Talend badging program: API Services Developer track

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Talend's badging program gives you the ability to securely share your verified technical skills on social media as you progress on the path to becoming a recognized Talend expert. 

You earn badges as you complete specific training in Talend Academy, collect trophies for completing exercises and quizzes, and pass recommended exams. Depending on your role and area of interest, you can select the track that will be the most beneficial to your career development. 

This article provides details on the API Services Developer badge track. These badges represent the skills and knowledge necessary to address any integration challenge using Talend Data Services and the API Management solution. (For information on other tracks, please see our overview article.) 

Are you ready to show off your Talend expertise? Start collecting your Talend badges today and share your success!

On your path to expertise, Talend awards you badges that recognize your level of technical expertise, from Explorer to Certified. 

Explorer badge

Ready to get started? 

On completion of the Introduction to Talend Studio course on Talend Academy, you will receive the Talend Studio Explorer badge. It proves that you have a basic understanding of Talend Studio and how to perform basic tasks, such as creating and running a Job, parsing a delimited file, and connecting to a database. 

This is your first step on the journey to becoming a Talend expert. 

Practitioner badge

To be awarded an API Services Developer Practitioner badge, you need to complete the training courses required to be ready for contributing to an API Services project:

• Talend ESB Basics
• Talend Data Mapper Essentials
• Talend Cloud API Services
• Talend Academy use case: Handling REST requests and complex mappings in Talend Cloud

To guide you from the Explorer level to the Practitioner level, you can collect Talend Academy trophies along the way. In learning plans, you will find quizzes to assess your knowledge and understanding of the training material. If you achieve a score of 80% or more, then you will be awarded a trophy. As you collect necessary trophies, you progress on the path to getting the Practitioner badge.

You now have earned a Practitioner badge, meaning that you successfully completed your training and you are ready to contribute to projects. Time to celebrate and share your success with your peers!

Certified badge

Talend offers certification exams to assess your knowledge of product usage and the underlying methods required to successfully implement quality projects. The exams are designed by Talend subject matter experts and are based on real-life scenarios to ensure the depth and breadth of topics covered. Being certified demonstrates your readiness for API Services projects. Upon completion of the certification exam, you will be awarded a Certified badge. 

To be awarded the API Services Developer Certified badge, you need to pass the Talend API Services Certified Developer Exam. To be successful in the exam, you are expected to have completed the recommended training on Talend Academy, earned the corresponding Practitioner badge, and have six months of hands-on experience with the product.

To get prepared for the exam, we encourage you to complete the Talend API Services Certified Developer Preparation Course on Talend Academy. Once you feel ready for the exam, register on the Kryterion Webassessor site. 

Passed? Well done! API Services Certified Developers know how to implement quality projects, and it may be an opportunity for you to expand your role. Make sure your peers and leadership know about this new achievement! 

Claim and Share your badges

 Claiming your Talend badge is simple. On completion of the earning criteria for each Talend badge, you will receive a notification email from Talend. 

To claim your first Talend badge, follow these simple steps:

• Click the link in the email.
• Log in to Credly to accept your badge.

If you don’t have an account, create one and validate it by clicking the link in the account creation email you will receive. 

Note that you can have multiple email addresses attached to your badging account, such as professional and personal emails, and an email address from a previous employer. It means you have the ability to group your badges into a single account so that peers and recruiters can view all your badges acquired over time.