Specialization
Data Engineering Roadmap
Build the infrastructure that powers data-driven decisions. This path covers ETL pipelines, data warehousing, stream processing, orchestration, and the modern data stack.
11 skill nodes~85 hours7 core · 4 optional
Path Overview
Foundation
3
Intermediate
3
Advanced
3
Expert
2
CoreOptional
Skill Tree
Data Engineering skill progression
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Core skill — essential for this pathOptional — explore when readyClick node to expand · checkbox to track
1
Foundation
3 core · 0 optional
SQL (Advanced)
sql
Python for Data
python
Linux & Shell Automation
linux
next level
2
Intermediate
3 core · 0 optional
ETL Pipeline Fundamentals
etl
Data Warehousing
warehouse
Workflow Orchestration (Airflow)
orchestration
next level
3
Advanced
1 core · 2 optional
Apache Spark
optional
spark
Stream Processing (Kafka)
optional
streaming
dbt (Data Build Tool)
dbt
next level
4
Expert
0 core · 2 optional
Data Lake Architecture
optional
data-lake
ML Pipeline Foundations
optional
mlops
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