Certified AWS Developer

McMaster University’s Continuing Education Certified AWS Developer course offers a practical, online introduction to building secure and scalable cloud applications with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Learners gain hands-on experience using the AWS SDK to develop solutions with key services such as Amazon S3, DynamoDB, Lambda, and API Gateway, while exploring authentication with IAM and Amazon Cognito, serverless integration, CI/CD pipelines, and container-based development.

Designed to prepare participants for the AWS Certified Developer – Associate exam, the course provides the option to enroll with a prepaid exam voucher. Students can complete the program in three months or less, earning a certificate of completion and gaining immediately applicable skills to advance their cloud development careers.

Admission Requirements

• Knowledge of a high-level programming language.
• Working knowledge of core AWS services and public cloud implementation.

What You’ll Learn

• Develop secure, scalable cloud applications using the AWS SDK for Java, Python, C#/.NET, and JavaScript.
• Integrate and manage AWS services such as Lambda, API Gateway, S3, and DynamoDB.
• Implement authentication and access control with AWS IAM and Amazon Cognito.
• Build and deploy applications using containers, CI/CD pipelines, and serverless architectures.