Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional (DE-PRO) — Study Hub

Blueprint-aligned DE-PRO prep: overview, objective-by-objective syllabus, a comprehensive production data engineering cheat sheet (DLT, streaming, performance, reliability), 30/60/90-day study plan, FAQs, resources, and practice.

Meet your Databricks Data Engineer Professional (DE‑PRO) home base. This hub is built for what DE‑PRO rewards: designing and operating production pipelines—including streaming, reliability, and performance—using Databricks-native building blocks.

What you’ll find here

  • Overview: what’s tested, who it’s for, and how to prepare efficiently.
  • Study Plan: 30/60/90‑day schedules with weekly focus + practice integration.
  • Syllabus: objective-by-objective breakdown organized by topic with quick links to drills.
  • Cheatsheet: high-yield DLT + streaming + performance + reliability tables for last‑mile review.
  • Practice: topic drills and mixed sets to build pacing.
  • FAQ: common questions on prerequisites, difficulty, and strategy.
  • Resources: official Databricks references (DLT, Auto Loader, Structured Streaming, Delta optimizations).
  • Updates: content changes and syllabus mapping updates.

What DE‑PRO emphasizes (in one paragraph)

Expect scenario questions that test production instincts: incremental ingestion, streaming correctness (watermarks, late data, checkpointing), Delta Live Tables pipeline design, and performance trade-offs (shuffle, skew, file layout, caching). The “best” answers are usually the ones that are observable, recoverable, and safe to operate.

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