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Database Engineer Roadmap
6 months to complete💰 ₹8L – ₹35L (India) | $100K – $170K (US)
Design, build, and maintain the databases that power modern applications. Database engineers are essential at every company — from early-stage startups to banks processing millions of transactions per second.
Learning Path
1
SQL Mastery
Phase 1 of 8
2
PostgreSQL Advanced
Phase 2 of 8
3
Redis & Caching
Phase 3 of 8
4
MongoDB
Phase 4 of 8
5
Database Design
Phase 5 of 8
6
Performance Tuning
Phase 6 of 8
7
Replication & HA
Phase 7 of 8
8
Cloud Databases
Phase 8 of 8
Skills You'll Build
Relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL)
NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra)
Database design & normalization
Query optimization & indexing
Replication & high availability
Cloud databases (RDS, Aurora, Cosmos DB)
Job Titles You Can Target
Database EngineerDatabase AdministratorData Infrastructure EngineerBackend Engineer (Data)