DataExpert.io Academy
Master data engineering and AI like a big tech engineer
What Our Students Say
Rakesh Rao
Student"As a data platform engineer with two small kids at home, I needed a structured program that would make every minute count and this bootcamp delivered exactly that. Zach isn't just an instructor, he's an engineer who has actually built things in the industry. If you're a working engineer looking to upskill into AI, especially with limited time, I'd highly recommend this bootcamp. It's one of the best learning investments I've made."
Lubo Bali
Student"What I liked most is that you actually do the work, not just watch videos. Zach made us personal accounts in Databricks so we practice on the same tools companies use every day. Zach makes you do the work and explain what is going on. The more you practice the more things click. Good bootcamp, would recommend."
Shwetha Kashyap
Student"Zach is a great tutor. DE lessons were packed with valuable gems. The video lessons were easy to follow and understand. Instructions to set up coding environments and Discord participation, support from Zach's staff were all great. Highly recommend this course."
Emmanuel Tloome
Student"Over the past 45+ days, I had the opportunity to participate in the Finish 2025 Strong 50-Day Data Challenge program, and it was an incredibly rewarding experience. The program was well-structured, practical, and focused on building real-world data engineering and analytics skills."
Miguel Jimeno
Associate Professor"A very useful set of 6 weeks of classes and labs. This is not an entry-level bootcamp though, but the learning and networking opportunities are worth the investment."
Mitali Gupta
Student"One of the most rewarding aspects of the bootcamp was the ability to immediately apply the knowledge gained. The techniques and strategies taught by Zach have already proven effective in my day-to-day work."
Explore Our Featured Programs
Spring 2026 AI Engineering Boot Camp
Master RAG, Agents, Memory and building end-to-end AI applications in 5 weeks
Platform Access Included:
DiscordNo prerequisites required
No prerequisites required
Main Content
Included Cohorts
LinkedIn Mastery Course6 hrs
- LinkedIn Masterclass (6.1 hrs)
FullStackExpert.io All-access Subscription27 hrs
- Fullstack Bootcamp Orientation
- Boot camp Kickoff
- Web Dev Fundamentals (5.1 hrs)
- Intermediate Frontend Development (3.7 hrs)
- Fundamentals of Backend Development (4 hrs)
- Intermediate Backend Development (4 hrs)
- Advanced Backend Development (4.7 hrs)
- Advanced Frontend Development (4.8 hrs)
- Office Hours
- Q&A with Dan
- Soft Skills
AI Engineering Boot Camp Starting on July 7th, 202523 hrs
- Prompt Engineering (3.9 hrs)
- Understanding RAG (3.9 hrs)
- Advanced RAG and Agentic AI (2.9 hrs)
- MLOps (2.5 hrs)
- Building end-to-end AI Application (3.3 hrs)
- Tech Talks July 2025 (2.9 hrs)
- Q&A with Zach July 2025
- TA Office hours
- Career Dev Sessions (1.3 hrs)
- Book Club (1.9 hrs)
AI Engineering Boot Camp starting October 20th, 202533 hrs
- Week 0: Application Setup
- Week 1: Prompt Engineering + Basic RAG (3.5 hrs)
- Week 2: RAG optimizations + Reranking (3.8 hrs)
- Week 3: MCP and Agentic AI (3.4 hrs)
- Week 4: MLOPs and Guardrails (3.3 hrs)
- Week 5: End-to-End AI Applications (3.3 hrs)
- Tech Talks (4.7 hrs)
- Q&A with Zach (4.5 hrs)
- TA Office hours (2.8 hrs)
- Career Dev Sessions (1.4 hrs)
- Book Club (2.2 hrs)
All-Access DataExpert.io Subscription
This gets you access to all self-paced content and the discord community of highly motivated learners!
- 250+ Hours of Content
- Build an awesome portfolio!
- Join the dedicated community
Platform Access Included:
Databricks
AstronomerDiscord
GitHub
AWS
Snowflake
OpenAI- Proficiency in Python and SQL
- Basic understanding of Docker, Flink, and Kafka
- Proficiency in Python and SQL
- Basic understanding of Docker, Flink, and Kafka
Main Content
Onboarding
Speaker Events Archive0.7 hrs
Included Cohorts
Data Engineer Interview Skills8 hrs
- Interview Skills (5.4 hrs)
- AI and LLM (2.4 hrs)
LinkedIn Mastery Course6 hrs
- LinkedIn Masterclass (6.1 hrs)
FullStackExpert.io All-access Subscription27 hrs
- Fullstack Bootcamp Orientation
- Boot camp Kickoff
- Web Dev Fundamentals (5.1 hrs)
- Intermediate Frontend Development (3.7 hrs)
- Fundamentals of Backend Development (4 hrs)
- Intermediate Backend Development (4 hrs)
- Advanced Backend Development (4.7 hrs)
- Advanced Frontend Development (4.8 hrs)
- Office Hours
- Q&A with Dan
- Soft Skills
Analytics Engineering Boot Camp starting October 202435 hrs
- Bootcamp Kickoff (2.2 hrs)
- Pipeline Spec Building + Airflow Fundamentals (2.8 hrs)
- Change Data Capture (CDC) and Analytical Patterns (5.5 hrs)
- dbt basics (2.6 hrs)
- Advanced dbt (2.7 hrs)
- Advanced Snowflake (2.6 hrs)
- Passing Analytics Engineer Interviews
- Bonus (6.8 hrs)
- Tech Talk (5.7 hrs)
- TA Office Hours (3.9 hrs)
2025 New Year Data Engineering Boot Camp starting January 6th50 hrs
- January 2025 Bootcamp Kickoff
- Airflow + Trino (3.7 hrs)
- Snowflake + dbt Basics (3.5 hrs)
- Databricks Basics (2.6 hrs)
- Advanced Spark on Databricks (3.6 hrs)
- Snowflake + Advanced dbt (4.1 hrs)
- Analytical Patterns and Advanced SQL (4.1 hrs)
- Real Time Data (Spark and Kafka Streaming) (2.2 hrs)
- Bonus - LLMs (4.8 hrs)
- Career Development Sessions (4.5 hrs)
- Q&A with Zach Wilson (2.6 hrs)
- Guest Speaker Sessions (6.5 hrs)
- TA Office Hours (6.1 hrs)
- Capstone Showcase Jan 2025 (2 hrs)
Boot Camp: Community Edition27 hrs
- Bootcamp Orientation
- Dimensional Data Modeling (4.2 hrs)
- Fact Data Modeling (3.9 hrs)
- Apache Spark Fundamentals (3.6 hrs)
- Applying Analytical Patterns (2.8 hrs)
- Real-time pipelines with Flink and Kafka (2.8 hrs)
- Data Visualization and Impact (1.8 hrs)
- Data Pipeline Maintenance (2.4 hrs)
- KPIs and Experimentation (2.6 hrs)
- Data Quality Patterns (1.8 hrs)
Spring Data Engineering Boot Camp Starting May 26th, 202521 hrs
- Data Lakes with Delta Table (2.2 hrs)
- Databricks and Advanced Spark (3.8 hrs)
- Structured Streaming Kafka to Delta Live Table
- Managing Unstructured Data
- Databricks and Spark Fundamentals (preread)
- Q&A with Zach May 2025 (3.7 hrs)
- Bonus - Azure (5.6 hrs)
- Tech Talks May 2025
- TA Office Hours (2.8 hrs)
- Capstone DE Bootcamp May 2025
Analytics Engineering Boot Camp starting April 14th, 202540 hrs
- Data Modeling on Iceberg (4.7 hrs)
- Data Modeling on Snowflake (5.2 hrs)
- Snowflake + dbt basics (3.8 hrs)
- Advanced dbt (3.8 hrs)
- End-to-End Project Hacking (4.9 hrs)
- Q&A With Zach Wilson (3.4 hrs)
- TA Office Hours (5.7 hrs)
- Tech Talks (7.3 hrs)
- Career Development
AI Engineering Boot Camp Starting on July 7th, 202523 hrs
- Prompt Engineering (3.9 hrs)
- Understanding RAG (3.9 hrs)
- Advanced RAG and Agentic AI (2.9 hrs)
- MLOps (2.5 hrs)
- Building end-to-end AI Application (3.3 hrs)
- Tech Talks July 2025 (2.9 hrs)
- Q&A with Zach July 2025
- TA Office hours
- Career Dev Sessions (1.3 hrs)
- Book Club (1.9 hrs)
Building Pipelines with Iceberg and Airflow8 hrs
- Data Modeling with Iceberg and Trino (3.9 hrs)
- Airflow Pipelines with Iceberg (4 hrs)
Winter 2026 Analytics Engineering Camp47 hrs
- Bootcamp Kick off (1.9 hrs)
- Airflow (4 hrs)
- Mastering Analytical Patterns (3.5 hrs)
- dbt basics (3.8 hrs)
- advanced dbt (4.3 hrs)
- Advanced Snowflake (3.4 hrs)
- Q&A with Zach (4.6 hrs)
- Tech Talks (4.9 hrs)
- TA Office hours (6.3 hrs)
- Career Dev Sessions (2 hrs)
- Book Club
- Data Modeling on Iceberg (4.2 hrs)
- Data Modeling on Snowflake (4 hrs)
- Capstone Project
Our Courses and Cohorts
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Our students have gone on to work at companies like Meta, Airbnb and Amazon. As well as achieve 100% raises!
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Immediate free cloud access to Databricks, AWS, Snowflake, Astronomer, and more!
Weekly Guest Speaker Sessions
Learn from the best in the industry!
Capstone Projects
Showcase of student projects
Real Time Formula 1 Analytics
Big Bag Data
Chess.com Analytics
Trading Strategy for Crypto Currency - Analytics Engineering Capstone Submission
BetFlow - Real Time Sports Betting App
Meet Our Instructors
Our instructors are industry experts with a passion for teaching
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Frequently Asked Questions
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