Five paths, one training platform. Every path is built from the same 30+ courses and projects — the order and selection are what change. Find where you fit in 30 seconds.
Pick the closest match. We’ll highlight the path that usually fits — you can still explore the others.
All 5 paths share the same library of 30+ courses. Start with one — you can always pivot without starting over.
Module 02 (Batch) and Module 05 (AI & Vectors) appear in most paths — they're the shared backbone of modern data work. Start with either and you're moving forward regardless of which role you end up in.
Each card shows what you’ll actually build, how long it realistically takes, and what the market is asking for in 2026.
Own Airflow DAGs, dbt models, Spark jobs, and the lakehouse they feed. Ship 6 production projects, each one interview-ready.
Vector retrieval, feature stores, LLM batch enrichment, evaluation pipelines. The infra that makes AI actually work in production.
Multi-tenant Airflow, cost attribution, self-service tooling, SLAs. The work that gets you promoted to staff.
Model the warehouse so analysts can trust it. dbt-first, contract-driven, semantic-layer native. Bridge data and product.
Multi-tenant LLM serving, model registries, feature stores, drift monitoring. The platform layer that makes production AI actually work — and the work that gets you to staff.
The honest differences. Pick based on what you actually want your day to look like.
| Core Data Engineer | AI Data Engineer | Data Platform Engineer | Analytics / Product Data Engineer | AI Platform Engineer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best if you… | Want broad demand | Want the AI-era edge | Already shipping, want scale | Love SQL + business | Already senior, want AI infra |
| Time to role | 3–6 mo | 3–5 mo | Senior only | 2–4 mo | Senior+ only |
| Coding needed | Medium | Medium–High | High | Low–Medium | High |
| Math / ML | None | Low | None | None | Low |
| On-call | Yes | Sometimes | Yes | Rare | Yes |
| Hiring signal · 2026 | 🔥 Hot | 🚀 Exploding | Senior-only | ↗ Growing | Senior+ only |
Jump straight to the advanced projects that stretch you — AI data infra, streaming at scale, platform engineering.
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