Data engineer jobs in California
101 open roles for data engineers in California as of Nov 14, 2026. Anthropic, xAI, Riot Games, SpaceX and Block have the most. 9 are remote and the median advertised salary is $231K.
- Senior Software Engineer, Data EngineeringRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$243K - $295KSeniorMachine Learning
- Data Engineer – Data Infrastructure & eDiscovery-6387itD Tech · 🇺🇸San Jose—PythonSQLPostgreSQL
- Engineering Manager, Data PlatformSentry · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$220K - $400KRustPythonClickHouse
- Data Engineer, Security AnalyticsWayve · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, California USA$186K - $243KPythonSQL
- Staff Data Engineer, Advanced Insights & ModelingBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$240K - $359KLeadPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Director, Data EngineeringChime · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, USA$269K - $373KLeadLLM
- Data Engineering Intern - Summer 2027Riot Games · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, USA—InternGoPythonJava
- Senior Software Engineer, Metadata PlatformBox · 🇺🇸Redwood City, CA, United States$198K - $248KSeniorGoPythonJava
- Senior Software Engineer I - Data EngineeringRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$132K - $175KSeniorPythonSQLCI/CD
- Engineering Manager II, Metadata PlatformBox · 🇺🇸Redwood City, CA, United States$217K - $272KDockerGCPAzure
- Sr. Software Engineer, Data Engineering (X)xAI · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$180K - $330KSeniorRustGoPython
- Analytics Engineer (X)xAI · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$140K - $225KPythonSQLKafka
- Engineering Director, Agentic AI Data PlatformAirwallex · 🇺🇸US - San Francisco$300K - $400KLeadPythonSQLPostgreSQL
- Data Engineer, GTM SystemsAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY; Seattle, WA$270K - $345KPythonSQLLLM
- Staff Software Engineer, Data PlatformCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$215K - $260KLeadGoPythonJava
- Analytics EngineerMercor · 🇺🇸San Francisco$250K - $400KPythonSQLdbt
- Data Engineer, ProductNotion · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$179K - $200KPythonJavaSQL
- Security Data EngineerAnthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly (Travel Required) | San Francisco, CA$320K - $405KRemoteSQL
- Senior Analytics EngineerRocket Money · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, Washington, D.C., New York City, N.Y.…$150K - $190KRemoteSeniordbtLookerAgile
- Principal Software Engineer, Data Platform — Data Trust & AI ContextSoFi · 🇺🇸WA - Seattle; UT - Cottonwood Heights; CA - San Francisco—LeadGoPythonJava
- Principal Data Engineer, Data Quality & Datasets PipelinesWayve · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, California USA$290K - $340KLeadPython
- Sr. Staff Data EngineerIllumio · 🇺🇸HQ - Sunnyvale (Office)$208K - $250KLeadPythonSQLAzure
- Senior Analytics EngineerPlaid · 🇺🇸San Francisco HQ$157K - $215KSeniorPythonSQLdbt
- Senior Data EngineerMesh · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, New York, NY$180K - $200KSeniorPythonSQLSpark
- Senior Analytics EngineerCodeRabbit · 🇺🇸San Francisco$170K - $200KSeniorPythonTypeScriptSQL
- Data Engineer, Billing & PaymentsAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$320K - $405KPythonSQLAirflow
- Data Engineer, ProductAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$320K - $405KPythonSQLAirflow
- Senior Data EngineerBitGo · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, California, United States$180K - $220KSeniorPythonTypeScriptNode.js
- Sr. Software Engineer (AI Data Engineering)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$165K - $265KSeniorPythonTypeScriptReact
- Software Engineer (AI Data Engineering)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$125K - $160KPythonTypeScriptReact
- Senior Data Engineer, ProductBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$168K - $297KSeniorPythonSQLTerraform
- Senior Data Engineer (San Francisco)Airwallex · 🇺🇸US - San Francisco$160K - $260KSeniorPythonSQLPostgreSQL
- Senior Analytics EngineerMercury · 🇺🇸🇨🇦San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote…$167K - $208KRemoteSeniorPythonSQLAirflow
- Staff AI & Data Engineer, HR SystemsRiot Games · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, USA—LeadGCPLLMCI/CD
- Member of Data Staff (Analytics Engineer)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$175K - $330KLeadPythonSQLdbt
- Senior Software Engineer, Data PlatformChime · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, USA$187K - $259KSeniorPythonJavaKotlin
- Senior Data Platform EngineerLater · 🇺🇸🇨🇦Boston, MA; San Francisco, California, United States; Van…CA$125K - CA$205KSeniorPythonSQLGCP
- Data Engineer, Hardware & Consumer DevicesOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$295K - $445K
- Manager II, Engineering- Analytics Engineering, Core Data SciencePinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US$177K - $365KRemotePythonSQL
- Staff Software, Engineering – Analytics Engineering, Core Data SciencePinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US$177K - $365KRemoteLeadPythonSQL
- Data Engineer-6336itD Tech · 🇺🇸San Jose—PythonSQLPostgreSQL
- Data Engineer Intern (2027)Figma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA • New York, NY—InternPythonSQL
- Staff Technical Program Manager, Data EngineeringPinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US$124K - $255KRemoteLeadKafka
- Senior Analytics Engineer - Retailer GrowthFaire · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$196K - $270KSeniorPythonSQLDocker
- Senior Finance Analytics EngineerFaire · 🇺🇸New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA$174K - $240KSeniorPythonSQLDocker
- Engineering Manager, Data Platform FoundationsNotion · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$281K - $334KKafka
- Senior Data Platform Engineer - Enterprise SystemsAstranis · 🇺🇸San Francisco$180K - $280KSeniorPythonPostgreSQLDocker
- Senior Data EngineerFormation Bio · 🇺🇸New York, NY; Boston, MA; San Francisco, CA$186K - $232KSeniorPythonSQLDocker
- Senior Analytics Engineer, AI & DX AnalyticsBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$139K - $245KSeniorPythonTypeScriptReact
- Principal Data Engineer -Teamfight TacticsRiot Games · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, USA—LeadGoPythonSQL
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Questions about Data engineer jobs in California
- How many Data engineer jobs in California are open right now?
- There are 101 open Data engineer jobs in California at 54 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 10 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 in California?
- Right now the most openings are at xAI (7), Anthropic (7), Riot Games (5), SpaceX (5) and Block (4). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote Data engineer jobs in California?
- 9 of the 101 open Data engineer jobs in California (9%) 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 in California pay?
- The median advertised salary is $231K, based on 88 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $192K and $288K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.
- How do I apply for Data engineer jobs in California?
- 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.






























