Resources

Books:

1. “Fundamentals of Data Engineering” by Joe Reis & Matt Housley

   • Data Engineering Lifecycle
   • Data Architecture & Infrastructure
   • Data Generation & Storage
   • Security & Privacy
   • Best Practices & Design Patterns

2. “Designing Data-Intensive Applications” by Martin Kleppmann

   • Distributed Systems
   • Data Models
   • Storage Engines
   • Data Processing
   • System Reliability

3. “The Data Warehouse Toolkit” by Ralph Kimball

   • Dimensional Modeling
   • ETL Best Practices
   • Data Warehouse Architecture
   • Business Intelligence Design

Online Courses & Certifications:

1. AWS Certified Data Analytics Specialty

   • Collection
   • Storage
   • Processing
   • Analysis
   • Visualization

2. Coursera: IBM Data Engineering Professional Certificate

   • Python Programming
   • Databases (SQL & NoSQL)
   • ETL & Data Pipelines
   • Big Data Tools

Blogs & Websites:

1. Towards Data Science (Medium)

   • Technical Tutorials
   • Industry Best Practices
   • Tool Comparisons
   • Case Studies

2. Seattle Data Guy

   • AWS Solutions
   • Python Tips
   • Architecture Patterns
   • Career Advice

3. Data Engineering Weekly Newsletter

   • Industry Updates
   • New Tools
   • Best Practices
   • Job Opportunities

YouTube Channels:

1. Seattle Data Guy

   • AWS Tutorials
   • System Design
   • Tool Demonstrations

2. Andreas Kretz

   • Data Engineering Project Tutorials
   • Tool Comparisons
   • Career Guidance

Tools & Technologies:

1. Data Processing

   • Apache Spark
   • Apache Airflow
   • dbt
   • AWS Glue

2. Data Storage

   • Amazon S3
   • Amazon Redshift
   • PostgreSQL
   • MongoDB

3. Data Streaming

   • Apache Kafka
   • Amazon Kinesis
   • Apache Flink

4. Data Visualization

   • Apache Superset
   • Tableau
   • Power BI

Architectures & Concepts:

1. Data Lake Architecture

   • Bronze/Silver/Gold Layers
   • Data Quality
   • Governance
   • Security

2. Modern Data Stack

   • ELT vs ETL
   • Data Warehouse
   • Data Mesh
   • Data Fabric

3. AWS Specific

   • Lake Formation
   • EMR
   • Athena
   • QuickSight

Practice Resources:

1. GitHub Projects

   • Example Data Pipelines
   • Infrastructure as Code
   • Best Practices Implementation

2. Online Platforms

   • DataCamp
   • Leetcode
   • HackerRank