Professional Data Engineer (PDE)

Google Cloud · Professional · $200

Designing data processing systems, building data pipelines, and managing machine learning models on GCP.

Exam Code: PDE Fee: $200 Study: 60–120 hours Difficulty: 4/5 Validity: 2 years Focus: data-engineering Demand: 85/100 Salary Premium: +$18K/yr (est.)

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Designing data pipelines, managing data stores, and building analytics solutions in the cloud.

Data Engineer – Associate

DEA-C01

$15040–80h

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Professional Data Engineer

PDE

$20060–120h

Good alignment. Microsoft and AWS are Associate-level. Google PDE is Professional (harder, more ML-integrated). Google PDE is one of the oldest and most respected GCP certs.

AWS DEA is the newest and most modern. GCP PDE has the strongest industry reputation in data.

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