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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Google Cloud feature

Dataflow Shuffle

Topic in 2 exam domains

Also called: Shuffle service

A Dataflow execution component that processes data and contributes to job cost.

Where this appears on the exam

2 objectives in 2 of 5 domains

Domain 2
Ingesting and processing the data
~25% of exam
1. 2.2Building the pipelines
  - Batch
Domain 5
Maintaining and automating data workloads
~18% of exam
1. 5.1Optimizing resources
  - Deciding between persistent or job-based data clusters (e.g., Dataproc)

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Last updated October 15, 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

Google Cloud feature

Dataflow Shuffle

Topic in 2 exam domains

Also called: Shuffle service

A Dataflow execution component that processes data and contributes to job cost.

Where this appears on the exam

2 objectives in 2 of 5 domains

Domain 2
Ingesting and processing the data
~25% of exam
1. 2.2Building the pipelines
  - Batch
Domain 5
Maintaining and automating data workloads
~18% of exam
1. 5.1Optimizing resources
  - Deciding between persistent or job-based data clusters (e.g., Dataproc)

How learners score on this topic

Last updated October 15, 2026

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