The 15-week 2026 Data and AI Engineering ChallengeLearn everything you need in analytics engineering, data engineering, and, AI engineering to be ready for the jobs of the future! Please review our academy policies before buying
The 15-week 2026 Data and AI Engineering Challenge
Learn everything you need in analytics engineering, data engineering, and, AI engineering to be ready for the jobs of the future!
Please review our academy policies before buying
The 15-week 2026 Data and AI Engineering Challenge
Learn everything you need in analytics engineering, data engineering, and, AI engineering to be ready for the jobs of the future!
Start:Jan 2, 2026
End:Apr 18, 2026
$7497 one time payment
- 15 industry-leading guest speakers
- Join our referral network
- 1 MEGA CAPSTONE PROJECT
- 20+ homework assignments
- A vibrant learning community
- Mentor Support
Platform Access Included:
Databricks
Discord
GitHub
Snowflake
OpenAI
AWS
Astronomer- Intermediate-level Python skills
- Intermediate-level SQL skills
- Intermediate-level Python skills
- Intermediate-level SQL skills
Included Cohorts
Data Engineer Interview Skills8 hrs
- Interview Skills (5.4 hrs)
- AI and LLM (2.4 hrs)
All-Access DataExpert.io Subscription
- Onboarding
- Speaker Events Archive
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 (3.2 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)
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 (5.6 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)
AI Engineering Boot Camp starting October 20th, 202531 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 (1.7 hrs)
- Tech Talks (3.8 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)
Building Pipelines with Iceberg and Airflow8 hrs
- Data Modeling with Iceberg and Trino (3.9 hrs)
- Airflow Pipelines with Iceberg (4.1 hrs)
Winter 2026 Databricks Engineering Boot Camp
- Data Lakes with Delta Table
- Databricks and Advanced Spark
- Structured Streaming Kafka to Delta Live Table
- Managing Unstructured Data
Winter 2026 Snowflake and dbt Boot Camp
- dbt basics
- advanced dbt
- Airflow and dbt
- Snowflake Basics
- Advanced Snowflake
- Mastering Analytical Patterns
Spring 2026 AI Engineering Boot Camp
- Week 1: Prompt Engineering + Basic RAG
- Week 2: RAG optimizations + Reranking
- Week 3: MCP and Agentic AI
- Week 4: MLOPs and Guardrails
- Week 5: End-to-End AI Applications
- Tech Talks
- Q&A with Zach
- TA Office hours
- Career Dev Sessions
- Book Club
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