About Confluent
Confluent was founded by the original creators of Apache Kafka — the event streaming platform now processing over 7 trillion messages per day across thousands of organizations including LinkedIn, Netflix, Uber, and Goldman Sachs. Confluent Platform extends Kafka with enterprise features, and Confluent certifications validate real-world expertise in building, operating, and developing on event-driven data infrastructure.
Why get certified
Apache Kafka is the backbone of real-time data pipelines at the majority of Fortune 500 companies. Certified Confluent engineers are in high demand for platform engineering, data infrastructure, and backend roles requiring event-driven architecture — particularly as organizations shift from batch to real-time data processing.
By the numbers
3
Exams
1,878
Questions
3
Associate
All Confluent Certification Exams
Confluent • CCAAK
Confluent Certified Administrator for Apache Kafka (CCAAK)
Validates expertise in managing Apache Kafka clusters in production, covering Kafka fundamentals, cluster configuration, security, deployment architecture, Kafka Connect administration, observability, and troubleshooting.
624 questions•90 minutes
30 free questionsView Details
Confluent • CCDAK
Confluent Certified Developer for Apache Kafka (CCDAK)
Validates proficiency in building applications with Apache Kafka, covering Kafka fundamentals, application development using producer and consumer APIs, Kafka Streams, Kafka Connect, testing, and observability.
624 questions•90 minutes
30 free questionsView Details
Confluent • CCAC
Confluent Cloud Certified Operator (CCAC)
Validates the ability to operate and manage Apache Kafka on Confluent Cloud, covering core cloud concepts, Kafka operations, streaming pipelines, data governance, and cloud resilience.
630 questions•90 minutes
30 free questionsView Details
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