Accenture3 postings
Most common title: Google Agentic AI Delivery Specialist
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Google Cloud Professional Machine Learning Engineer (PMLE)
Validates skills in building, deploying, automating and monitoring machine learning and generative AI solutions on Google Cloud.
Summary
Professional Machine Learning Engineer is Google Cloud's certification for building, deploying and monitoring machine learning and generative AI solutions. It suits ML and data engineers who put models into production on Google Cloud, with classic ML, BigQuery ML and MLOps central alongside generative AI.
Good fit if
- You build, deploy or monitor ML or generative AI on Google Cloud
- You know ML fundamentals and can read Python and SQL
- Job postings you target list Professional Machine Learning Engineer
Look elsewhere if
- You are new to Google Cloud: Associate Cloud Engineer
- You focus on data pipelines, not models: Professional Data Engineer
- Your employer runs on AWS: AWS Machine Learning Engineer Associate
Salary & jobs
47 US job postings ask for PMLE, with Machine Learning Engineer as the most common job title. The median pay is $170k a year; most fall between $142k and $202k.
Top-paying job titles
Most common job titles
| Job title |
|---|
| Job title | ||
|---|---|---|
| Machine Learning Engineer | - | 4 |
| AI Architect | - | 2 |
| AI Engineer | - | 2 |
| AI Ml Engineer | - | 2 |
| Google Agentic AI Delivery Specialist | - | 2 |
| HR AI Ml Engineer II | - | 2 |
| Solution Architect AI Data | - | 2 |
| Agentic AI Architect Google Cloud | - | 1 |
| AI Ml Engineer Subject Matter Expert | - | 1 |
| AI Ml Sme | - | 1 |
| AI Security Operations Analyst | - | 1 |
| AI Solutions Architect | - | 1 |
| AI Subject Matter Expert | - | 1 |
| Architect AI Gcp Agentic Stack | - | 1 |
| Cloud AI Engineer | - | 1 |
Top employers
Accenture
Airbus2 postings
Most common title: HR AI Ml Engineer II
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Peraton2 postings
Most common title: Enterprise Capabilities Architect Digital Transformation AI And Data Architect
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ServiceNow2 postings
Most common title: Solution Architect AI Data
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Sierra Nevada Corporation2 postings
Most common title: AI Ml Engineer
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Valtech2 postings
Most common title: Google Cloud Data Engineer
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West Monroe 2 postings
Most common title: Gcp Platform Ny
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life3602 postings
Most common title: Mlops Engineer II
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Cost
What holders say
Valued by Google Cloud partners
A hiring manager says the certification is a requirement on their ML team's postings, partly because certified staff count toward Google Cloud partnership status.
Helps most alongside real projects
Commenters say it can help you reach an interview when your resume also shows a Google Cloud ML project, and a career changer found it was not enough on its own.
Builds confidence in design discussions
A holder who already worked in the field says it did not change their role right away, but confirmed their judgement when discussing cloud and ML design.
Certification path
Google Cloud describes Associate Cloud Engineer as a path to its Professional certifications, including Machine Learning Engineer.
Renewal
Professional Machine Learning Engineer is valid for 2 years.
- Validity
- 2 years
- Renew by exam
- Standard exam Adds 2 years
- Exam fee
- $200 USD 50% renewal discount code issued when you certify
The renewal window opens 60 days before your certification expires, and you can renew up to 30 days after it. There is no shorter renewal exam or Google Skills route for this certification yet.
Google Cloud renewal options ↗Alternatives
PDE$200 required · Advanced
Better fit if you focus on data pipelines and analytics rather than models.
AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate$75 required · Intermediate
The comparable ML engineering certification for AWS.
AI-103$165 required · Intermediate
A comparable AI engineering certification for teams building on Azure.
FAQ
How much does the Professional Machine Learning Engineer exam cost?
$200 plus tax. A retake costs the same. When you certify, Google gives you a 50% discount code for your renewal attempt.
What changed in the 2026 Professional Machine Learning Engineer exam?
The exam guide dated June 1, 2026 replaces Vertex AI names with Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, adds more generative AI topics such as Model Garden, LLM evaluation and Model Armor, and favours Google Cloud native solutions.
How do you renew Professional Machine Learning Engineer?
Pass the standard exam again in the 60 days before your certification expires. That adds two years. There is no shorter renewal exam or Google Skills route for this certification yet.
Do you need to code for the Professional Machine Learning Engineer exam?
No. Google says the exam does not directly assess coding, but you should read Python and SQL well enough to understand code snippets in questions.
Last updated October 2026