetch, beyond coursework
- Fluent HTML and CSS, and how HTTP works
- Git and SQL basics
- English at B2 or above, for client work from day one
- A signed commitment to all 16 weekend days, plus weekday self-study
Moves you up
- React or TypeScript project work, the best single predictor of success on Sitecore
- C# and .NET, useful later for Sitecore XP migration work
- A GitHub portfolio of university or freelance projects
- Any CMS or e-commerce experience
Not required
- Prior Sitecore knowledge. We teach it end to end
- Professional experience. This is a fresh-graduate programme
- Paid courses or certificates. They don't count in selection
Career shifters with one to two years of experience are considered case by case.
Graduation day
The last weekend is a competition.
Teams of four or five get the same brief: a bilingual Arabic and English Sitecore site for a real sector such as aviation, banking or government. Each team builds the content model and component library, adds a personalized journey and a working AI agent flow, and deploys through CI/CD to a live environment.
Then they present it as they would to a client steering committee. The practice's architect, programme manager and delivery leads score every team. The top team takes the trophy, and the individual ranking sets the hiring order.
| Criterion | What the panel looks for |
|---|---|
| Technical understanding | A grasp of Sitecore concepts |
| Practical application | Using the platform to solve the brief |
| Teamwork | How the group builds together |
| Communication | How clearly the team presents |
| Overall delivery | The panel's judgement, as delivery leads |
Certification
You get certified after you join us.
The top graduates join Arcsen as Associate Analyst, Sitecore Practice. In their first weeks they sit the SitecoreAI CMS Developer exam on a voucher Arcsen pays for. Nobody books the exam before passing our full-length mock exams.
From there, the path continues to specialist badges such as Content Hub for asset-heavy accounts and Sitecore 10 .NET Developer for migration work.
- Content modelingCore
- Renderings and layoutCore
- Web development with the SDK and Next.jsCore
- Architecture and developer workflow
- Pages, the visual editor
- Deployment, APIs, webhooks, serialization, security
Who teaches
Who teaches the Sitecore track
Technical Architect
Leads the Sitecore practice and owns the curriculum.
Senior Sitecore engineers
Run the labs and the code reviews.
Programme Manager, 20+ years
Teaches delivery governance and how projects run.
Academy delivery leads
The team behind three Salesforce batches runs selection and graduation day.
Cohort 1 starts this month