Professional Cloud Developer
PCDQuick Answer
Professional Cloud Developer is a professional certification from Google Cloud that costs $200 and takes 120–180 hours to prepare for. The Professional Cloud Developer validates the ability to build scalable, highly available applications on Google Cloud using GCP-native tools — Cloud Run, GKE, Pub/Sub, Spanner, Firestore, and CI/CD pipelines on Google Cloud.
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About This Certification
The Professional Cloud Developer validates the ability to build scalable, highly available applications on Google Cloud using GCP-native tools — Cloud Run, GKE, Pub/Sub, Spanner, Firestore, and CI/CD pipelines on Google Cloud.
Who It's For
Software engineers and backend developers with coding experience who are building cloud-native applications on GCP. Requires programming proficiency and hands-on GCP development experience.