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AWS Generative AI Developer Advanced Professional Certificate

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AWS Generative AI Developer Advanced Professional Certificate

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Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Apply prompt engineering techniques, agentic AI patterns, and FM API integrations to build enterprise-scale generative AI solutions.

  • Evaluate generative AI outputs for relevance, accuracy, and hallucination detection.

  • Design secure, cost-optimized, and responsible AI architectures.

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What you'll learn

  • Define generative AI and understand its core capabilities

  • Describe the role and responsibilities of a generative AI developer

  • Recognize the key skills and knowledge areas you will develop

Skills you'll gain

Category: Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Category: Vector Databases
Category: Generative Model Architectures
Category: Large Language Modeling
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Solution Architecture
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Generative AI
Category: Model Evaluation
Category: AI Workflows
Category: Multimodal Prompts
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Software Development
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Serverless Computing
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Prompt Patterns
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Embeddings
Gen AI Dev- Select and Configure Foundation Models

Gen AI Dev- Select and Configure Foundation Models

Course 2, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Implement model evaluation frameworks

  • Design flexible routing strategies

  • Build resilient AI systems with AWS services

Skills you'll gain

Category: AI Workflows
Category: Application Frameworks
Category: LLM Application
Category: Software Design
Category: Machine Learning
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Deep Learning
Category: Model Deployment
Category: Software Development
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Generative AI
Category: Amazon CloudWatch
Category: Large Language Modeling
Category: Artificial Intelligence

What you'll learn

  • Build effective data validation and processing pipelines for foundation models

  • Identify required and optional JSON fields for different foundation models

  • Design synchronized audio-visual workflows using Amazon Transcribe

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Pipelines
Category: Data Validation
Category: Python Programming
Category: Data Processing
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Data Quality
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: JSON
Category: Multimodal Prompts
Category: API Design
Category: Data Governance
Category: Generative AI
Category: Data Preprocessing
Category: AI Integrations
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: Software Development
Category: Artificial Intelligence

What you'll learn

  • Design and implement vector store solutions

  • Create workflows that automatically sync source data with vector stores

  • Evaluate governance strategies to implement effective version control and deployment practices

Skills you'll gain

Category: Enterprise Architecture
Category: Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Category: Metadata Management
Category: Generative Model Architectures
Category: Generative AI
Category: Amazon DynamoDB
Category: Data Store
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Taxonomy
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Data Maintenance
Category: Software Development
Category: Amazon S3
Category: Data Pipelines
Category: AI Integrations

What you'll learn

  • Design and implement effective retrieval mechanisms

  • Manage Knowledge Base updates through incremental ingestion and synchronization

  • Construct end-to-end RAG systems by applying standardized interfaces that enforce security controls

Skills you'll gain

Category: Application Programming Interface (API)
Category: AI Workflows
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Restful API
Category: Software Development
Category: Scalability
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Generative AI
Category: Large Language Modeling
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Model Evaluation
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Document Management
Category: API Gateway
Category: API Design
Category: Performance Tuning

What you'll learn

  • Implement enterprise foundation model control systems with Amazon Bedrock

  • Implement validation systems for probabilistic foundation model outputs

  • Apply strategies that integrate advanced prompting with business processes while maintaining governance

Skills you'll gain

Category: Workflow Management
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Governance
Category: Software Development
Category: Quality Assurance
Category: AI Integrations
Category: AI Security
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Generative AI
Category: Verification And Validation
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: AI Orchestration
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Responsible AI
Category: Context Engineering
Category: Amazon Bedrock
Category: Context Management

What you'll learn

  • Build a question-answering application using Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases

  • Use the Retrieve and RetrieveAndGenerate APIs to query a knowledge base

  • Run through notebooks that answer questions from enterprise knowledge bases

Skills you'll gain

Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Generative AI
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Large Language Modeling
Category: Python Programming
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: LLM Application
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: Jupyter
Category: API Design
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Software Development

What you'll learn

  • Implement Strands Agent modular patterns for agent development

  • Describe the core benefits of model extension frameworks for foundation model enhancement

  • Implement a text summarization workflow using Strands Agents, AgentCore, and MCP

Skills you'll gain

Category: Model Deployment
Category: Enterprise Architecture
Category: Scalability
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Agentic systems
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Generative AI
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: Tool Calling
Category: Software Development
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: AI Workflows
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Generative AI Agents
Gen AI Dev- Model Deployment Strategies

Gen AI Dev- Model Deployment Strategies

Course 9, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Describe the benefits and use cases for model deployment strategies

  • Design model selection frameworks for generative AI applications

  • Develop safeguarding mechanisms to protect your AI workflows

Skills you'll gain

Category: Infrastructure Architecture
Category: Serverless Computing
Category: Machine Learning
Category: AI Workflows
Category: AI Security
Category: Cloud Deployment
Category: Capacity Management
Category: Software Development
Category: Application Deployment
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Generative AI
Category: Software Architecture
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Amazon CloudWatch
Category: Scalability
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: API Gateway
Gen AI Dev- Enterprise Integration Architectures

Gen AI Dev- Enterprise Integration Architectures

Course 10, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Describe the core principles of enterprise integration architectures for AI systems

  • Describe the benefits of event-driven processing in generative AI applications

  • Implement cross-environment generative AI solutions

Skills you'll gain

Category: Serverless Computing
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Software Architecture
Category: Model Deployment
Category: Enterprise Architecture
Category: Scalability
Category: Event-Driven Programming
Category: AI Orchestration
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: API Design
Category: AI Security
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: Generative AI
Category: Software Development
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Amazon DynamoDB
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Generative Model Architectures
Gen AI Dev- Foundation Model API Integrations

Gen AI Dev- Foundation Model API Integrations

Course 11, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Describe the core principles of foundation model API integrations for AI systems

  • Explain the benefits of various streaming patterns for conversational AI

  • Implement conversational AI systems using WebSockets and Server-sent events

Skills you'll gain

Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Python Programming
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: API Gateway
Category: Serverless Computing
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: Scalability
Category: Application Programming Interface (API)
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Generative AI
Category: Large Language Modeling
Category: LLM Application
Category: API Design
Category: Software Development
Category: Real Time Data

What you'll learn

  • Enhance enterprise systems by using AI-assisted AWS services

  • Create automated content enhancement and transformation workflows

  • Use spec-driven development features for complex projects

Skills you'll gain

Category: DevOps
Category: Generative AI
Category: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Software Development
Category: AI Personalization
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Amazon DynamoDB
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Maintainability
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Amazon S3
Category: Model Deployment
Category: Personalized Service
Category: Software Development Tools
Category: Business Process Automation
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: Customer Relationship Management

What you'll learn

  • Use the Amazon Nova Lite model through Amazon Bedrock API for intelligent question answering

  • Identify the limitations of zero-shot prompting and enhance response accuracy by providing context

  • Implement both complete and streaming response generation methods for RAG-based systems

Skills you'll gain

Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Category: Context Engineering
Category: Python Programming
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Enterprise Architecture
Category: Large Language Modeling
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: API Design
Category: Prompt Patterns
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Software Development
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Generative AI

What you'll learn

  • Describe purpose and importance of content input safety controls

  • Identify common techniques for input filtering

  • List best practices for implementing content input safety

Skills you'll gain

Category: IT Security Architecture
Category: Software Development
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Agentic systems
Category: Model Evaluation
Category: Data Governance
Category: Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Category: Generative AI
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: Verification And Validation
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Security Controls
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Generative AI Agents
Category: Data Validation
Category: Cybersecurity

What you'll learn

  • Describe defense-in-depth for AI strategy and the seven layer approach

  • Locate resources for AI security best practices

  • Implement secure infrastructure for AI data processing with network isolation using VPC endpoints

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cloud Security
Category: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: Governance
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Generative AI
Category: Software Development
Category: Generative AI Agents
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Security Controls
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Data Governance
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: Authorization (Computing)
Category: Data Security
Category: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

What you'll learn

  • Define concepts of compliance, governance, and security

  • Locate AWS resources for compliance programs

  • Use AWS services and tools to implement compliance and governance controls for generative AI applications

Skills you'll gain

Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: AI Workflows
Category: Machine Learning
Category: AWS SageMaker
Category: AI Security
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: Agentic Workflows
Category: Regulatory Compliance
Category: Generative AI
Category: MLOps (Machine Learning Operations)
Category: Compliance Management
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Data Governance
Category: Generative AI Agents
Category: Governance
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Governance Risk Management and Compliance
Category: Software Development

What you'll learn

  • Enable model access in Amazon Bedrock

  • Set up a knowledge base using provided sample files in an S3 bucket

  • Test the knowledge base with sample prompts

Skills you'll gain

Category: Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Category: Software Development
Category: Generative AI
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Data Ethics
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Verification And Validation
Category: Personally Identifiable Information
Category: Data Governance
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Governance
Category: Amazon S3
Category: Security Controls

What you'll learn

  • Implement token estimation and tracking mechanisms to optimize foundation models

  • Design capacity planning strategies for foundation model deployments on AWS

  • Apply monitoring and maintenance best practices for intelligent caching systems

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cloud Deployment
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: Generative AI
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: Token Optimization
Category: Serverless Computing
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Amazon CloudWatch
Category: Model Optimization
Category: Software Development
Category: Scalability
Category: Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Category: Large Language Modeling
Category: System Monitoring
Gen AI Dev- Optimize Application Performance

Gen AI Dev- Optimize Application Performance

Course 19, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Implement pre-computation strategies to reduce query response times

  • Implement Amazon Bedrock AgentCore services to accelerate agent deployment

  • Monitor and analyze API performance metrics to identify optimization opportunities

Skills you'll gain

Category: A/B Testing
Category: Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Vector Databases
Category: Generative AI Agents
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Performance Testing
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: API Gateway
Category: Amazon CloudWatch
Category: Generative AI
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Software Development
Category: Serverless Computing
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Agentic Workflows
Category: Model Optimization
Gen AI Dev- Implement Monitoring Systems

Gen AI Dev- Implement Monitoring Systems

Course 20, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Implement comprehensive monitoring and observability systems for generative AI applications

  • Implement call pattern tracking systems that identify usage trends and anomalies

  • Apply optimization techniques for FAISS indexes and approximate nearest neighbor algorithms

Skills you'll gain

Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Category: Vector Databases
Category: Dashboard Creation
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Amazon CloudWatch
Category: Anomaly Detection
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Embeddings
Category: MLOps (Machine Learning Operations)
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Data Pipelines
Category: Generative AI
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Software Development
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: Continuous Monitoring

What you'll learn

  • Assess generative AI outputs using metrics for relevance, factual accuracy, consistency, and fluency

  • Design quality assurance processes integrating continuous evaluation workflows and regression testing

  • Apply testing methods including A/B testing and multi-model comparison for output quality

Skills you'll gain

Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Generative AI Agents
Category: Performance Measurement
Category: Model Deployment
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Generative AI
Category: Verification And Validation
Category: Quality Assurance
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: MLOps (Machine Learning Operations)
Category: Large Language Modeling
Category: Machine Learning
Category: User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Category: Development Testing
Category: Software Quality Assurance
Category: Software Development
Category: System Monitoring
Gen AI Dev- Troubleshoot Generative AI Applications

Gen AI Dev- Troubleshoot Generative AI Applications

Course 22, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Describe common issues and challenges of generative AI

  • Describe methods for resolving content handling issues

  • Describe methods for resolving retrieval system issues

Skills you'll gain

Category: LLM Application
Category: Incident Management
Category: Debugging
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Responsible AI
Category: MLOps (Machine Learning Operations)
Category: Software Development
Category: Verification And Validation
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Generative AI
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Large Language Modeling
Category: Event Monitoring
Category: Amazon CloudWatch
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Model Evaluation

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