Data architecture - Role
Data engineer
Builds the pipelines and platforms that move, transform and store data
What's it for?
Builds the systems that collect, move and prepare data so other people can use it reliably.
For example…
A data engineer builds a pipeline that collects transactions from several systems, cleans them and loads them into a warehouse each night
When a source system changes its file format, the data engineer updates the ingestion process so downstream reports keep working