A Professional Cloud Developer is responsible for creating and deploying scalable, secure, and highly available applications. They use Google-recommended tools and best practices. This person has practical experience with cloud-native applications, container applications, APIs, developer tools, orchestration tools, managed services, testing strategies, serverless platforms, and next-generation databases. They are also familiar with at least one general-purpose programming language and use code to generate metrics, logs, and traces.
The Professional Cloud Developer exam covers the following topics:
Designing highly scalable, available, and reliable cloud-native applications
Building and testing applications
Deploying applications
Integrating applications with Google Cloud services
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Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure |
| 2 | Developing Applications with Google Cloud |
About this certification exam
- Duration: 2 hours
- Languages: English and Japanese
- Exam format: 50–60 multiple-choice questions
- How to take the exam:
- a. Take the online proctored exam from a remote location
- b. Take the in-person proctored exam at a test center
Prerequisites: None
Recommended experience: At least 3 years of experience in the relevant industry, including at least 1 year of experience designing and managing solutions with Google Cloud.
Certification renewal: Candidates can renew their certification within the relevant renewal period. For more information on the renewal process, validity period, and duration of certification, please refer to the renewal FAQs below.