Databricks Data Engineer Certification Guide: Pass the Associate Exam with Spark, Delta Lake & Streaming Mastery

Master the Databricks Data Engineer Certification — with Confidence
Looking to validate your data engineering skills and pass the Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate exam? This practical and comprehensive guide walks you through every concept you need — from Spark and Delta Lake to structured streaming and pipeline orchestration.

Designed for beginners and professionals alike, this book simplifies the technical details and prepares you with a clear, exam-focused approach.


What you'll learn inside:
Understand the Databricks Lakehouse Platform and its core tools

Work with Spark: transformations, actions, joins, aggregations, and optimizations

Build real-time data pipelines using Structured Streaming

Manage and optimize Delta Lake tables with ACID transactions

Orchestrate production-grade jobs and workflows in Databricks

Navigate the Databricks UI, CLI, Repos, Unity Catalog, and job configurations

Get hands-on with mock exams and sample questions aligned to the exam objectives


Ideal for:
Aspiring data engineers

Data professionals transitioning into the Databricks ecosystem

Engineers preparing for the Databricks Associate Certification Exam

Developers, analysts, or data scientists seeking a structured path into data engineering

Whether you're targeting certification or simply want to become fluent in one of the most powerful data platforms today, this book is your companion to prepare, practice, and perform at your best.