# Insights from SoundCloud's DeveloperBridge Trainee Program

DevFeed: [Insights from SoundCloud's DeveloperBridge Trainee Program](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/insights-from-soundcloud-s-developerbridge-trainee-program-2057.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog//insights-from-the-developerbridge-programme>)

Published: 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [SoundCloud Backstage Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/soundcloud-backstage-blog.md>)

Topics: [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>), [Web app](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/webapp.md>), [data-processing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-processing.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [React](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/react.md>), [TypeScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/typescript.md>), [Ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ruby.md>), [Apache Spark](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/spark.md>), [SQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sql.md>), [User experience (UX)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ux.md>)

Tags: [data-processing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-processing.md>), [diversity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/diversity.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [junior](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/junior.md>), [learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learning.md>), [management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/management.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [recruiting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/recruiting.md>), [ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ruby.md>), [spark](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/spark.md>), [sql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sql.md>), [ux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ux.md>), [web-app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-app.md>), [web-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-development.md>)

## AI overview

SoundCloud's DeveloperBridge was a paid, 12-month junior engineering program designed to provide hands-on experience, support hiring into full-time roles, and improve diversity in engineering. A trainee describes working across web development and data-processing projects, including React and TypeScript web-app UX work, Ruby and JavaScript web services, ETL processes, and Spark and SQL data analysis. The article also discusses iterative coding, collaboration, and developing confidence in software engineering.

## Source excerpt

Back in 2016, the SoundCloud People Team collaborated with engineering management in an effort to bring more junior engineers into the...