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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 Anh V

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Aug 18, 2021

Very good content, that gave me an overview of Data Engineer career.

By BALACHANDAR S

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Nov 29, 2023

Really awesome. Thank you Coursera & IBM for this wonderful course.

By П Н

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Dec 16, 2021

very interesting. You understand how much still needs to be learned

By Phù C Đ

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Aug 28, 2022

Great introduction for new people who want to become Data Engineer

By Alireza H

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Aug 16, 2022

great course for familiar with data engineering ecosystem & theory

By Ruslan P

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Oct 13, 2025

Excellent course. I would like to see more practical assignments.

By Raghavendra S

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Apr 6, 2024

Nice Introduction to Data Engineering, fundamentals well covered.

By Saman S

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Oct 18, 2023

Very detailed and well structured with basic to detailed version.

By Karthikeyan P

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Oct 7, 2022

It is comprehensive and more productive training to start with.

By Abhishek K

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Jun 20, 2021

wonderful course and a very good insights given by the expertise

By Adriana Z

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Jul 14, 2025

Estoy muy contenta con todo el contenido, muy completo y claro.

By Burak A G

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Sep 24, 2023

It is perfectly fit to get started on the Data Engineering path

By Luis Á J P

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Aug 28, 2022

This course is fantatisc to start in field of data enginerring.

By Alexander W

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May 23, 2022

It is good and introduces the concepts behind data engineering.

By Oksana S

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May 23, 2022

Amazing course, learnt a lot! Look forward to discovering more!

By Siphosethu N

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Aug 15, 2025

The best course i have ever done thank you for the opportunity

By Emilio P

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Oct 24, 2024

Very good content to get started in the world of data engineer

By Zulfiqar M ( M

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Nov 13, 2023

Excellent course for Data Engineering Enthusiast and Beginners

By muchu v

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Sep 19, 2023

Excellent course to learn the fundamentals of data engineering

By dorothy s

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Jun 15, 2022

Fantastic, in-depth overview of the field of Data Engineering.

By Ryan S

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Oct 16, 2023

Great into course with a lot of good foundational information

By Deleted A

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Jun 30, 2023

Very helpful in introducing basic and important topics in DE

By Stephanie P

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Jul 18, 2021

Very informational and provided a solid foundation knowledge

By kashif m

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May 21, 2025

excellent with all the basic of data engineering is included