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

Vertex AI Vector Search

Topic in 1 exam domain

Vertex AI Vector Search · Feature · Vertex AI feature
Vertex AI Vector Search · Service

Also called: Vertex Vector Search

A specialized vector database offering low-latency vector search and large-scale serving.

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1 objective in 1 of 5 domains

Domain 4
Preparing and using data for analysis
~15% of exam
1. 4.2Preparing data for AI and ML
  - Preparing unstructured data for embeddings and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)

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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

Vertex AI Vector Search

Topic in 1 exam domain

Vertex AI Vector Search · Feature · Vertex AI feature
Vertex AI Vector Search · Service

Also called: Vertex Vector Search

A specialized vector database offering low-latency vector search and large-scale serving.

Where this appears on the exam

1 objective in 1 of 5 domains

Domain 4
Preparing and using data for analysis
~15% of exam
1. 4.2Preparing data for AI and ML
  - Preparing unstructured data for embeddings and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)

How learners score on this topic

Last updated October 15, 2026

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