Data engineering is a fast-growing field in the world of AI and data. In this article, we shine a spotlight on the role of Data Engineer, based on information shared by industry coaches Nana Essuman and Femi Anthony during the Black and Brilliant AI Accelerator program. Nana is the Director of Data Engineering at Condé Nast, and Femi Anthony is a Lead Data Engineer at Capital One. At a high level, Data Engineers play an important role in helping companies make data-driven decisions by collecting, transforming, and publishing data.
Data Engineers work behind the scenes to create the databases that house a company’s data. They build pipelines that transform raw data into formats that are useful for Data Scientists. «Data Engineers are really out there to automate and scale things, to essentially help take this to the next level,» Femi says.
