Professional Data Engineer
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Professional Data Engineer

GCP-PDE

Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer certification validates your ability to design, build, and operationalize secure, scalable data processing systems and ML models. It proves advanced skills in pipelines, analytics, data governance, and Vertex AI.

Exam syllabus, organized by domain

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Sample Professional Data Engineer exam question

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ProficientBuilding and operationalizing data processing systems

A batch Dataflow job performs large joins and group-by operations. You notice a long tail caused by disk I/O and shuffle pressure on a few workers. Which Dataflow feature should you enable to move this work to the service and reduce stragglers?

Frequently asked questions

Key facts about the Professional Data Engineer certification and how to prepare for it.

Skills & Requirements

What you need to know before attempting the Professional Data Engineer exam.