From Zero To Hero With Serverless In 6 Months






From Zero to Hero with Serverless in 6 Months | Serverless Savants


June 27, 2025

From Zero to Hero with Serverless in 6 Months

Your complete roadmap to mastering serverless architecture and transforming your career in half a year

0
Infrastructure to Manage

90%
Cost Reduction

6
Months to Mastery

5x
Faster Deployment

Your 6-Month Serverless Journey

A structured roadmap to take you from complete beginner to serverless expert

Month 1

Foundations & Setup

Build your serverless fundamentals and set up your development environment.

  • Understanding serverless concepts and benefits
  • Core services: Functions, Databases, Storage
  • Setting up AWS/Cloudflare/GCP accounts
  • Local development with SAM/Serverless Framework
  • Your first “Hello World” function
AWS Lambda
Serverless Framework
AWS SAM

Month 2

Building Applications

Create your first full serverless applications and understand core patterns.

  • Building RESTful APIs with API Gateway
  • Serverless database integration (DynamoDB, FaunaDB)
  • Authentication patterns (Cognito, Auth0)
  • File uploads and processing with S3
  • Basic event-driven architectures
API Gateway
DynamoDB
S3
Cognito

Month 3

Advanced Patterns

Dive into complex architectures and integration patterns.

  • Step Functions for workflow orchestration
  • Event-driven architectures with EventBridge
  • Serverless containers (AWS Fargate)
  • Integrating third-party services
  • Building real-time applications
Step Functions
EventBridge
AppSync
Fargate

Month 4

Security & DevOps

Master security practices and CI/CD pipelines.

  • Implementing security best practices
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with SAM/CDK
  • Building CI/CD pipelines for serverless
  • Testing strategies (unit, integration, e2e)
  • Monitoring and logging best practices
AWS CDK
GitHub Actions
CloudWatch
X-Ray

Month 5

Optimization & Scaling

Optimize performance and costs while handling scale.

  • Performance tuning and cold start mitigation
  • Cost optimization strategies
  • Designing for high availability
  • Advanced scaling patterns
  • Resilience and fault tolerance
Lambda Power Tuning
Cost Explorer
Auto Scaling
SQS

Month 6

Production & Beyond

Deploy production systems and explore advanced concepts.

  • Deploying to production environments
  • Canary deployments and feature flags
  • Multi-region and multi-cloud strategies
  • Serverless machine learning
  • Preparing for certifications
Canary Deployments
Multi-region
SageMaker
Certification

MS

Michael Stevens

Lead Cloud Architect at TechInnovate, AWS Serverless Hero

“The journey to serverless mastery is about changing your mindset as much as learning new technologies. In my experience mentoring developers, those who succeed with serverless in six months focus on three things: building real projects from day one, deeply understanding event-driven patterns, and embracing infrastructure as code. Remember, serverless isn’t just about functions – it’s about composing services to create powerful, scalable applications with minimal operational overhead.”

Start Your Serverless Journey Today

Join thousands of developers who have transformed their careers with serverless architecture. With our structured 6-month roadmap, you’ll gain the skills to build scalable, cost-efficient applications faster than ever before.

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