About Me
Mohammed Al-Moayed
Senior Data Engineer · Instructor · Solingen, Germany
I have been building data systems for over 20 years across telecom, insurance, and retail. Today I work as a Senior Data Engineer in Germany and teach practical data engineering at HandsOnDataEng.
I built this platform because I could not find courses that showed how data engineers actually work. No slides-only theory. No toy examples. Just real tools, real infrastructure, and real patterns you can use at work tomorrow.
Why HandsOnDataEng
Built for the Gap Between Training and Reality
20+
Years in Data
From building data warehouses from scratch in telecom, to enterprise pipelines in Germany's insurance and retail sectors, to working with Azure and Databricks today.
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Industries
Telecom, insurance, and retail — each with different data challenges. The patterns and solutions you learn here are battle-tested across all three.
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Certifications
Azure Data Engineering Associate, Databricks Certified Data Engineer, and more. Not just theory — certified and working with these tools every day.
Most online courses teach tools in isolation — install this, run that command, watch the output. But that is not how real data engineering works. In a real project, you need to understand why you are using a tool, how it fits with everything else, and what happens when something breaks.
Every course at HandsOnDataEng is built around a real architecture — the kind you would find in an enterprise data team in Germany today. You build the same thing end to end. By the time you finish, you have not just watched someone else do it. You have done it yourself.
My Approach
How I Teach
Learn by Doing
Every lesson is built around real projects you can use at work immediately.
No Fluff
No slides-only theory. No padding. Every minute of content is intentional.
Industry Relevant
The tools and patterns taught are exactly what companies use today.
Accessible
Complex concepts explained clearly — whether you are a beginner or transitioning roles.
Certifications
Industry Certified
Not just studying for exams — working with these technologies every day in production.
Microsoft Azure Data Engineering Associate
Microsoft
Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate
Databricks
Databricks Academy Accreditation — Fundamentals
Databricks
Azure Data Fundamentals DP-900
Microsoft
Oracle Data Integrator 12c Implementation Specialist
Oracle
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