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- Design and develop database solutions
- Secure, optimize, and deploy database solutions
- Implement AI and Analytics capabilities in database solutions
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Certification
Write efficient queries, create indexing policies, manage, and provision resources in the SQL API and SDK with Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB.
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As an Azure Cosmos DB Developer Associate, you design, build, and optimize cost effective high-performance scalable applications that use Azure Cosmos DB including system of record for agent memory, conversation state, retrieval indexes, grounding data, and application data.
Your responsibilities include:
In this role, you collaborate with AI engineers, application developers, solution architects, data engineers, and security professionals to design and implement cost effective high-performance scalable applications.
You should have experience developing applications by using C# or Python. You should be familiar with Azure services, generative AI concepts, retrieval-based systems, and application development practices.
Note
We updated the certification’s name and level to reflect the evolving role of Azure Cosmos DB developers. The updated certification became Microsoft Certified: Azure Cosmos DB AI Developer Associate. This change went into effect on October 6, 2026. No action is required. Learn more.
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