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Data Engineer in Python Career Track

4.5(4,000) on DataCamp·90K enrolled
Intermediate 60 hours English Specialization
Our recommendation
DataCamp's Data Engineer in Python career track — a multi-course path building the pipelines that make data accessible for analysis and ML, one of the fastest-growing specialisations in data. Comprehensive and hands-on, it is a serious commitment across many courses, best for people set on a data-engineering path.

Good for: A structured, hands-on path into Python data engineering.

Less suitable if: You want a quick course or already work in data engineering.

Skills you'll gain

Data engineeringPythonData pipelinesETLSQLCloud data

Is this course right for you?

A good fit if you…

You want to become a data engineer
You will commit to a multi-course track
You know some Python

Consider something else if you…

You want a quick single course
You already work in data engineering
You want a university credential

Requirements: Basic Python; commitment across many courses.

Realistic time: Many hours across the track (weeks to months).

About this course

Data engineering is the fastest-growing specialization in the data field — building and maintaining the pipelines that make data accessible for analysis and ML. DataCamp's Data Engineer in Python track covers the Python data engineering stack: building ETL and ELT pipelines, orchestrating workflows with Apache Airflow, transforming data with dbt, querying cloud data warehouses with Snowflake, processing big data with PySpark, and managing data quality and testing.

What you'll learn

Build ETL and ELT pipelines using Python and pandas
Orchestrate data workflows with Apache Airflow
Transform data using dbt (data build tool)
Query and manage data in Snowflake cloud data warehouse
Process large-scale data with PySpark on Spark clusters

This course includes

60h
On-demand video
Yes
Certificate
Yes
Mobile access
English
Language

What it costs

DataCamp runs on a subscription — roughly $14/month billed annually (more month-to-month), with the first chapter of each course free to try. A certificate of completion is included with the subscription. Being a long career track, expect several months of subscription depending on your pace.

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DataCamp includes a certificate of completion with your subscription — a useful learning record rather than a formal or accredited qualification. It is a track completion record, not a formal or university qualification.

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Developed by DataCamp's data engineering curriculum team in collaboration with industry practitioners from leading data engineering companies.

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Frequently asked questions

No — it is a multi-course career track, a serious commitment across many courses.
Weeks to months depending on your pace; budget for several months of subscription.
Yes — the first chapter is free; the rest needs a DataCamp subscription.
Basic Python helps; the track builds your data-engineering skills from there.
Yes — a DataCamp certificate of completion is included with the subscription, as a learning record.
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