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Data engineer: a person in this job builds the pipelines that collect a company’s data and put it where analysts can use it. Samsara, Airwallex, SpaceX, OKX and Preply have the most open roles with “Data engineer” or a close variant in the title right now.

393 open roles · 30 posted in the last 7 days · 26% remote · 200 companies hiring · $208K median advertised salary · checked Nov 14 against employer career pages

What these jobs pay183 of them state a yearly range in US dollars (bands in thousands). The orange column holds the median, $208K.
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Can be done from home26%101 of 393 jobs
State the pay52%204 of 393 jobs
Are for beginners2%8 of 393 jobs
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Skills asked for in data engineer roles

SQL299 · 76%Python284 · 72%dbt187 · 48%Airflow165 · 42%Snowflake149 · 38%AWS120 · 31%Kafka109 · 28%

Bars show the share of these 393 roles; one role can count in several rows.

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Where data engineer roles are

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What data engineer roles pay, by level

Level in the titleMedian advertised salaryRoles counted
No level in the title$198K65
Senior$200K75
Lead$245K43

Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.

Questions about data engineer jobs

What is a data engineer job?
In a data engineer job, a person builds the pipelines that collect a company’s data and put it where analysts can use it. 393 such roles are open on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026.
How many data engineer jobs are open right now?
There are 393 open data engineer jobs at 200 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 30 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
Which companies have the most data engineer jobs?
Right now the most openings are at Samsara (13), Airwallex (12), SpaceX (11), OKX (10) and Preply (8). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
Are there remote data engineer jobs?
101 of the 393 open data engineer jobs (26%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
What do data engineer jobs pay?
The median advertised salary is $208K, based on 183 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $184K and $250K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.
How do I apply for data engineer jobs?
Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Hiring Right Now needs no account and charges nothing for applying.

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