Becoming a Cesium Certified Developer

What does it mean to be Cesium Certified? 

The ultimate goal of the certification process is to validate a developer’s excellence in building with Cesium. We certify developers when we’re confident in their ability to problem solve and act as an expert participant in the Cesium community. 

The final question we ask of an applicant internally is, “If a partner approached us about their skill level with Cesium for a job developing with Cesium, do we feel like we can recommend this person or organization?” Following the steps in this blog post will show you how to get our “Yes.”

The Process

Application

Send in your application, this shows us your intent to start the certification process. 

Project

After you send in an initial application, we request a full project submission demonstrating your expertise. Please make sure you have read through our terms of service and have submitted something unique, not just your version of our tutorials. While your project does not have to be live to the public, your project should be in working order without errors.

Each project submission should contain these elements: 

• Narrative: An in-depth overview of the project, including the project goal, steps involved in creating your project, final result of the project, and next steps or future work.
• Architecture: Diagrams, technical documentation, and as much supporting code as possible to show us your expertise using Cesium.
• Supporting documents: Visuals, applications, or videos that explain the project implementation to someone unfamiliar with the project.

If you are missing any of these essential elements, we will reach out and request them.

Submitting a project is the start of a conversation with the Cesium team. There is no pass/fail, but you must be ready for potential questions, updates, and self-guided learning.  

Project requirements

You can apply to be certified on CesiumJS, Cesium ion, or with one of the 3D runtime engines (Cesium for Unreal, Cesium for Unity, Cesium for Omniverse, etc.). We’ve also included links to tutorials and documentation that can guide your work, please check out our learning page and blog for the full set of resources.

Generally, here’s what we’re looking for: