Portfolio Projects/End-to-End Data Pipeline
₹99data analyst · Core Skilladvanced · ~24 Hours

End-to-End Data Pipeline

A startup is unifying ecommerce orders and SaaS subscription data into one analytics platform. You ship the whole thing: a real warehouse target with a modeled star schema, dbt models with green `dbt test`, a scheduled Airflow DAG with incremental/CDC loads, a bigger dataset than the course sandboxes, CI on every push, and a portfolio README — then defend it live. This is the build data-engineering interviews are actually about.

DatabasePostgreSQL / Snowflake / BigQuery sandbox
Toolchaindbt
Milestones6 Guided Stages
Recruiter OutputVerified GitHub Repo
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Full project workspace, live database credentials, AI mentor & verified certificate
Project Deliverables

What You Will Ship to GitHub

Hiring managers don't want to see another cookie-cutter Titanic or Iris tutorial. You will build a professional repository with modular scripts and executive business memos that demonstrate commercial analytical maturity.

github.com/your-username/end-to-end-data-pipelinePortfolio Structure
├── sql/
01_exploratory_profiling.sql // Schema audits, table volume, date ranges
02_revenue_trends.sql // Monthly GMV, order volume & AOV evolution
03_customer_concentration.sql // Pareto 80/20 distribution, repeat buyer cohorts
├── findings/
00_executive_summary.md // 3 core business takeaways for executive stakeholders
01_business_health.md // Detailed breakdown of margins, cancellations, and seasonality
03_customer_segments.md // Customer lifetime spend & cohort concentration
├── README.md // Professional project front-door with data schema diagram
Outcomes

What You Will Master

Land a bigger multi-source dataset in a real warehouse target
Model marts as a star schema with SCD Type II and partitioning
Transform with dbt: sources, models, tests, docs, contracts — green build
Orchestrate with a real Airflow DAG: schedule, retries, backfills, idempotent tasks
Load incrementally with CDC semantics (watermarks + log-based change capture)
Gate every push with CI and ship a README a senior DE respects
Defend architecture, trade-offs, and failure modes in a live review
Curriculum

6 Guided Project Milestones

M1

Repo setup + warehouse target + dataset landing

Repo hygiene, warehouse sandbox, and the bigger dataset staged raw.

~30 mins
M2

Model the marts — star schema, SCD II, partitioning

Grain decisions, dim/fact DDL, SCD Type II, partition + cluster keys.

~90 mins
M3

Ingestion — incremental loads + CDC

Core Milestone

API/files to Parquet to warehouse with watermarks and change capture.

~90 mins
M4

Transform with dbt — models, tests, docs, contracts

Sources, staging, marts, and a fully green `dbt test` suite.

~90 mins
M5

Orchestrate with Airflow — DAG, retries, backfills

Review Pass Required

A real DAG: schedule, idempotent tasks, retries, documented backfill.

~90 mins
M6

CI + README + observability + live defense

Review Pass Required

GitHub Actions CI, portfolio README, monitoring, and the live defense.

~60 mins
Career Value

ATS Keywords & Resume Ready Bullets

Tools
PythondbtApache AirflowParquetpandas / SQLAlchemyGitHub ActionsGit/GitHub
Methods
Common Table Expressions (CTEs)Window FunctionsTime-Bucket AggregationsCohort AnalysisData Profiling & Auditing
Business Concepts
AOV (Average Order Value)Customer ConcentrationRepeat Purchase BehaviorCohort RetentionRevenue Health Metrics
Pre-Written Resume Bullet (Copy & Paste)

"Authored an end-to-end data analytics project on End-to-End Data Pipeline utilizing Python, PostgreSQL / Snowflake / BigQuery sandbox, dbt — delivered production-grade queries, cohort distributions, and an executive stakeholder summary published as a portfolio GitHub repository."

Preparation

Reading & References

Pre-flight setup: Python data-engineering environment
setup guide · Premium Access
Designing data pipelines: a starting framework
article · Premium Access
Star vs snowflake schemas: when to use which
article
Idempotency in data pipelines
article · Premium Access
Logging best practices in Python
article
Transactional loads in Postgres
article
Cron crash course
article
Data quality checks: what to monitor
article · Premium Access
Anatomy of a great portfolio README
article
Capstone pre-flight: warehouse sandbox + repo layout
setup guide · Premium Access
CDC in one page: watermarks vs log-based capture
article · Premium Access
Live defense: what the reviewer will ask
markdown · Premium Access

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Project Overview

Free End-to-End Data Pipeline portfolio project — with AI review

Build a real end-to-end data pipeline project for your data analyst portfolio in your own public GitHub repo — free brief, starter template, and milestone guides. When your code is ready, the ₹99 pass gets every milestone reviewed against a fixed rubric (end to end data pipeline walkthrough included) and issues a verifiable certificate on completion.

Is the End-to-End Data Pipeline project free?

The full project brief, milestone guides, and starter template are free to audit. The AI-powered review pass and verified certificate unlock at ₹99.

Can I add the End-to-End Data Pipeline project to my resume and GitHub?

Yes — that is the point. You build in your own public GitHub repo, every milestone is reviewed against a fixed rubric, and the certificate links to the repo employers can inspect. Only list what is visible in your repo.

How long does the End-to-End Data Pipeline project take?

Most students finish the 6 milestones in 2–4 weekends. Milestones unlock in order, and you can re-submit any milestone that needs work.

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