Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Data Engineer
4.6(8,000) on Coursera·110K enrolled
Advanced 200 hours English Professional Certificate
Our recommendation
A Coursera Professional Certificate preparing you for the Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer exam, covering the full GCP data stack — Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Dataproc, BigQuery and more. Thorough, official-aligned preparation, though the GCP certification exam itself is a separate paid booking and the course runs on the company-certificate subscription model.
Good for: Preparing for the GCP Professional Data Engineer certification.
Less suitable if: You are new to GCP or expect the cert from the course alone.
Skills you'll gain
Google CloudData engineeringBigQueryDataflowPub/SubDataproc
Is this course right for you?
A good fit if you…
You are preparing for GCP PDE
You know GCP and data basics
You want official-aligned prep
Consider something else if you…
You are new to GCP
You expect the cert from this alone
You want a different cloud
Requirements: GCP and data-engineering familiarity.
Realistic time: Several weeks part-time.
About this course
This Coursera Professional Certificate prepares you for the Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer exam, covering the full GCP data stack: ingesting data with Pub/Sub, processing with Dataflow and Dataproc, storing in BigQuery and Bigtable, and building ML pipelines with Vertex AI.
What you'll learn
Design data pipelines using GCP services for batch and streaming data
Write and optimize BigQuery SQL for large-scale analytics
Build streaming pipelines with Pub/Sub and Dataflow
Process big data with Dataproc (managed Hadoop and Spark on GCP)
Pass the Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer certification exam
This course includes
200h
On-demand video
Yes
Certificate
Yes
Mobile access
English
Language
What it costs
You can audit the course free on Coursera. A certificate needs a Coursera subscription (about $49/month) or Coursera Plus, with financial aid available. As a Google Professional Certificate it runs on the ~$49/month subscription (not Coursera Plus). The GCP Professional Data Engineer exam is separate and costs about $200, booked with Google.
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Instructor
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Google Cloud Teaching Staff
Coursera instructor
110K+ learners6 courses4.6 instructor rating
Developed by Google Cloud training team with input from Google engineers who designed the GCP data services covered in the curriculum.
No — it is preparation. The Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer exam (about $200) is booked separately with Google.
As a Google Professional Certificate it runs on the ~$49/month Coursera subscription (not part of Coursera Plus); you can audit individual courses free.
Yes — GCP and data-engineering familiarity are expected; it is an advanced certificate.
The full GCP data stack — Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Dataproc and BigQuery.
Yes — the Professional Data Engineer is a well-regarded, advanced cloud credential.