The Data Engineer in Python track (14 courses, 40 hours) is live on 2026-10-08; the pricing page shows Premium at a promotional $14 per month billed annually. source
A 40-hour, browser-only skills track on Python, pandas, SQL and Airflow concepts, sold as a cheap annual subscription with an optional certification exam. It suits analysts who want to learn pipeline vocabulary quickly, not people who need hands-on infrastructure experience. Check the regular renewal price before buying on the promotional rate, and plan to build something outside the browser afterward.
The facts
| Category | Data engineering and analytics, AI and machine learning |
|---|---|
| Website | datacamp.com/tracks/data-engineer |
| Based | New York, NY |
| Format | online-self-paced |
| Programs | Data Engineer in Python (14 courses, 40 hours), Associate Data Engineer in SQL (assumed prerequisite), DataCamp Data Engineer certification (Premium) |
| Length | 40 hours of content; no week count. unknown |
| Tuition | $168 Promotional price seen 2026-10-08: Premium '$14/month billed annually' (about $168 a year), described as saving $255 against the regular annual price; the regular monthly price was not shown. Basic is free with first chapters only. Students get over 50% off. verified |
| Financing | upfront Subscription; monthly plans can be paused, annual plans cannot. No guarantee. |
| Admission | open Track page assumes prior completion of the Associate Data Engineer in SQL track. |
| Stack | Python, pandas, SQL, Apache Airflow, Git, ETL and ELT pipelines, APIs and file formats, cloud computing concepts |
Outcomes
This program does not publish job-placement or salary outcomes. Treat any number you hear from admissions as unverifiable.
Interview-prep depth
0 / 5
Track syllabus is 14 skills courses with no interview material.
Whatever the program covers, the interview itself is free to prepare for here: coding patterns, system design, practice prompts, company guides.
What a careful reader should know
DataCamp says it has 21 million learners and is headquartered in New York. Its Course Report profile is stale (it still advertises a 2025 promotion and lists no Data Engineer track). Exercises run in the browser, so you will not set up Airflow or a warehouse yourself.
Third-party signals: Course Report 4.43 (155 reviews). Graduation-time star ratings are collected by the schools; weigh them accordingly.
Sources (4)
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