Projects that get you hired
Every subject has a free starter project with steps, plus paid Small, Large and Enterprise projects with code, data and documentation for your portfolio.
Paid project levels
One focused project you can finish in a weekend.
- Source code
- Sample dataset
- Step-by-step README
A multi-stage, end-to-end project like real team work.
- Everything in Small
- Architecture diagram
- Setup guide
- Interview talking points
A production-style project for a standout portfolio.
- Everything in Large
- CI/CD and data quality checks
- Monitoring and alerting
- Full documentation
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SQL Developer course →
Sales analysis with SQL
Answer 15 real business questions on a sales database.
- Install SQL Server Express and SSMS, or use Azure SQL free tier
- Load the free AdventureWorks or Northwind sample database
- Write queries for top customers, monthly revenue and best products
- Use window functions for running totals and rankings
- Save your queries and results in a GitHub repository with a README
SQL Developer · Small project
One focused project you can finish in a weekend.
15 USDSQL Developer · Large project
A multi-stage, end-to-end project like real team work.
40 USDSQL Developer · Enterprise project
A production-style project for a standout portfolio.
99 USDPython Developer course →
Weather data collector
A Python script that pulls data from a free API every day and saves it to a database.
- Pick a free API such as Open-Meteo (no key needed)
- Call it with requests and parse the JSON
- Clean it with pandas
- Save to SQLite or PostgreSQL with SQLAlchemy
- Schedule it and add logging and a simple test
Python Developer · Small project
One focused project you can finish in a weekend.
15 USDPython Developer · Large project
A multi-stage, end-to-end project like real team work.
40 USDPython Developer · Enterprise project
A production-style project for a standout portfolio.
99 USDSnowflake Developer course →
Load and model data in Snowflake
Load CSV and JSON files into a free Snowflake trial and build clean tables.
- Create a Snowflake trial account
- Create a stage and file formats, load files with COPY INTO
- Query JSON with VARIANT and FLATTEN
- Build a cleaned table and a simple star schema
- Set auto-suspend and a resource monitor to stay within credits
Snowflake Developer · Small project
One focused project you can finish in a weekend.
15 USDSnowflake Developer · Large project
A multi-stage, end-to-end project like real team work.
40 USDSnowflake Developer · Enterprise project
A production-style project for a standout portfolio.
99 USDAzure Databricks Engineer course →
Bronze, silver, gold with PySpark
Build a small medallion pipeline on Databricks Free Edition.
- Sign up for Databricks Free Edition
- Upload a public dataset such as NYC taxi trips (sample)
- Bronze: read raw files into a Delta table
- Silver: clean types, remove duplicates, fix nulls
- Gold: aggregate daily metrics and visualise them in a notebook
Azure Databricks Engineer · Small project
One focused project you can finish in a weekend.
15 USDAzure Databricks Engineer · Large project
A multi-stage, end-to-end project like real team work.
40 USDAzure Databricks Engineer · Enterprise project
A production-style project for a standout portfolio.
99 USDAzure Data Engineer course →
Copy pipeline in Azure Data Factory
Move data from a public source into ADLS Gen2 with a parameterised pipeline.
- Create a storage account with hierarchical namespace (free account credit)
- Create a Data Factory with an HTTP linked service
- Copy a public CSV into a raw folder
- Add parameters and a date-based folder path
- Add a schedule trigger and check the monitoring view
Azure Data Engineer · Small project
One focused project you can finish in a weekend.
15 USDAzure Data Engineer · Large project
A multi-stage, end-to-end project like real team work.
40 USDAzure Data Engineer · Enterprise project
A production-style project for a standout portfolio.
99 USDMicrosoft Fabric Data Engineer course →
First Fabric lakehouse
Use a Fabric trial to load data into a lakehouse and report on it.
- Start a Microsoft Fabric trial
- Create a workspace and a lakehouse
- Load a CSV with a pipeline or Dataflow Gen2
- Transform it in a notebook into a Delta table
- Build a Direct Lake Power BI report on top
Microsoft Fabric Data Engineer · Small project
One focused project you can finish in a weekend.
15 USDMicrosoft Fabric Data Engineer · Large project
A multi-stage, end-to-end project like real team work.
40 USDMicrosoft Fabric Data Engineer · Enterprise project
A production-style project for a standout portfolio.
99 USDPower BI Developer course →
Sales dashboard in Power BI
A one-page dashboard with KPIs, trends and drill-through.
- Download Power BI Desktop (free)
- Load the Microsoft financial sample or a Kaggle sales dataset
- Build a star schema with a date table
- Write measures: total sales, YoY %, margin
- Design the page and add a drill-through detail page
Power BI Developer · Small project
One focused project you can finish in a weekend.
15 USDPower BI Developer · Large project
A multi-stage, end-to-end project like real team work.
40 USDPower BI Developer · Enterprise project
A production-style project for a standout portfolio.
99 USDGit & GitHub course →
Your portfolio repository
A clean GitHub profile that shows your projects to recruiters.
- Create a GitHub account and a profile README
- Push one of your projects with a clear README
- Work on a feature branch and open a pull request
- Add a simple GitHub Actions check
- Pin your best repositories on your profile
Git & GitHub · Small project
One focused project you can finish in a weekend.
15 USDGit & GitHub · Large project
A multi-stage, end-to-end project like real team work.
40 USDGit & GitHub · Enterprise project
A production-style project for a standout portfolio.
99 USDAzure Fundamentals course →
Secure starter environment
Build a small, secure and cost-controlled Azure setup.
- Create a free Azure account
- Create a resource group with tags
- Add a storage account and a Key Vault
- Assign a Reader role to a second user
- Create a budget alert and delete everything at the end
Azure Fundamentals · Small project
One focused project you can finish in a weekend.
15 USDAzure Fundamentals · Large project
A multi-stage, end-to-end project like real team work.
40 USDAzure Fundamentals · Enterprise project
A production-style project for a standout portfolio.
99 USDAzure Data Fundamentals course →
Relational vs NoSQL lab
Store the same data in Azure SQL and Cosmos DB and compare.
- Create a free Azure SQL Database
- Create a Cosmos DB account with the free tier
- Load the same small product dataset into both
- Query it with SQL in both services
- Write down when you would choose each one
Azure Data Fundamentals · Small project
One focused project you can finish in a weekend.
15 USDAzure Data Fundamentals · Large project
A multi-stage, end-to-end project like real team work.
40 USDAzure Data Fundamentals · Enterprise project
A production-style project for a standout portfolio.
99 USDPrompt Engineering course →
Prompt library for data work
A tested set of reusable prompts for your daily tasks.
- Pick 5 tasks: SQL writing, SQL review, code explain, docs, test data
- Write a structured prompt for each (role, context, task, format)
- Test each on 3 real examples
- Improve one thing at a time and keep the best version
- Save them in a document or GitHub repository
Prompt Engineering · Small project
One focused project you can finish in a weekend.
15 USDPrompt Engineering · Large project
A multi-stage, end-to-end project like real team work.
40 USDPrompt Engineering · Enterprise project
A production-style project for a standout portfolio.
99 USDGenerative AI for Data Engineers course →
Document Q&A with RAG
A small app that answers questions from your own PDF notes.
- Pick a few PDFs or markdown notes
- Split them into chunks and create embeddings
- Store them in a local vector store (for example Chroma or pgvector)
- Retrieve the top chunks and send them with the question to an LLM
- Show the sources with every answer and test on 10 questions
Generative AI for Data Engineers · Small project
One focused project you can finish in a weekend.
15 USDGenerative AI for Data Engineers · Large project
A multi-stage, end-to-end project like real team work.
40 USDGenerative AI for Data Engineers · Enterprise project
A production-style project for a standout portfolio.
99 USD