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Role-Based Learning

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8 curated stacks. Each role lists the technologies hiring managers actually screen for, the typical prep duration, and the companies that hire most.

Data Engineer

4–6 weeks

Design and run distributed data pipelines, lakehouses, and streaming systems.

DatabricksApache PySparkSQL & Advanced SQLApache KafkaApache Airflowdbt (Data Build Tool)Snowflake
Target: Mid → Senior7 techs

Hires at: Amazon · Flipkart · PhonePe

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ML / GenAI Engineer

4–6 weeks

Productionise ML and LLM systems — training pipelines, RAG, evaluation, and serving.

Machine LearningMLflow & Experiment TrackingLLM EngineeringVector DatabasesPandas & NumPyPython for Data Engineering
Target: Mid → Senior6 techs

Hires at: Google · Microsoft · Anthropic

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Backend Engineer

6–8 weeks

Build high-throughput APIs, transactional systems, and the services data products run on.

System DesignREST API & FastAPIPostgreSQL AdvancedRedisDocker & KubernetesApache Kafka
Target: Mid → Staff6 techs

Hires at: Uber · Razorpay · Zepto

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Cloud / Platform Engineer

4 weeks

Operate the cloud — IaC, multi-cloud data platforms, networking, and observability.

AWS Data ServicesGCP Data ServicesAzure DataTerraform & IaCDocker & KubernetesObservability
Target: Mid → Senior6 techs

Hires at: Amazon · Microsoft · TCS

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Data Scientist

4 weeks

Statistical thinking, experimentation, A/B testing, and product-facing analytics.

Statistics & A/B TestingPandas & NumPySQL & Advanced SQLMachine LearningProduct AnalyticsPython for Data Engineering
Target: Junior → Senior6 techs

Hires at: Meta · Google · Swiggy

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DevOps / SRE

4 weeks

CI/CD pipelines, observability, incident response, and developer-platform work.

CI/CD PipelinesObservabilityLinux & Shell ScriptingDocker & KubernetesTerraform & IaCAWS Data Services
Target: Mid → Senior6 techs

Hires at: Razorpay · Zepto · Walmart

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Analytics Engineer

3–4 weeks

Bridge data engineering and analytics — model the data, ship clean dbt projects, own metrics.

SQL & Advanced SQLdbt (Data Build Tool)SnowflakeApache AirflowPandas & NumPyProduct Analytics
Target: Junior → Senior6 techs

Hires at: Swiggy · Zepto · PhonePe

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Streaming Specialist

3 weeks

Real-time pipelines — Kafka internals, exactly-once semantics, and structured streaming.

Apache KafkaApache PySparkSpark SQL & Delta LakeApache AirflowSystem Design
Target: Senior5 techs

Hires at: Uber · PhonePe · Zepto

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