Adobe Commerce Developer Professional

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Adobe Commerce Developer Professional Exam Format

AD0-E717

Everything the official exam blueprint specifies: question count, time limit, scoring and the weight each domain carries. The Adobe Commerce Developer Professional certification validates the advanced technical skills required to build, customize, and maintain enterprise-level e-commerce platforms. As of the 2026 update, the exam emphasizes modern headless commerce architectures, heavy emphasis on GraphQL for decoupled frontends, and the use of asynchronous processing for high-scale environments. Candidates must demonstrate mastery over the Adobe Commerce core framework, showing they can not only write code but also design scalable, secure, and highly performant systems that meet the rigorous demands of global enterprise merchants. This certification proves expertise in navigating the complexities of the EAV model, implementing robust service contracts, and ensuring seamless third-party ecosystem integrations.

70 questions
154 min
70% to pass
6 domains

Exam facts at a glance

What we know about this exam, and where the information comes from.

SpecificationValue
Questions70
Time limit154 minutes (132s per question)
Passing score70%
Domains6
LevelProfessional
Question bank here70 questions
SourceCertilum's own record — the vendor does not publish this figure

Official domain weights

The percentage of the exam each domain carries. Weight your revision by these numbers, not by what you find hardest.

DomainWeightTopicsPractice Qs
Security10%
  • Data Sanitization
  • Authentication Protocols
  • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
  • +2 more
7
Development30%
  • EAV Model Implementation
  • REST/GraphQL API Customization
  • UI Components
  • +2 more
21
Integration10%
  • ERP/CRM Connectivity
  • Payment Gateway Implementation
  • Third-party Module Integration
  • +1 more
7
Testing & Debugging15%
  • Unit Testing with PHPUnit
  • Integration Testing
  • Xdebug Usage
  • +2 more
11
Architecture & Design20%
  • Modular Design Patterns
  • Service Contracts
  • Dependency Injection
  • +2 more
14
Performance Optimization15%
  • Full Page Cache (FPC) Configuration
  • Varnish Integration
  • Database Indexing
  • +2 more
10

The heaviest domain is Security at 10%, and that is where lost points cost you the most. Certilum scores you per domain so you can see the difference between a knowledge gap and a formatting problem.

Note from the vendor record: Adobe Commerce Developer Professional. Adobe has published the updated AD0-E724 version at the same Professional-level price ($125/$95). Official exam page

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