samesystem-ds/data_engineer_interview

A test for Data Engineer candidates

Should be done within a week (should take aproximately 2-4 hours)

Task

Make a small WEB App:

• Download data from the API (you can use any of the available public API https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis)
• Save data to the database (SQLite/MySQL/PostgreSQL) using ORM (SQLAlchemy, Peewee)
• Display data downloaded from the API (Data should be displayed in the table on one-page website)
• You can use any of the available WEB Frameworks (Flask/Django/Bottle)
• (Bonus) Cover your application with tests
• (Bonus) Write your code by following PEP-8
• (Bonus) Dockerize your application

Requirements

• Use Python 3 in this project. This requirement does not apply to libraries written in a different language
• Do not use your name, Github alias or other information, which may identify you anywhere in the exercise
• Commit your solution to a private Github repository and invite linas-samesystem Github user as a collaborator

Evaluation Criteria

The solution is evaluated based on these criteria (in order):

• The demonstration of working project
• Explanation of engineering choices made
• Your knowledge of software engineering best practices