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Build and Deploy Custom LLMs with Python and AWS

Learn to code in Python, train models with Amazon SageMaker, and launch Bedrock-powered chatbots/RAG assistants in one guided Skill Path.

Beginner
7 courses
180 hours ~
Certificate of completion
Beginner
7 courses
180 hours ~
Certificate of completion

About

This Skill Path takes you from NumPy and prompt engineering foundations to building real GenAI apps on AWS.

Code inside your JetBrains IDE, spin up GPU clusters with Amazon SageMaker HyperPod, fine-tune and align models with Bedrock, and then wrap everything in a LangChain API. Every Lab runs in an AWS sandbox, so you never risk getting surprise charges.

By the end, you’ll have:

  • A custom-trained LLM endpoint on AWS that you can query or embed in apps.
  • Reusable notebooks, Docker images, and CI/CD scripts that prove you have real MLOps experience.
  • A joint JetBrains and AWS certificate proving your GenAI engineering and cloud-ML expertise.

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What is a Skill Path?

Built in collaboration with AWS, Skill Paths are integrated learning journeys that combine JetBrains IDE projects, AWS video lessons, and hands-on cloud Labs to give you real-world practice.

Get real experience with real developer tools

Practice with AWS tools
Learn directly in JetBrains IDE
Follow one integrated Skill Path
Earn certificate of completion

  • Practice with AWS tools

    Develop and apply practical skills with instructions for common cloud scenarios in a live AWS environment, without the risk of unanticipated expenses.

  • Learn directly in JetBrains IDE

    Gain practical experience with the tools and workflows you'll use in your career, simplifying the transition to real-world projects.

  • Follow one integrated Skill Path

    Move smoothly between IDE projects, AWS videos, and guided AWS Builder Labs – no extra logins required. Every step is sequenced and includes progress tracking.

  • Earn certificate of completion

    When you finish the path, you can download a certificate co-branded by JetBrains Academy and AWS.

FAQ and troubleshooting

Everything in the Free Skill Path plus hands-on AWS Labs with real cloud environments and guided deployment tasks.
All cloud resources run in prepaid sandboxes, so there are no unexpected charges.
Labs opens a prepaid sandbox account for you, so you don't need your own AWS account.

There are two ways to activate your coupon:

Go directly to the PyCharm checkout page, click "Have a discount code?", enter your personal coupon from the welcome email, and complete the checkout. You'll get a 3-month PyCharm Professional subscription linked to your JetBrains Account.

Alternatively, use the JetBrains redeem page. Enter the same email address that's linked to your JetBrains Account, choose PyCharm from the Product dropdown menu, and apply your coupon code.

It depends on the path, but you can expect to work with core services such as ECS, ECR, EC2, CodeDeploy, SageMaker, and Bedrock.

Just JetBrains Toolbox 2.7+ and PyCharm – everything else runs in the cloud.

If your course doesn't start or load correctly inside the IDE, make sure you have the latest versions of both the JetBrains Toolbox and PyCharm installed.

When you use Microsoft Edge, automatic sign-in between the JetBrains web platform and the Toolbox App may not occur. This means that even if you're already signed in on the web, the Toolbox App won't automatically recognize your account.

To fix this, please manually sign in to the Toolbox App using your JetBrains Account credentials. This will properly authorize your IDE when launched through the Toolbox App, and your course will open correctly.

This issue may occur if you're using different accounts on the JetBrains Toolbox App and the web. It often happens when a personal and a work account get mixed up.

Please make sure you're signed in with the same account on the JetBrains Toolbox App and the web version of the course. If the problem persists, please report it through our issue tracker.

Please email us your questions to education@jetbrains.com. To report bugs, you can use our issue tracker.
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Content

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1. Python Libraries – NumPy

In-IDE course

Intro to NumPy for learners with basic Python skills. Learn how ndarrays work, perform common operations (indexing, slicing, broadcasting, vectorization), and explore practical uses. The course is hands-on with examples and exercises, and follows the official NumPy documentation.

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2. Foundations of Prompt Engineering

AWS course

Learn how to design effective prompts for foundation models – from core principles and best practices to advanced techniques. You’ll cover zero-shot and few-shot approaches, choose model-appropriate strategies, and practice guarding against prompt misuse. The course also shows how to detect bias in FM responses and craft prompts that mitigate it, with interactive eLearning throughout.

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3. Mastering Large Language Models

In-IDE course
AWS Labs Included

Get a comprehensive hands-on experience, starting with NLP basics, and moving on to advanced topics like fine-tuning, text generation, and more. This course combines theoretical understanding with extensive practical implementation, ensuring students can apply LLM techniques in real-world scenarios.

Course Labs

  • Train a model with Amazon SageMaker
  • Introduction to the Amazon Bedrock Console
  • Explore Generative AI Use Cases with LangChain and Amazon Bedrock
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4. Amazon Bedrock Getting Started

AWS course

Explore Amazon Bedrock, AWS’s fully managed service for building and scaling generative artificial intelligence (AI) apps with leading foundation models. This intro walks through core concepts, benefits, common use cases, solution architecture patterns, and the cost model. You’ll also follow a guided, step-by-step console tutorial (with video and transcript) to stand up a simple chatbot in your own AWS account.

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5. Building Language Models on AWS

AWS course

A deep dive for experienced data scientists and ML engineers on building small-to-large LLMs with Amazon SageMaker. Learn how to store and ingest a large amount of text data, run distributed training with data/model parallelism, and leverage SageMaker HyperPod and Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) to speed up scale-out training. You’ll also cover aligning models with human feedback on SageMaker, plus deployment challenges and inference optimizations for production. The course blends explanations, graphics, knowledge checks, and video demos you can replicate in your own AWS account.

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6. AWS ML Engineer Associate 3.1 – Select a Deployment Infrastructure

AWS course

Understand how to take ML models to production on AWS and choose the right deployment stack. You’ll map the components of a production-grade infrastructure, compare orchestration options for ML workflows, and pick deployment targets and strategies (single-/multi-model, multi-container, endpoint requirements). The course shows how to select environments for training vs. inference, differentiate AWS compute types and on-demand vs. provisioned resources, and provision capacity for test and prod. You’ll also review container choices and techniques to optimize performance, including edge deployments.

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7. Building Generative AI Applications Using Amazon Bedrock

AWS course

Explore Amazon Bedrock, AWS’s fully managed service for building and scaling generative artificial intelligence (AI) apps with leading foundation models. This intro walks through core concepts, benefits, common use cases, solution architecture patterns, and the cost model. You’ll also follow a guided, step-by-step console tutorial (with video and transcript) to stand up a simple chatbot in your own AWS account.

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Build on the basics.

If you're just starting out, complete our free Introduction to Python course inside your IDE, then return here to tackle full-stack cloud deployment.

AWS Labs included.

Practice training models, deploying apps, and working with real AWS services in preconfigured lab environments — no personal AWS account, no setup, no surprise costs.

Available with the PRO plan only. Free users can complete the Skill Path using the AWS Free Tier (with their own account).

Still not sure? Check our free Skill Paths first

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Skill Path

From ML to GenAI: Building Real-World Apps on AWS

Learn to scope ML projects, craft prompts, and build Bedrock-powered chatbots – even if you’re new to machine learning.

  • Intermediate
  • AWS labs access
  • Certificate
Skill PathFree

Launch Your First Full-Stack App on AWS

Code the frontend and backend, containerize with Docker, and deploy to AWS, all in one guided Skill Path that starts with “Hello, World!” and ends in the cloud.

  • Beginner
  • Certificate
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Professional JetBrains IDE environment

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