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Platform Capabilities

Everything you need to simulate real engineering.

Real Jira Tickets

Actual engineering tickets with acceptance criteria, PR rules, and branch naming conventions β€” the full production workflow.

Live CI/CD Validation

Push code, get results in under 100ms. GitHub Actions runs your tests in real-time.

4-Role Team Missions

Work with 2 Full Stack, 1 DevOps, and 1 QA engineer β€” like an actual sprint team.

Anti-LeetCode Design

No memorized algorithms. We grade on architecture decisions, code quality, and engineering judgment.

Structured Learning Paths

Follow role-based roadmaps: Backend, Frontend, DevOps, QA. Each milestone unlocks harder scenarios.

XP & Leaderboards

Earn XP for completed missions, streak days, and peer reviews. Ranked weekly.

1,200+Free scenarios, no walls
< 100msCI/CD validation latency
4 rolesPer team mission composition
The Four Pillars

Graded like production. Scored like an architect.

Every submission is evaluated across four dimensions that mirror real-world engineering standards β€” weighted to match how hiring managers actually grade work.

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Code Quality

Readability, structure, maintainability. Static analysis on cyclomatic complexity, naming conventions, and SOLID adherence.

weight 30%

Security

OWASP Top 10 detection, secret scanning, input validation coverage. The same audit a production PR would get.

weight 25%

Performance

Big-O analysis, runtime benchmarks, memory profiling. Measured efficiency against reference implementations.

weight 15%

Accuracy

Hidden + visible test suites, edge-case coverage, output diffs. Correctness is the baseline, not the ceiling.

Challenge Workspace

Real tickets. Real inbox. Real terminals.

Every challenge drops you into a full engineering envelope β€” the ticket, the context from product, the editor, and the CI feedback loop β€” so practice finally feels like work.

Challenge Β· Fix Auth Middleware Token Expiry
CR-042
P1 Β· Blocking

Auth middleware rejects valid sessions after token rotation

QA reported that users are being force-logged-out ~60 seconds after a password change. Rotation refreshes the session but the middleware still holds the old expiry. Fix and add a regression test covering the rotation path.

next.jsjwtmiddleware
4-role team 90 min budget
Priya N. Β· Product Manager09:42

re: auth drop-outs after password reset

Need a fix today β€” the support queue is stacking up. CS says they’re down to reissuing sessions manually. Please prioritize over the dashboard ticket.

High impact Β· customer-facing
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Free Challenges

1,200+ free scenarios. No walls, no paywall.

Pull down a branch, solve it, push it. Every free challenge ships with real CI, hidden tests, and a pillar-scored review.

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  • Core

    Fix the JWT Rotation Bug

    Next.js Β· Auth

    Security90 min
  • Core

    Optimize the Slow Query

    Postgres Β· Prisma

    Performance60 min
  • Senior

    Debug the Flaky CI Pipeline

    GitHub Actions

    DevOps120 min
  • Intro

    Write a CLI Tool from Scratch

    Node.js Β· Commander

    Code Quality45 min
  • Senior

    Ship a Webhook Delivery Service

    Fastify Β· BullMQ

    Reliability120 min
  • Core

    Refactor a Legacy Controller

    TypeScript

    Code Quality75 min
Weekly ChallengeEvery Monday Β· 00:00 UTC

Team up for the weekly sprint.

Four-role teams, one shipping window, one ranked leaderboard. Build a feature, fix an incident, ship by Sunday night β€” or watch another team claim the top spot.

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Roadmaps & Courses

Role-based learning paths. Built by seniors.

Pick a role, follow the path. Every roadmap chains scenarios into a progression that ends with a portfolio-ready capstone project.

Starter

Backend Fundamentals

REST, queues, databases, observability.

Node.jsPostgresRedis
38 scenarios Β· 8 wks
Pro

Full-Stack Engineering

Ship end-to-end features like a senior IC.

Next.jsTRPCPostgresCI/CD
64 scenarios Β· 12 wksMost popular
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Site Reliability

Incident response, tracing, cost control.

K8sGrafanaChaos
42 scenarios Β· 10 wks
Creator Economy

Built a great challenge? Get paid for it.

Senior engineers author the hardest scenarios on MockStruct. When learners complete your challenge, you earn a cut β€” and a verified author rank.

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From students landing their first roles to engineering managers screening candidates β€” the platform works.

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I used it to prep for technicals. The CI/CD scenario round in my interview was exactly what MockStruct had me practice.

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