Spring Data Engineering Boot Camp Starting May 26th, 2025

This will cover all the important things from Spark, Databricks, Delta, Iceberg, and Delta Live Table needed to be amazing data engineers!

• 10 Industry Expert Speaker Sessions
• Lifetime access to content
• One year access to Databricks, AWS
• Get real cloud experience
• Weekly Q&A with Zach
• Join referral network

Platform Access Included:

AWS

PrerequisitesCurriculaSchedule

• One year of Python and SQL experience
• Exposure to Spark and Docker

• One year of Python and SQL experience
• Exposure to Spark and Docker

Main Content

Data Lakes with Delta Table2.2 hrs

• Delta Table Day 1 Lecture
• Delta Table Day 1 Lab
• Delta Lake Bonus
• Delta Table Day 2 Lecture
• Delta Table Day 2 Lab
• Test Again

Databricks and Advanced Spark3.8 hrs

• Apache Spark Shuffle Joins Day 1 Lecture
• Apache Spark Shuffle Joins Day 1 Lab
• Apache Spark Memory Turning, Partitioning Day 2 Lecture
• Apache Spark Memory Turning, Partitioning Day 2 Lab
• Apache Spark Unit Testing Day 3 Lecture
• Apache Spark Unit Testing Day 3 Lab
• Setting Up CI/CD and Unit Testing in Databricks for Reliable Data Pipelines

Structured Streaming Kafka to Delta Live Table0.8 hrs

• Apache Spark programming with Databricks Day 1 Lecture
• Apache Spark programming with Databricks Day 1 Lab
• Apache Spark programming with Databricks Day 2 Lecture
• Apache Spark programming with Databricks Day 2 Lab

Managing Unstructured Data0.8 hrs

• Managing Unstructured Data - Day 1 Lecture
• Managing Unstructured Data - Day 1 Lab
• Managing Unstructured Data - Day 2 Lecture
• Managing Unstructured Data - Day 2 Lab

Databricks and Spark Fundamentals (preread)

• Spark Basics

Q&A with Zach May 20253.7 hrs

• Q&A with Zach Week 1
• Q&A with Zach Week 2
• Q&A with Zach Week 3
• Q&A with Zach Week 4
• Q&A with Zach Week 5
• Navigating Data Engineering -Tips, Tools, and Career Insights

Bonus - Azure5.6 hrs

• Azure - Week 1
• Azure - Week 2
• Azure - Week 3
• Azure - Week 4
• Azure - Week 5

Tech Talks May 20251 hrs

• Tech Talk - Alex
• Tech Talk - Joe
• Tech Talk - Shubham
• Tech Talk - Vaishali

TA Office Hours2.8 hrs

• TA Office Hour 1
• TA Office Hour 2
• TA Office Hour 3
• TA Office Hour 4
• TA Office Hour 5
• TA Office Hour 6
• TA Office Hour 7
• TA Office Hour 8

Capstone DE Bootcamp May 2025

• Capstone May 2025

Included Cohorts

Data Engineer Interview Skills8 hrs

• Interview Skills (5.4 hrs)
• AI and LLM (2.4 hrs)

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 (3.2 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)

Building Pipelines with Iceberg and Airflow8 hrs

• Data Modeling with Iceberg and Trino (3.9 hrs)
• Airflow Pipelines with Iceberg (4.1 hrs)