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About the Course

Start your journey in one of the fastest growing professions today with this beginner-friendly Data Engineering course! You will be introduced to the core concepts, processes, and tools you need to know in order to get a foundational knowledge of data engineering. as well as the roles that Data Engineers, Data Scientists, and Data Analysts play in the ecosystem. You will begin this course by understanding what is data engineering as well as the roles that Data Engineers, Data Scientists, and Data Analysts play in this exciting field. Next you will learn about the data engineering ecosystem, the different types of data structures, file formats, sources of data, and the languages data professionals use in their day-to-day tasks. You will become familiar with the components of a data platform and gain an understanding of several different types of data repositories such as Relational (RDBMS) and NoSQL databases, Data Warehouses, Data Marts, Data Lakes and Data Lakehouses. You’ll then learn about Big Data processing tools like Apache Hadoop and Spark. You will also become familiar with ETL, ELT, Data Pipelines and Data Integration. This course provides you with an understanding of a typical Data Engineering lifecycle which includes architecting data platforms, designing data stores, and gathering, importing, wrangling, querying, and analyzing data. You will also learn about security, governance, and compliance. You will learn about career opportunities in the field of Data Engineering and the different paths that you can take for getting skilled as a Data Engineer. You will hear from several experienced Data Engineers, sharing their insights and advice. By the end of this course, you will also have completed several hands-on labs and worked with a relational database, loaded data into the database, and performed some basic querying operations....

Top reviews

Sep 25, 2021

I felt the course was the perfect introduction for someone like me that has been on the sales side of most software. I feel that it wasnt ovewhelming at all, and I mostly enjoyed the labs.

Aug 13, 2024

A very good introduction course. It presents all ecosystem of Data Engineering, the fields of works and specific areas related to ir and also all its technologies and applications.

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By Jonatan P

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Aug 22, 2025

It's a complete course with the fundamental information to start in the world of data

By Norbert W

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Dec 16, 2024

Great course! I like it since it refreshes my mind and teaches me also new knowledge.

By Raul O

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Dec 28, 2021

Easy to understand, very well explained and the videos are great. Highly recommended.

By Lautaro D L

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Nov 15, 2022

Extremely well made presentations and good overview of the field of Data Engineering

By Ghazi E

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Sep 18, 2022

Anyone who wants to start a career in data engineering must start from this course.

By Guilherme d L S

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Feb 22, 2022

The course is a perfect theoretical introduction to the field of data engineering.

By Ishimwe E

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Jan 15, 2022

It was really great to gain knowledge through this course and it is helpful as well

By Marie O

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Mar 4, 2023

Good basic course for learners who have no background related to data engineering.

By Stoewie v d B

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Oct 1, 2022

Very insightful and gives a great introduction to the field of data engineering.

By Temitayo A

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Jan 14, 2022

Excellent delivery. Can't wait to continue in other courses in the specialization

By Danish I

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Dec 29, 2022

I love this Course i have learned a lot of essential knowledge from this course.

By Ammar S

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Nov 28, 2021

Many thanks for this well-structured course that answered a lot of my questions.

By Basuru C

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Jun 9, 2025

Nice well design course. 100% recommend to anyone. Thank you, IBM and Lectures.

By José R S R

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Mar 31, 2025

Gives great perspective and achieves its purpose of serving as an introduction.

By Mnoneleli G

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Jan 25, 2023

I enjoyed this module. I got a broad overview of what data engineering entails.

By Wira W

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Jan 2, 2022

This course gave me appropriate materials to learn basic skill on data engineer

By Muhammad W U

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Apr 4, 2021

It was a good course. learned some basics about the Data Engineering life cycle

By Elkin D R M

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Jul 5, 2023

An excellent introduction course even if you t know anything about the subject

By Miguel A R

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Aug 29, 2022

Very informative with slides, interviews, videos, quizzes, and labs. Thank you

By jesus m

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Jul 22, 2024

Muy útil, pero deberian hacer algo con la tarea que te revisan tus compañeros

By Renvil S

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Sep 19, 2023

Really good overview for beginner to have a taste what is Data Engineering is

By Pedro I

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Jan 16, 2023

Excellent introductory course to the Data Science world! I really enjoyed it!

By Shruti J

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Dec 19, 2022

It was beginner friendly course which gave me a overview of Data Engineering.

By Vishak H P

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Nov 21, 2022

Nice Course. Provides a comprehensive view of principles of Data Engineering.