SEATTLE — Oct. 15, 2025 — Amazon Web Services (AWS) is introducing a new generative AI developer certification, expanding its portfolio for professionals seeking to develop their cloud engineering skills. The new credential joins AWS’s existing certifications as demand for qualified AI talent surges across industries, with organizations seeking employees who can implement and manage effective AI solutions.
Building on the success of AWS Certified AI Practitioner, AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate, and AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate certifications, AWS is debuting the new AWS Certified Generative AI Developer – Professional certification, which helps organizations identify advanced technical talent capable of delivering business outcomes with generative AI. You can register for the beta exam of this new professional-level certification on November 18.
AI will transform the way people work across multiple roles. According to a study commissioned by AWS, organizations are willing to pay a premium for professionals with AI skills. This includes salaries that are up to 47% higher for IT workers, 43% higher for those in sales and marketing, and 42% higher for those in finance, among other fields.
Whether you’re a student beginning to explore a career in AI, a professional in a business role with a solid grasp of AI concepts, or an ML specialist operationalizing AI models, AWS’s new certifications can help you prove that you’re well positioned to innovate in your field.
AWS Certified AI Practitioner is a foundational-level certification. It is designed for people from a variety of backgrounds and experiences to showcase their understanding of AI and generative AI concepts, their ability to recognize opportunities that benefit from AI, and their knowledge on using AI tools responsibly.
AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate is designed for individuals with at least one year of experience building, deploying, and maintaining AI and ML solutions on AWS. It is beneficial for people who want to demonstrate their ability to make AI models available for real-time use.
AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate validates the ability to design and implement the data foundations that power AI and ML solutions on AWS. This certification is designed for professionals with at least one year of experience working with AWS data services, focusing on the critical data infrastructure that enables AI implementations. It validates expertise in data modeling, pipeline orchestration, and quality management—essential skills for building the robust data foundations that successful AI/ML solutions require.
AWS Certified Generative AI Developer – Professional validates the ability to design, build, and deploy production-ready generative AI applications on AWS. It is designed for experienced developers implementing enterprise generative AI solutions. The certification validates crucial skills including foundation model selection, vector database integration, prompt engineering, and cost optimization techniques for delivering scalable, secure, and responsible AI solutions.
