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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