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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- An understanding of data flow and common data engineering concepts
- Working knowledge of SQL and Python for fetching and manipulating structured data
- Hands-on experience with NoSQL databases like MongoDB for unstructured data
- The ability to design scalable data systems using data warehouses and lakehouses
- Familiarity with Hadoop, Spark, and Kafka for big data processing and streaming
Learning Roadmap
1.
Dive into Data Engineering
Dive into Data Engineering
Learn how to understand and follow the data’s journey through data engineering.
2.
Talk to Data
Talk to Data
Learn how to fetch, query, and manipulate structured data using SQL and Python.
3.
Think Outside the Table
Think Outside the Table
2 Lessons
2 Lessons
Learn how to handle unstructured and semi-structured data using NoSQL and MongoDB.
4.
Explore Data Worlds!
Explore Data Worlds!
3 Lessons
3 Lessons
Learn how to design scalable data systems using warehouses, lakehouses, and OLAP cubes.
5.
Process and Manage Big Data Effectively
Process and Manage Big Data Effectively
6 Lessons
6 Lessons
Learn how to store, process, and stream massive data using Hadoop, Spark, and Kafka.
6.
Clean It Up
Clean It Up
6 Lessons
6 Lessons
Learn how to clean, reshape, and prepare data using pandas for reliable analysis.
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ABOUT THIS COURSE
As organizations scale their use of data, the bottleneck is infrastructure. Data engineering has become the backbone of modern data systems, enabling reliable pipelines, scalable storage, and real-time processing. Yet many professionals struggle to learn data engineering beyond isolated tools. This course is designed to give you a systems-level understanding of data engineering, so you can build and reason about data platforms with confidence.
I built this course from my experience working with data-intensive systems and teaching how complex architectures evolve under real-world constraints. A consistent pattern I observed was that learners could write queries or use frameworks, but lacked a clear mental model of how data flows through systems end-to-end. This course addresses that gap by focusing on how to learn data engineering as a cohesive discipline, not just a collection of technologies.
You’ll start by understanding how data moves across systems and how to work with structured data using SQL and Python. From there, you’ll handle semi-structured and unstructured data with NoSQL systems like MongoDB. The course then moves into designing scalable architectures using data warehouses and lakehouses, followed by working with big data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, and Kafka, all framed through practical system design patterns.
If you want to learn data engineering in a way that prepares you to build reliable, scalable data systems, this course provides a clear and structured path forward.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Khayyam Hashmi
Computer scientist and Generative AI and Machine Learning specialist. VP of Technical Content @ educative.io.
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