Orchestrate, Analyze, and Evaluate ML Pipelines
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Orchestrate, Analyze, and Evaluate ML Pipelines
This course is part of Gradient to Production: MLOps & Model Serving Specialization
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This course teaches you how to design, evaluate, and operate reliable machine learning data pipelines in production. Youβll learn how daily ETL and ELT pipelines feed feature stores, how orchestration supports reproducible feature engineering, how to handle upstream schema changes without breaking downstream systems, and how to evaluate pipeline health using freshness, lag, and SLA metrics. Designed for data engineers, analytics engineers, and ML practitioners, the course builds job-ready judgment for delivering timely, trustworthy, and resilient data to ML systems.
This course teaches you how to design, evaluate, and operate reliable machine learning data pipelines in production. Youβll learn how daily ETL and ELT pipelines feed feature stores, how orchestration supports reproducible feature engineering, how to handle upstream schema changes without breaking downstream systems, and how to evaluate pipeline health using freshness, lag, and SLA metrics. Designed for data engineers, analytics engineers, and ML practitioners, the course builds job-ready judgment for delivering timely, trustworthy, and resilient data to ML systems.
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6 videos3 readings4 assignments
6 videosβ’Total 27 minutes
- Why ETL and ELT Matter for ML Pipelinesβ’6 minutes
- Orchestrating Daily Pipelines with Airflowβ’5 minutes
- Why Schema Changes Break Pipelinesβ’5 minutes
- Applied Walkthrough: Updating Transform Logic for Schema Changesβ’4 minutes
- From Pipeline Runs to SLAsβ’4 minutes
- Congratulations and Continuous Learning Journeyβ’3 minutes
3 readingsβ’Total 22 minutes
- ETL vs. ELT Patterns in Modern ML Systemsβ’8 minutes
- Schema Evolution and Backward Compatibilityβ’8 minutes
- Seeing the Whole Pipeline: From Ingestion to SLAs β’6 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 95 minutes
- Graded Quiz: Evaluating ML Pipeline Design and Reliabilityβ’20 minutes
- Hands-On Activity: Design a Daily Airflow DAGβ’20 minutes
- Hands-On Activity: Interpreting Pipeline Metrics and Detecting SLA Breaches β’15 minutes
- Hands-On Activity: End-to-End ML of a Pipeline Reliability Labβ’40 minutes
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