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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 Trina B

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Aug 1, 2022

This course has nearly all the information required to start Data engineering studies. Excellent summation.

By Shanna L

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Aug 8, 2022

This was a great introduction to data engineering. I appreciated the viewpoints of current data engineers.

By Sergey S

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Mar 29, 2023

Good broad level introduction to dat engineering, the data ecosystem and the roles of data professionals.

By Victor F

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Jan 7, 2025

This course is packed with information and a few good practical's to get you start in this introduction.

By João V P O

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Oct 14, 2022

The course gives a great data engineering overview, showing the modern data stack and fundamental tools.

By Venkata R R K

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Sep 27, 2022

This course covered the fundamentals of the Data Engineering. The content and videos are well organized.

By Areolino N M

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Apr 16, 2024

Agradeço pelo conteúdo abordado nessa fase. Fiquei muito satisfeito viajar neste campo de aprendizagem.

By Jessica N

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Dec 6, 2022

As a beginner, I like the short and intensive videos, including all the necessary information to start.

By Ezequiel S

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Apr 21, 2022

It as such a great experience that I first audit the course, then decided to take it in a complete way.

By Patricia P

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Oct 16, 2021

Very informational and a good start to understand to the world of Data Engineering. Highly recommended.

By Seyit Ç

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May 30, 2025

I would like to thank all my teachers for their valuable information. It was good information for me.

By Marko M

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Mar 22, 2022

Very good course for an introduction in field, really enjoyed video lectures from people in industry.

By Adeyemi T

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Aug 19, 2021

It is a well thought out course. I would highly recommend the course for any intending Data Engineer.

By Lynn N

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Mar 21, 2022

Great course. The was a lot of repetition which enable the student consolidate the learning process.

By Md. H T (

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Jul 10, 2024

Great initiative by IBM and Course era. I hope to continue my learning with Coursera in the future.

By Francisco E M

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Sep 29, 2021

Excelente curso teórico que orienta y proporciona la dirección a tomar en cuanto a la parte técnica

By Joseph M

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Aug 7, 2021

Good course, it provided the basic information on Data Engineering to get me started with my career

By muhammad a

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Sep 2, 2024

This course provides not only foundation of data engineering yet interaction with professionalists

By Rohith K

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Feb 7, 2025

Very good course for the one who has a keen interest in data and wants to start a career in data.

By Vaibhav N

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Oct 18, 2024

This course was really informative and can be a great way to start your data engineering journey.

By Phạm M M

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May 17, 2023

Good at explaining the concept of data engineering like type of data, type of data repository,..

By Wasfi S

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Nov 24, 2022

Excellent introduction covering a large foundation of this vast and exciting field of technology

By Thembelani N

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Jul 17, 2022

very detailed and exciting course ,being new to the I T world im looking foward to learn more .

By Penjani M

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Oct 16, 2021

I really enjoyed the course and the amount of information I received from the learning platform