- Start with 3-months Professional Foundations leadership and skills development
- Gain practical, hands-on experience working with data in Python and SQL
- Use industry tools to work with and manipulate data (Docker, Apache, Airflow, PySpark)
- A strong focus on real-world problem-solving and agile project-based learning
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Duration
14 Months
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Commitment
20-40 hrs/week
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Access Fee
$5 a month
14 Months
20-40 hrs/week
$5 a month
About the Programme
The ALX Data Engineering programme empowers individuals to become proficient data engineers. Through practical, project-based learning, you’ll gain industry-relevant knowledge and real-world problem-solving experience.
Gain the skills to build data pipelines, manage big data, and drive data-centric decisions, using lessons from real-world data engineers at leading tech companies.
You will learn to think like a data practitioner, and develop production-ready skills to solve real-world problems and become a highly employable data engineer.
ALX All Access
ALX now provides more for those who want more. Access the ALX ecosystem for $5 USD per month including unlimited access* to world-class tech training programmes, with costs ranging in value from $1,500 to $12,500 USD. With the support of our partners, ALX can offer all eligible learners access to our programmes with programme costs waived. Click here to find out more.
Programme Duration
14 Months
All Access
$5 a month
All Access Plus
$49 a year
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Immediately after completion you will be asked to confirm participation to secure your spot in the upcoming cohort and will be redirected to our eHub.
Enrolment
For successful enrolment, log in to the eHub and complete your first $5 payment by your programme start date.
Payment Options:
Option 1: Multiple Months in Advance
Option 2: Pay as You Go
FAQs
The ALX Data Engineering Programme is a 7-month online program that empowers individuals to become proficient data engineers. Through practical, project-based learning, you’ll gain industry-relevant knowledge and real-world problem-solving experience in building data pipelines, managing big data, and driving data-centric decisions.
This program is for career changers, tech professionals looking to specialize, problem solvers, analytical thinkers, business professionals, and new entrants to the workforce. It is also suitable for “The Juggler,” meaning graduates and professionals seeking to upskill, reskill, or switch careers.
You will learn:
- Professional Foundations leadership and skills development
- Practical, hands-on experience working with data in Python and SQL
- How to use industry tools to work with and manipulate data (Docker, Apache Airflow, PySpark)
- Data analytics and Python, including how to think like a data practitioner and use data tools
- How to work with Big Data at scale using frameworks like Spark, Hive, and Hadoop
- How to build data pipelines and manage end-to-end data flow
- Skills to store, move, and process massive datasets
This programme is a total of 7 months. The 7 month total duration includes 3 months of Professional Foundations training.
Professional Foundations is a component of both programmes that focuses on leadership and professional skills development, including soft skills and leadership training, CV writing, and interview preparation.
All learners in the ALX ecosystem are required to take Professional Foundations before starting their tech specialisation. Professional Foundations is 3 months long and the duration of this training is always factored into the total duration of our programmes as listed on the website.
Professional Foundations is the critical first step for all ALX learners. It is designed to help you build a strong, essential base for your future career success.
While you may be eager to jump straight into technical skills, this programme equips you with the 8 key meta-skills needed to thrive in any career in any field. These aren’t just academic concepts; they’re real-world, hands-on skills like effective communication, teamwork, problem-solving, and leading yourself and others.
The access fee is RWF 7,300 per month (subject to exchange rate fluctuations), converted from $5 USD. Learners are expected to pay this monthly fee for the full duration of their chosen programme(s).
In order to access the ALX ecosystem and your chosen programme, you will be required to pay the $5 (Rwf 7,300) All Access, giving you unlimited access to the full ALX programme portfolio, community, events and activities, rewards, benefits and, of course, our partners.
If you meet our eligibility requirements and successfully register for an ALX Programme of your choice, the cost of your programme will be sponsored. ALX All Access also provides you access to discounted third-party certification costs for programmes offering access to industry certification.
You will be able to register for as many programmes as you like concurrently, so long as all prerequisite requirements and business rules are followed.
Yes, you can choose to pay in your local currency.
Please click on the following link to see our payment terms and options.
All Access payments are non-refundable and compulsory for learners to complete their programme. You will not receive a refund if you are unable to complete the programme, however you will be able to pause your programme and restart your learning at a later date. Please note that the deferment cut-off dates vary by proramme and after these dates you would need to re-enroll into the next cohort.
The technical and professional skills learned in the Data Engineering Programme prepare you to build data pipelines, manage big data, and drive data-centric decisions for organizations, making you a highly employable data engineer.
A. ALX Learners have the option to defer their programme start date with the following guidance:
1. Your first All Access Payment is non-refundable: ALX All Access gives you access the full community, events, content and benefits and you will remain active on the system, even if you defer your programme start date. You will have the option to freeze your monthly payments until your deferred start date; in this case your next payment will be due by your new cohort start date.
2. You will not be able to carry your learning progress forward and will be required to start your cohort from week 1 – with exception of deferment after successful completion of Professional Foundations. Once a learner successfully completes Professional Foundations, deferment to any Tech Specialisation is possible in accordance with the learning calendar.
3. You will not be required to go through the admissions process and will be able to enroll into your new cohort through the ALX eHUB.
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