# What is a Data Engineer I've worked in the tech industry for a long time, and had a pretty good sense of what a Data Engineer is, however - Data Science is an area that I haven't focused on, and thought that now would be a good time to google "What is a Data Engineer" - and take some notes. ## What was I hoping to learn? - [[My understanding of Data Engineer vs Industry definition of Data Engineer]] - [[Data Engineer vs Data Scientist]] - [[Data Engineer#Common Skills]] - Types of problems they generally work with, and types of challenges they need to solve - [[Data Engineer#Common Tools Used]] - What are the use cases of those tools - How do those skills and tools fit within my understanding of our Job Posting, and team needs? # Resources - [The Rise of the Data Engineer](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/the-rise-of-the-data-engineer-91be18f1e603/) - [Why Robinhood uses Airflow](https://robinhood.engineering/why-robinhood-uses-airflow-aed13a9a90c8) - [Josh Wills Keynote at DataEngConf SF16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtYv7zPyS2A) - [Dataquest - What is a Data Engineer?](https://www.dataquest.io/blog/what-is-a-data-engineer/) - [Data Scientist vs Data Engineer, What’s the difference?](https://cognitiveclass.ai/blog/data-scientist-vs-data-engineer) -[Data Scientst vs Data Engineer](https://www.datacamp.com/community/blog/data-scientist-vs-data-engineer) - [Data Engineering: What is a Data Engineer and how do I become one?](https://www.xplenty.com/blog/data-engineering-what-does-a-data-engineer-do-how-do-i-become-one/)