For those who are unfamiliar with data roles, I hope this article will give you a general idea of what a Data Engineer does as I share what I do at work for a consulting firm.
Based on the spider chart below, initially, I was mainly doing Data Engineering, Database, and Data Wrangling.
As I progressed and got different types of projects, the work I do now is gearing towards Software engineering, Big Data, Programming, and Data Engineering. Occasionally, I still do a bit of Data Visualisation.
At the time of writing, I am about a year into this role since finishing up my university studies. There is still a lot to learn every day which is what makes my job interesting where I look forward to going to work every day.
According to Gartner,
“Data engineers play a key role in building and managing data pipelines, and promoting data and analytics use cases to production (in line with business processes).”
In this article, I will give you an overview of what I do at work as a Data…
