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DNAi HR & Recruiting Systems Architect Certification

Architect enterprise-wide AI for HR & Recruiting.

Design secure, compliant, resilient AI ecosystems for HR & Recruiting at enterprise scale — brownfield realities, data and security boundaries, and regulatory-grade governance, with the people kept intact.

Free account to enroll· unlocks the full coursework, every checkpoint & the server-graded final exam
  • Publicly verifiable credential
  • Server-graded final exam
  • Lifetime coursework access
5
Modules
15
Lessons
5
Checkpoints
12
Final-exam questions
~5 h
Est. self-paced
What you'll be able to do
  • Enterprise HR AI architecture
  • Bias, privacy & compliance by design
  • HRIS / ATS integration
  • Trustworthy people systems at scale

Builds on the DNAi HR & Recruiting Professional Certification.

Syllabus

5 modules, earned in sequence.

01

Reference Architecture for Enterprise HR AI

Establishes the architect-tier blueprint for AI across an entire people function: a layered platform with shared services, control planes, and a model lifecycle that scales from one recruiter's workflow to every team and site. Sets the structural decisions that the professional-tier function deployments depend on.

  • From Point Solutions to a Shared People-AI Platform
  • Control Plane, Data Plane, Inference Plane
  • The Enterprise Model Lifecycle for People Decisions
02

Bias, Privacy, and Compliance by Design

Treats fairness, privacy, and regulatory compliance as architectural properties built into the people-AI platform from the start, not policies bolted on after launch. Moves from one screening prompt's fairness to enterprise-wide protections that hold across every team, region, and req type at once.

  • Fairness as an Architectural Property, Not a Prompt
  • Privacy Boundaries the People-AI Pipeline Must Not Cross
  • Explainability, Adverse Action, and Candidate Notice
03

HRIS and ATS Integration Across the Estate

Confronts the reality that enterprise people-AI lands in an estate of legacy HRIS, ATS, payroll, and benefits systems rather than a greenfield. Covers integration patterns, the anti-corruption layer, and orchestrating decisions across many systems of record without destabilizing the systems that pay people and store their records.

  • AI Meets the HRIS and ATS: Integration Without Coupling
  • The Anti-Corruption Layer and Event-Driven Seams
  • Reconciling People Decisions Across Systems of Record
04

Regulatory-Grade Governance and People-Model Risk

Elevates governance from per-deployment documentation to a company-wide model-risk and accountability framework that a regulator, an internal auditor, and a board can all rely on. Connects people-AI governance to NYC Local Law 144, the EU AI Act, EEOC, and ADA expectations across every team and region.

  • Model Inventory, Risk Tiering, and Independent Validation
  • Three Lines of Defense for Hiring AI
  • Vendor Accountability You Cannot Outsource
05

Trustworthy People Systems at Scale: Reliability, Cost, and Trust

Treats the people-AI platform as critical infrastructure and engineers it for graceful degradation, capacity, cost discipline, and the human trust that determines whether the function actually works. Closes the architect tier with the non-functional requirements and the people-keep-intact principle that decide whether the system survives production.

  • Designing for Graceful Degradation
  • Capacity, Latency, Provider Resilience, and Unit Economics
  • Architecting for Human Trust and Capacity at Scale

Each module ends with a checkpoint; the final exam unlocks once every checkpoint is passed.

The credential

A credential employers can verify in seconds.

Pass the coursework and the 70% server-graded final exam and you earn a certificate with a unique serial and a public verification page — tamper-evident and confirmable by anyone, with no account required.

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Before you enroll
Is the credential verifiable by employers?

Yes. Every certificate has a unique serial and a public verification page at digitalnetworks.ai/verify — no login required. Anyone can confirm it's authentic and unaltered.

What happens if I don't pass an exam?

Each module checkpoint allows up to 3 attempts. The final exam includes one attempt; additional retakes are $50 each. You keep full access to the coursework while you prepare, and the passing score is 70%.

Do I keep access after I finish?

Yes — enrollment is a one-time payment, and your coursework and earned certificate remain yours.

Is creating an account free?

Yes. Accounts are free; you pay once when you enroll in a certification.