Fundamentals of Analytics Engineering

Key Features

• Discover how analytics engineering aligns with your organization’s data strategy
• Access insights shared by a team of seven industry experts
• Tackle common analytics engineering problems faced by modern businesses
• Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Book Description

Written by a team of 7 industry experts, Fundamentals of Analytics Engineering will introduce you to everything from foundational concepts to advanced skills to get started as an analytics engineer.

After conquering data ingestion and techniques for data quality and scalability, you’ll learn about techniques such as data cleaning transformation, data modeling, SQL query optimization and reuse, and serving data across different platforms. Armed with this knowledge, you will implement a simple data platform from ingestion to visualization, using tools like Airbyte Cloud, Google BigQuery, dbt, and Tableau. You’ll also get to grips with strategies for data integrity with a focus on data quality and observability, along with collaborative coding practices like version control with Git. You’ll learn about advanced principles like CI/CD, automating workflows, gathering, scoping, and documenting business requirements, as well as data governance.

By the end of this book, you’ll be armed with the essential techniques and best practices for developing scalable analytics solutions from end to end.

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