Data engineer jobs in the United States (4,733 jobs)

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Counted Nov 6, 2026

Hiring at a glance

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Open jobs: 4,733
Employers: 2,080

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payUSD / year: $125,332Across 819 listings
Average starting payUSD / hour: $62.18Across 517 listings

Employer-advertised starting pay, not employee salaries. Currencies and pay periods stay separate.

Where work happens

Remote: 12%569 listings
Hybrid: 6%300 listings
On-site: 8%378 listings

Not specified: 74% (3,486 listings)

Employers hiring include Eliassen Group (343), Booz Allen Hamilton_United States (74), Insight Global (66).

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These figures describe the listings on this role page at the date shown, not the whole job market. Listings can change.

Employer-listed minimums from at least 10 listings per currency and pay period. These are advertised starting amounts, not employee salaries. Jobs without a minimum and unusual amounts are excluded.

Hybrid and on-site classifications may be inferred from descriptions. Check the original ad. How we count

Data engineer jobs in the United States

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Databricks Data Engineer
Eliassen Group
Providence, RI
- $150,000 to $154,000 USD / year
Our client seeks a Databricks Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure data pipelines, infrastructure, and systems that support consulting services and…
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Senior Data Engineer
Altamira Technology Corporation
Suitland, MD
…innovative solutions leveraging common standards in architecture, data and security. Altamira believes that our people and the culture of our company differentiate us from other…
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Databricks Data Engineer
Eliassen Group
Annapolis, MD
- $150,000 to $154,000 USD / year
Our client seeks a Databricks Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure data pipelines, infrastructure, and systems that support consulting services and…
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Staff AI & Data Engineer – Databricks
Eliassen Group
Raleigh, NC
- $80 to $90 USD / hour
Our client is seeking a highly experienced Staff AI & Data Engineer to design and build enterprise-grade data and AI solutions on Databricks. This hands-on role focuses on strengthening the
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Staff AI & Data Engineer – Databricks
Eliassen Group
Montpelier, VT
- $80 to $90 USD / hour
Our client is seeking a highly experienced Staff AI & Data Engineer to design and build enterprise-grade data and AI solutions on Databricks. This hands-on role focuses on strengthening the
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Senior Data Engineer
Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Houston, TX · San Antonio, TX
As a Senior Data Engineer, you will design, develop, and optimize scalable data pipelines and cloud-based data solutions using modern data architecture, Az
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AI Data Engineer
Cognizant
Austin, TX
- $100,000 to $115,000 USD / year
As an AI Data Engineer, you will make an impact by designing, building, and optimizing scalable cloud-native data engineering solutions that enable advanced AI-driven applications and…
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AI Data Engineer
Cognizant
Austin, TX
- $100,000 to $115,000 USD / year
As an AI Data Engineer, you will make an impact by designing, building, and optimizing scalable cloud-native data engineering solutions that enable advanced AI-driven applications and…
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Robotics Hardware & Data Engineer
Calder
Redwood City, CA
- $144,000 to $376,000 USD / year
We're looking for a Robotics Hardware / Data Engineer to desi
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Senior Machine Learning Data Pipeline Engineer
NVIDIA USA
CA
We are hiring a Senior Machine Learning Data Pipeline Engineer to invent and build the next generation of data pipelines for end-to-end autonomous driving foundation models. You will…
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Sr. Data Engineer
Robert Half
Newport Beach, CA
- $55 to $60 USD / hour
We're seeking a hands-on Senior Data Engineer to lead the design, optimization, and evolution of a growing data platform. This role will focus on building scalable data pipelines, improving…
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Junior Data Engineer
ARAMARK
Philadelphia, PA
We are seeking a Junior Data Engineer who will work hands-on and collaboratively with our enterprise and line of business stakeholders to support the continued
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Staff AI & Data Engineer – Databricks
Eliassen Group
Harrisburg, PA
- $80 to $90 USD / hour
Our client is seeking a highly experienced Staff AI & Data Engineer to design and build enterprise-grade data and AI solutions on Databricks. This hands-on role focuses on strengthening the
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Data Engineer, Clinical Operations
Bristol Myers Squibb
Princeton, NJ
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Staff AI & Data Engineer – Databricks
Eliassen Group
Trenton, NJ
- $80 to $90 USD / hour
Our client is seeking a highly experienced Staff AI & Data Engineer to design and build enterprise-grade data and AI solutions on Databricks. This hands-on role focuses on strengthening the
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Data Engineer - Python/Snowflake
Robert Half
Houston, TX
Join a growing data engineering team supporting mission-critical analytics and business operations within the energy, commodities trading, oil & gas, or financial services sector. This role…
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Data Engineer - Lead
Robert Half
Houston, TX
Description We are looking for an experienced Lead Data Engineer to oversee the design, implementation, and management of advanced data infrastructure in Houston, Texas. This role requires…
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Senior Data Engineer
Robert Half
Houston, TX
Description We are looking for an experienced Senior Data Engineer to help design and enhance scalable data platforms that support critical business operations in Houston, Texas. This role…
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Staff AI & Data Engineer – Databricks
Eliassen Group
Austin, TX
- $80 to $90 USD / hour
Our client is seeking a highly experienced Staff AI & Data Engineer to design and build enterprise-grade data and AI solutions on Databricks. This hands-on role focuses on strengthening the
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Senior Data Engineer - Top SECRET - ONSITE
VISUAL SOFT, INC
Washington, DC
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Senior Data Engineer - Top SECRET / ONSITE
VISUAL SOFT, INC
Huntsville, AL
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Staff AI & Data Engineer – Databricks
Eliassen Group
Jefferson City, MO
- $80 to $90 USD / hour
Our client is seeking a highly experienced Staff AI & Data Engineer to design and build enterprise-grade data and AI solutions on Databricks. This hands-on role focuses on strengthening the
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Data Engineer
Strategic Innovation Group LLC
Arlington, VA
- $150,000 to $185,000 USD / year
Strategic Innovation Group (SIG) is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead the data core of a new analytics platform for a federal government client. The platform consolidates program,…
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Platform and Data Engineer
Booz Allen Hamilton_United States
Honolulu, HI
…intelligence means that there’s more structured and unstructured data available today than ever before. As a data engineer, you know that organizing data can yield pivotal insights when…
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Senior Data Engineer
CVS Shared Services Resources LLC
Remote, United States

Absentia Labs

Senior Data Engineer

San Francisco, CA, United States
Boston, MA, United States
New York City, NY, United States
Seattle, WA, United States
San Jose, CA, United States
Austin, TX, United States

$125,000 to $160,000 USD / year

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Job details

Pay: $125,000 to $160,000 USD / year
Experience: 5+ years of experience in data engineering, platform engineering, or ML infrastructure roles, with clear ownership of production systems.
Posting language: English
Posted: Nov 5, 2026

Original job description

ABOUT ABSENTIA LABS

Absentia Labs is building the data and intelligence infrastructure that powers the next generation of biomedical discovery. We work at the intersection of biology, chemistry, machine learning, and large-scale systems, transforming fragmented scientific data into reliable, machine-learning-ready knowledge.

Biomedical data is dispersed, semi-structured, and inherently noisy, yet deeply interconnected across experiments, assays, compounds, and biological systems. Extracting value from this complexity requires deliberate schema design, principled abstractions, and rigorous post-processing pipelines that can support both scientific reasoning and large-scale AI.

We believe breakthroughs start with strong data foundations. This role sits at the architectural core of our platform, shaping how scientific data is modeled, validated, versioned, and served across the organization.

THE ROLE

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will own the design and evolution of Absentia Labs’ biomedical data platform. You will operate with a high degree of autonomy, making long-horizon architectural decisions while remaining hands-on in implementation.

This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys working in high-ambiguity, research-driven environments, and who understands that data engineering for AI is as much about representation and correctness as it is about scale.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Architect and lead the design of end-to-end data systems for large-scale biomedical datasets (chemical, biological, toxicology, omics, assay, clinical, and experimental data).
Define and evolve schema-driven data models that reconcile noisy, semi-structured, and heterogeneous sources into coherent, interoperable representations.
Establish best practices for data quality, validation, provenance, lineage, and versioning suitable for scientific and ML workflows.
Build and maintain cloud-native data infrastructure (data lakes, warehouses, object storage, streaming systems) with an emphasis on scalability and reliability.
Design pipelines that support both batch and streaming access for ML training, evaluation, and inference.
Partner closely with ML engineers, scientists, and product leads to translate research needs into durable data abstractions.
Make principled trade-offs around performance, cost, flexibility, and correctness in production systems.
Provide technical leadership through design reviews, architectural guidance, and mentorship of other engineers.
Identify and proactively address systemic risks in data integrity, scalability, and operational complexity.

WHO YOU ARE

You are a data engineer who thinks in systems and interfaces, not just pipelines. You are comfortable owning poorly defined problems and converging on robust solutions through thoughtful design and iteration.

You understand that biomedical data is rarely “clean,” and that schema design, normalization, and semantics are first-order engineering problems - especially in AI-driven settings.

YOU LIKELY HAVE

5+ years of experience in data engineering, platform engineering, or ML infrastructure roles, with clear ownership of production systems.
Proven experience designing and operating large-scale, production-grade data pipelines.
Strong proficiency in Python and data-centric software engineering practices.
Deep experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), including storage, compute, and security primitives.
Familiarity with distributed data processing and orchestration systems (e.g., Spark, Beam, Ray, Airflow, Dagster).
Experience supporting ML/AI workloads, including dataset generation, feature pipelines, and reproducible training workflows.
Strong architectural judgment and the ability to communicate technical decisions clearly across disciplines.

BONUS IF YOU HAVE

Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity participation, allows you to share directly in the long-term success and growth of the company.
Prior work with biomedical or life-science data (e.g., omics, assays, molecular representations, clinical or toxicology data).
Experience with streaming platforms (Kafka, Pub/Sub, Kinesis).
Exposure to ontology-aware data modeling or schema evolution in scientific domains.
Infrastructure-as-code and systems experience (Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes).
Experience in early-stage startups or research-heavy environments.
Open-source contributions or technical publications.

WHAT WE OFFER

A chance to architect the data backbone of an AI-driven biomedical platform.
Direct impact on how scientific data is translated into machine intelligence.
High autonomy, high trust, and ownership over critical systems.
Flexible remote or hybrid work arrangements.
A deeply technical, low-ego culture focused on learning and rigor.

HOW TO APPLY

Please submit your resume and a short note on why this role resonates with you. Links to GitHub, technical writing, or relevant projects are encouraged.

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Research
Data engineering
Data models
ML
Leadership
Python
AWS
Google Cloud
Microsoft Azure
Process data
Apache Spark
Apache Airflow
Apache Kafka
Data modelling
Infrastructure as code
IBM Terraform
Docker
Kubernetes

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