Professional Data Engineer

Build and operate the data processing systems behind analytics and ML on Google Cloud, including BigQuery, Dataflow, and Pub/Sub, and track your readiness for the Professional Data Engineer exam.

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AVRO

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Avro · Concept

Also called: Avro binary format

A self-describing, type-aware, row-oriented binary serialization format.

Where this appears on the exam

2 subdomains in 2 of 5 domains

Domain 2
Ingesting and processing the data
~25% of exam
1. 2.1Planning the data pipelines
  - Defining data sources and sinks
Domain 4
Preparing and using data for analysis
~15% of exam
1. 4.2Preparing data for AI and ML
  - Preparing data for feature engineering, training and serving machine learning models (e.g., BigQueryML)

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Last updated November 2, 2026

Professional Data Engineer

Build and operate the data processing systems behind analytics and ML on Google Cloud, including BigQuery, Dataflow, and Pub/Sub, and track your readiness for the Professional Data Engineer exam.

Advanced

Prepare and test your skills

Advanced

Prepare and test your skills

Concept

AVRO

Topic in 2 exam domains

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AVRO · Concept
Avro · Concept

Also called: Avro binary format

A self-describing, type-aware, row-oriented binary serialization format.

Where this appears on the exam

2 subdomains in 2 of 5 domains

Domain 2
Ingesting and processing the data
~25% of exam
1. 2.1Planning the data pipelines
  - Defining data sources and sinks
Domain 4
Preparing and using data for analysis
~15% of exam
1. 4.2Preparing data for AI and ML
  - Preparing data for feature engineering, training and serving machine learning models (e.g., BigQueryML)

How learners score on this topic

Last updated November 2, 2026

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