Who this path is for
Choose this certification when it matches your work.
Experienced developers who build, deploy and operate production-ready generative AI applications on AWS.
Interactive learning path
AIP-C01 topics, in a practical order.
Open every topic for learning objectives and its primary AWS resource. Check off a topic when you can explain and apply it.
Flexible study plan
A week-by-week preparation schedule.
Use this as a planning example and adjust it after an official practice assessment.
- Week 1–2AWS development, identity and infrastructure
- Week 3–4Bedrock models, prompts and inference
- Week 5–6RAG, embeddings and knowledge bases
- Week 7–8Agents, tools, guardrails and security
- Week 9–10Deployment, integration and reliability
- Week 11Evaluation, observability and cost
- Week 12Official practice and targeted review
Common questions
Generative AI Developer FAQ
Who should take AIP-C01?
It is designed for experienced builders. AWS recommends production application experience plus hands-on generative AI implementation experience.
Do I need another AWS certification first?
AWS lists no mandatory prerequisite certification, although prior AWS architecture, developer, data or AI knowledge can help.
Is Amazon Bedrock enough for preparation?
Bedrock is central, but production readiness also requires identity, networking, deployment, observability, evaluation, security and cost skills.
Should beginners start here?
Most beginners will benefit from foundational AWS learning and AI Practitioner before attempting this professional-level path.