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Understanding Data Engineering

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Updated 02/2025
Discover how data engineers lay the groundwork that makes data science possible. No coding involved!
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Understand the Basics of Data Engineering


In this course, you’ll learn about a data engineer’s core responsibilities, how they differ from data scientists, and facilitate the flow of data through an organization. Through hands-on exercises you’ll follow Spotflix, a fictional music streaming company, to understand how their data engineers collect, clean, and catalog their data.

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By the end of the course, you’ll understand what your company's data engineers do, be ready to have a conversation with a data engineer, and have a solid foundation to start your own data engineer journey.

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What is data engineering?

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