We don’t need Data Engineers, we need better tools for Data Scientists

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In most companies, Data Engineers support the Data Scientists in various ways. Often this means translating or productionizing the notebooks and scripts that a Data Scientist has written. A large portion of the Data Engineer’s role could be replaced with better tooling for Data Scientists, freeing Data Engineers to do more impactful (and scalable) work.