How to become a data engineer

Vollcom Digital GmbH
2 min readJul 21, 2021

The growing amount of data in companies also brings with it new job descriptions and professions in the Big Data environment. The data engineer focuses on collecting and managing data.

The data engineer must understand the goals of both the company and the client.

What is a data engineer?

A data engineer is an IT employee whose job is to analyze data and prepare it analytically so that everyone in the company can use the data. The field is large and represented in almost every industry. Companies ca collect large amounts of data, but this also requires the right people to analyze the data and make sure it can be used and understood by everyone.

The job requires a high level of technical understanding and knowledge of SQL database design and multiple programming languages. Most of the time, they are responsible for developing algorithms, so the data engineer must understand the goals of both the company and the client.

It is also important to know how to develop visualizations, reports, and dashboards.

Why data engineering?

The data engineer plays a major role for in the company. By making data accessible to decision makers decision-makers and analysts, they can make informed decisions, which leads to the company being more successful. Analyzing data has become increasingly important due to Big Data, and if there is data to be processed, the demand for data engineers will also increase.

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