Data Engineering intermediate ⏱ 8–10 hours
Snowflake + Iceberg Lakehouse
Explore where Snowflake and Apache Iceberg intersect — build an open-format Lakehouse that combines Snowflake compute with Iceberg storage.
SnowflakeIcebergLakehouseOpen Table Format
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What you’ll build
A Lakehouse setup using Snowflake’s Iceberg table support — storing data in open Iceberg format on cloud storage while querying through Snowflake. Explores the emerging pattern of decoupling compute from storage.
Skills you’ll practice
- Creating and managing Iceberg tables in Snowflake
- Understanding catalog options: Snowflake-managed vs external catalogs
- Querying Iceberg tables with Snowflake SQL
- Open Lakehouse architecture patterns and trade-offs
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