Data Engineering Foundations
Free Intermediate course · 12 lessons · 4 weeks · Certificate on completion
Move data reliably at scale. Pipelines, warehouses, and orchestration the way real data teams build them. Across 12 lessons you'll move from fundamentals to a portfolio-ready outcome — at your own pace, with quizzes after each lesson and a final exam to certify your mastery.
What you'll learn
- The modern data stack
- ETL vs ELT in practice
- Designing a data warehouse
- Batch pipelines end to end
- Streaming fundamentals
- Orchestration with DAGs
Skills you'll pick up
- The modern data stack
- ETL vs ELT in practice
- Designing a data warehouse
- Batch pipelines end to end
- Streaming fundamentals
- Orchestration with DAGs
Tools covered
- Data Engineering
- Real-world projects
- Quizzes
- Final exam
Course modules
Module 1: The modern data stack
Module 1 of Data Engineering Foundations. 3 lessons · 3h
Module 2: ETL vs ELT in practice
Module 2 of Data Engineering Foundations. 3 lessons · 3h
Module 3: Designing a data warehouse
Module 3 of Data Engineering Foundations. 3 lessons · 3h
Module 4: Batch pipelines end to end
Module 4 of Data Engineering Foundations. 3 lessons · 3h
Lessons in this course
- The modern data stack
- ETL vs ELT in practice
- Designing a data warehouse
- Batch pipelines end to end
- Streaming fundamentals
- Orchestration with DAGs
- Data quality and testing
- Cost and performance tuning
- Data Engineering: Deep dive 9
- Data Engineering: Deep dive 10
- Data Engineering: Deep dive 11
- Data Engineering: Deep dive 12
Instructor
Marcus Oyelaran — Senior Data Engineer
Marcus Oyelaran is a Senior Data Engineer with years of hands-on experience teaching Data Engineering to thousands of learners worldwide.
Certificate
Finish every lesson and pass the final exam to earn a free, verifiable Learnera certificate for Data Engineering Foundations. It can be downloaded as a PDF and shared on LinkedIn.
Career outcomes
Median global salary $130,000 per year · median India salary ₹18,00,000 per year · 27,644 open roles worldwide
- Data Engineering Specialist
- Senior Data Engineering Lead
- Data Engineering Consultant
Frequently asked questions
Is the Data Engineering Foundations course free?
Yes. Every Learnera course, including Data Engineering Foundations, is completely free — lessons, quizzes, the final exam, and the certificate.
How long does Data Engineering Foundations take?
12 lessons, typically completed in 4 weeks at a comfortable pace.
Do I get a certificate?
Yes — pass the final exam and you receive a free, verifiable certificate you can share on LinkedIn.