Verified SkillNyx certification
Certified SkillNyx Associate Software Engineer (CS-ASE)
Confirms job-ready engineering fundamentals with practical coding and real-world debugging.
Software EngineeringBEGINNERAssessments + Labs
This certification validates core software engineering skills required to contribute to production codebases. It focuses on problem solving, clean coding, API fundamentals, and debugging discipline through practical assessment tasks.
Pricing & exam snapshot
₹2,999
Approx. $35
Duration
3h
MCQs
40
Labs
1
Included: Labs, assessments, and a verifiable certificate ID.
Topics covered (syllabus)
- Programming fundamentals and data structures
- Algorithms and complexity basics
- API basics and error handling
- Testing fundamentals and debugging workflows
- Version control and collaboration basics
- Input validation and secure coding basics
- Basic system thinking for small services
Skills covered
- Writing correct, readable code under constraints
- Debugging failures using test cases and logs
- Implementing small API-like behaviors with validation
- Writing unit tests for core logic
- Using Git workflows safely in teams
- Understanding basic performance trade-offs
- Communicating implementation decisions clearly
Job roles and salary range
- Associate Software Engineer
- Junior Backend Developer
- Junior Full-Stack Developer
- Software Engineer Intern
- QA Automation Engineer (Junior)
Salary range per annum
₹4-12 LPA
Alt: $40k-$85k
Exam pattern
- Proctored exam, 180 minutes
- Randomized attempt assembled from a pool of 40 MCQs and 1 lab
- MCQs focus on practical fundamentals and common pitfalls
- Lab evaluates correctness, edge cases, and code quality basics
- Passing requires meeting minimum thresholds across both sections
Labs & assessments
- API Latency SLO Checker
- Checksum Validation: payload integrity
Labs are required and included as part of certification scoring.
Outcomes
- Contribute to real codebases with solid fundamentals
- Debug issues systematically using evidence and tests
- Write maintainable code with basic validation and testing
- Demonstrate readiness for entry-level engineering roles