Databricks · Professional Certification · Associate
Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate
Crydd Score 63
Demand High
Career Value High
Recognition Strong
Databricks DE at a glance
- Provider
- Databricks
- Credential type
- Professional Certification
- Exam required
- Yes
- Category
- Data
- Level
- Associate
- Cost
- About $200
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Time to earn
- 2–4 months
- Validity
- 2 years
- Format
- 45 questions, 90 minutes
- Prerequisites
- None required; SQL and Python experience assumed
What is Databricks DE?
Databricks' associate data-engineering credential, built around Spark, Delta Lake, and the lakehouse pattern that has become the default architecture for large-scale analytics.
Skills it covers
- Apache Spark
- Delta Lake
- ETL pipelines
- SQL
- Data lakehouse architecture
Is Databricks DE worth it? The Crydd Verdict
CS 63Choose it if
You are a data engineer, or want to be, and your target employers have adopted the lakehouse architecture — an increasingly large set.
Consider alternatives if
Your organisation is committed to a cloud provider's native stack; the platform's own data-engineering credential will fit better.
Why we say so
Data engineering is among the fastest-growing and best-paid data roles, and Databricks has become one of its central platforms.
Market demand
Data-engineering roles have outgrown data-science roles in volume in many markets, as organisations discover that models are useless without pipelines. Databricks is repeatedly named in those listings.
Where Databricks DE takes you
- Data Engineer
- Analytics Engineer
- Data Scientist
Career roadmaps show where this certification fits in each path. See the roadmaps.
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