Open Table Formats: Delta Lake and Apache Iceberg
Free Advanced course · 10 lessons · 4 weeks · Certificate on completion
Understand ACID tables on object storage and choose between Delta, Iceberg and Hudi. Across 10 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
- Problems with plain Parquet lakes
- Transaction logs explained
- Delta Lake features
- Apache Iceberg design
- Hudi in brief
- Schema evolution
Skills you'll pick up
- Problems with plain Parquet la
- Transaction logs explained
- Delta Lake features
- Apache Iceberg design
- Hudi in brief
- Schema evolution
Tools covered
- Open Table Formats
- Real-world projects
- Quizzes
- Final exam
Course modules
Module 1: Problems with plain Parquet lakes
Module 1 of Open Table Formats: Delta Lake and Apache Iceberg. 3 lessons · 3h
Module 2: Apache Iceberg design
Module 2 of Open Table Formats: Delta Lake and Apache Iceberg. 3 lessons · 3h
Module 3: Time travel and rollback
Module 3 of Open Table Formats: Delta Lake and Apache Iceberg. 2 lessons · 2h
Module 4: Catalogs and engines
Module 4 of Open Table Formats: Delta Lake and Apache Iceberg. 2 lessons · 2h
Lessons in this course
- Problems with plain Parquet lakes
- Transaction logs explained
- Delta Lake features
- Apache Iceberg design
- Hudi in brief
- Schema evolution
- Time travel and rollback
- Compaction and maintenance
- Catalogs and engines
- Choosing a format
Instructor
Sofia Lindqvist — Analytics Engineering Lead
Sofia Lindqvist is a Analytics Engineering Lead with years of hands-on experience teaching Open Table Formats to thousands of learners worldwide.
Certificate
Finish every lesson and pass the final exam to earn a free, verifiable Learnera certificate for Open Table Formats: Delta Lake and Apache Iceberg. It can be downloaded as a PDF and shared on LinkedIn.
Career outcomes
Median global salary $150,000 per year · median India salary ₹21,00,000 per year · 33,316 open roles worldwide
- Open Table Formats Specialist
- Senior Open Table Formats Lead
- Open Table Formats Consultant
Frequently asked questions
Is the Open Table Formats: Delta Lake and Apache Iceberg course free?
Yes. Every Learnera course, including Open Table Formats: Delta Lake and Apache Iceberg, is completely free — lessons, quizzes, the final exam, and the certificate.
How long does Open Table Formats: Delta Lake and Apache Iceberg take?
10 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.