Databricks · Professional Certification · Associate
Databricks Certified Generative AI Engineer Associate
Crydd Score 63
Demand Growing
Career Value Strong
Recognition Strong
Databricks GenAI Engineer at a glance
- Provider
- Databricks
- Credential type
- Professional Certification
- Exam required
- Yes
- Category
- AI Engineer
- Level
- Associate
- Cost
- $200
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Time to earn
- 1–3 months
- Validity
- 2 years
- Format
- 45 scored multiple-choice questions, 90 minutes; online or test centre
- Prerequisites
- None required; 6+ months of hands-on generative AI solution work recommended
What is Databricks GenAI Engineer?
Databricks' associate certification for building generative AI applications on its platform: designing applications, preparing data, developing, assembling and deploying them, governance, and evaluation and monitoring.
Skills it covers
- Generative AI application design
- Data preparation
- Generative AI application development
- Application deployment
- Evaluation and monitoring
Is Databricks GenAI Engineer worth it? The Crydd Verdict
CS 63Choose it if
You build retrieval or LLM applications on Databricks, or your data team is adding generative AI to its lakehouse.
Consider alternatives if
You build on a cloud provider's AI services instead: AWS Certified Generative AI Developer – Professional or Microsoft's AI-103.
Why we say so
It connects generative AI with a data platform many organisations already run, which is where many real AI projects live.
Market demand
Demand for generative AI engineers is high, and Databricks-specific experience helps in organisations standardised on the lakehouse.
Where Databricks GenAI Engineer takes you
- Generative AI Developer
- AI Engineer
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