Data engineer jobs in the United States

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Counted Nov 5, 2026

Hiring at a glance

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Open jobs: 4,619
Employers: 2,057

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payUSD / year: $125,789Across 812 listings
Average starting payUSD / hour: $60.59Across 460 listings

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

Where work happens

Remote: 12%566 listings
Hybrid: 6%290 listings
On-site: 8%373 listings

Not specified: 73% (3,390 listings)

Employers hiring include Eliassen Group (293), Booz Allen Hamilton_United States (73), Insight Global (66).

Sources & calculation notes

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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Senior Data Engineer - DevOps (Remote - NC, AZ, TX, FL)
First Citizens Bank
Raleigh, NC · Tallahassee, FL · Austin, TX · UNAVAILABLE, AZ · UNAVAILABLE, NC
We are seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and deployment workflows supporting our data engineering platform.…
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Senior Data Engineer - ETL/ELT (Remote - NC, AZ, TX, FL)
First Citizens Bank
Raleigh, NC · Austin, TX · Tallahassee, FL · Phoenix, AZ
We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer with strong hands-on experience building and operating modern data pipelines in a cloud-based data platform. This role sits one level below the Lead…
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Lead Data Engineer - ETL/ELT (Remote - NC, AZ, TX, FL)
First Citizens Bank
Raleigh, NC · UNAVAILABLE, AZ · UNAVAILABLE, NC · Austin, TX · Tallahassee, FL
We are seeking a Lead Data Engineer with deep, hands-on experience designing, building, and operating production-grade data platforms. This role is targeted at senior engineers who have…
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Data Engineer II - ETL/ELT (Remote - NC, AZ, TX, FL)
First Citizens Bank
Raleigh, NC · Austin, TX · Tallahassee, FL · Phoenix, AZ
The position is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining data pipelines and infrastructure. This role implements data integration, processing, and analytics solutions while…
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Data Engineer
Aramark
Philadelphia, PA
We are seeking a Data Engineer who will work hands-on and collaboratively with our enterprise and line of business stakeholders to continue the
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EDSI F135 Data Engineer (Hybrid)
RTX
United States
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Cyber AI Data Engineer Senior Consultant
Deloitte US
Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · Baltimore, MD · Boston, MA · Charlotte, NC · Chicago, IL · Cincinnati, OH · Cleveland, OH · Colorado Springs, CO · Columbus, OH · Costa Mesa, CA · Dallas, TX · Davenport, IA · Denver, CO · Detroit, MI · Gilbert, AZ · Hartford, CT · Hermitage, TN · Houston, TX · Indianapolis, IN · Jacksonville, FL · Jericho, NY · Jersey City, NJ · Kansas City, MO · Lake Mary, FL · Las Vegas, NV · Los Angeles, CA · Louisville, KY · McLean, VA · Mechanicsburg, PA · Memphis, TN · Miami, FL · Milwaukee, WI · Minneapolis, MN · Morristown, NJ · Nashville, TN · New Orleans, LA · NY · Philadelphia, PA · Pittsburgh, PA · Portland, OR · Princeton, NJ · Raleigh, NC · Richmond, VA · Rochester, NY · Rosslyn, VA · San Antonio, TX · San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · Stamford, CT
We are looking for a hands-on Data Engineer to build and operate the governed data foundations powering cyber risk, compliance evidence, and agentic AI-enabled cyber workflows. You will…
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Data Engineer III
Urgenci
Bend, OR
Data Engineers provide data services to stakeholders within portfolios and throughout the
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Lead Data Engineer
Lutron Electronics Co., Inc
Coopersburg, PA · Philadelphia, PA
Lutron is seeking a Lead Data Engineer in Coopersburg, PA or Philadelphia, PA to help build and scale a modern, cloud-native data and AI platform powering analytics, real-time intelligence,…
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MH
Lead Data Engineer
McGraw Hill LLC.
UNAVAILABLE
- $115,000 to $150,000 USD / year
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Data Engineer
Stem Xpert
Plymouth, MI
Work as SQL Server d/base admin & set up SQL security Audit & write prgms for Big Data solutions.
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Data Engineer Principal_3003
Allianz Insurance
Minneapolis, MN
We are looking for an experienced Principal Data Engineer to work hands-on on the re-engineering of an existing enterprise data platform built on Azure Synapse Analytics. The role requires…
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Lead Data Engineer - Remote (NC, AZ, FL, TX)
First Citizens Bank
Raleigh, NC · UNAVAILABLE, NC
We are seeking an experienced Lead Data Engineer to join our Data Platform Engineering Organization and lead the design, development, and modernization of enterprise data platforms that…
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Lead Data Engineer (Remote-NC, TX, AZ, FL)
First Citizens Bank
Raleigh, NC · UNAVAILABLE, NC · UNAVAILABLE, AZ · UNAVAILABLE, FL · Austin, TX
We are seeking an experienced Lead Data Engineer to join our Data Platform Engineering Organization and lead the design, development, and modernization of enterprise data platforms that…
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Senior Data Engineer - Data Platform (Remote-Raleigh NC, Dallas TX, Phoenix AZ)
First Citizens Bank
Raleigh, NC · UNAVAILABLE, NC · Austin, TX · UNAVAILABLE, AZ
We are seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer to join our Data Platform Engineering Organizationand help build scalable cloud-based data solutions that enable analytics and data-driven…
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Data Engineer
SNB
Sioux City, IA
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Sr. Hadoop Data Engineer
Sonoma Consulting Inc.
St. Louis, MO
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Senior Geospatial Data Engineer
CACI, INC.-FEDERAL
Denver, CO
CACI's AGIS Release Train delivers the geospatial data infrastructure and analytical capabilities that NGA analysts rely on every day to drive intelligence decisions. Our team operates at…
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Data Engineer
Chenega Corporation
Redstone Arsenal, AL
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Senior Data Engineer
Sonoma Consulting Inc.
Chicago, IL
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Data Engineer (Puerto Rico)
RTX
United States
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Data Engineer
Bigbear.ai
Washington
BigBear.ai are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Data Engineer to join our Data Architecture & Engineering team. In this role, you will design and build scalable, secure, and efficient…
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Senior Data Engineer - IGEN
U.S. Venture, Inc.
WI
The Senior Data Engineer is the technical leader for IGEN's Data Foundation - architecting, building, and operating the Snowflake data platform, Azure-native ingestion infrastructure, and…
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Lead Enterprise Data Engineer
Coastal Waste & Recycling Inc.
Boca Raton, FL
Coastal Waste & Recycling is looking for a Lead Enterprise Data Engineer to help lead the design, development, and reliability of our enterprise data
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AI/ML Data Engineer
Bigbear.ai
Reston, VA
BigBear.ai is seeking an AI/ML Data Engineer to architect, build, and operate enterprise-scale AI data platforms enabling vector databases, semantic search, Retrieval-Augmented Generation…

ARKA

Staff Data Engineer (TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph) {S}

Herndon, VA, United States

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Posting language: English
Posted: Feb 26, 2026

Original job description

ARKA Group L.P. (“ARKA”) is an advanced technologies company serving the U.S. military, intelligence community, and commercial space industry delivering next-generation solutions to support the national security space enterprise. Built on more than six decades of excellence, ARKA brings modern approaches and a culture of innovation to the challenges of today.

Join the ARKA team to learn how Beyond Begins Here. Discover your next career opportunity now!

Position Overview:

We are looking for a Staff Data Engineer/Scientist looking for new challenging problems. You will support the development of AI/ML algorithms in a multitude of disciplines from large language models, natural language processing, and time-series predictive analytics. Additionally, we have a team of excellent researchers and software developers who are eager to mentor and teach their craft. We have multiple positions available and welcome all experience levels!

We offer generous relocation benefits for eligible candidates.

In support of work/life balance, many positions are available for a flexible schedule within the pay period. Ask us about the opportunity for flex scheduling if that’s of interest to you.

Responsibilities:

Lead and mentor an interdisciplinary team consisting of both developers and researchers. The team's core focus is the implementation of ETL pipelines to support a variety of AI/ML and LLM solutions, which in turn address a broad range of customer challenges.

Assembles large, complex sets of data to support AI/ML algorithm implementation
Builds required infrastructure for optimal extraction, transformation and loading of data from various data sources
Curate and maintain data that is stored in support of metrics and evaluation
Implement Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning algorithms
Identifies, designs, and implements internal process improvements including re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, optimizing data delivery, and automating manual processes
Using Agile methodologies to develop software.

Required Qualifications:

B.S. in data science, AI/ML, computer science, or related field
Minimum six (6) years of relevant experience as a Data Engineer/Scientist.
Experience developing data pipelines and normalizing data with canonical Python packages (e.g. NumPy, Pandas, Polars)
Experience contributing on a team using version control (e.g. git, GitLab, Bitbucket)
Active TS/SCI U.S. Government Security Clearance with a recent Full-Scope Polygraph (FSP)

Preferred Qualifications:

M.S. or PhD in data science, AI/ML, computer science, or related field
Experience with Gitlab, DevSecOps utilizing test-driven development, containers, (e.g. Docker, Docker Compose), cloud services (e.g. AWS), tools for distributed computing (e.g. Spark, Pyspark)
Experience leading an interdisciplinary team of researchers and software developers
Experience with any of the following:
Large Language Models and experience identifying ways to incorporate them into new domains and applications
Applying Transformer-based architectures to domains in other areas outside of Natural Language Processing (NLP) such as computer vision
Natural Language Processing algorithms such as BERT
Reinforcement learning and familiarity with Gymnasium Gym, OpenEnv, TorchRL, RLlib, and Stable Baselines
Applying clustering algorithms and/or deep neural networks to real life problems
Implementing tracking and pattern-of-life algorithms
Experience with GenAI Ops techniques (e.g. LLM-as-a-judge) and frameworks (e.g. LangFuse, MLFlow, Arize Phoenix)
Experience with Machine Learning libraries and frameworks such as HuggingFace and LangChain
Experience with Linux
Familiarity with using AWS cloud computing resources such as EC2, S3, Lambda, Bedrock, etc.
Experience with any of the following additional languages: Java, C++, Rust, Go, and/or C#
Experience implementing algorithms on the GPU in Python or C++ using CUDA and other CUDA libraries
Experience in application deployment, virtualization, and containerization (e.g. Podman, Docker, Kubernetes, Rancher)
Experience shaping and writing proposals

Location: Herndon, VA

Herndon offers a charming blend of small-town ambiance and modern conveniences. In historic Herndon you'll find small town charm while maintaining all the amenities of big city life. The area has beloved farms to explore, historic sites, festivals, local parks, breweries, and some of the best restaurants in the area. Its proximity to Dulles International Airport and the Herndon Metrorail Station provides easy travel to over 400 shops and restaurants in the malls of Tysons or stay on the train and see the monuments and memorials of Washington, DC. Overall, Herndon provides a perfect mix of small-town charm, and big-city amenities complimented with many family local attractions, events, music, restaurants and a great lifestyle!

What We Offer:

Comprehensive medical/vision/dental insurance packages
Company contributions to qualified HSA accounts
401k retirement plan with industry leading company contributions
3 weeks of vacation accrual per year plus time off for sick leave and unscheduled life events
13 paid holidays
Upfront tuition assistance for approved degree programs
Annual bonus program based on company and employee performance
Company paid life insurance, AD&D, Short-Term and Long-Term disability insurance
4 weeks paid Parental Leave
Employee assistance program (EAP)

EHS/Environmental Requirements:

This job operates in a professional office environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee routinely is required to use hands to keyboard, communicate, listen to, and interpret instructions and remain stationary for extended periods of the time. This would require the ability to move around the campus and occasionally move/lift items weighing up to 25 lbs. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Applicants are invited to apply for a reasonable accommodation to perform the essential duties of the job. To apply, send a request to staffing@arka.org or contact 203-797-5000 and press 2 for Human Resources.

ITC & Security Clearance Requirements:

This position requires an active TS/SCI U.S. Government Security Clearance with a recent Full-Scope Polygraph (FSP).

Visa Restrictions:

No visa sponsorship is available for this position.

Pre-employment Screenings:

Employment with any ARKA companies in the U.S. is contingent upon satisfactory completion of several pre-employment requirements to include a credit check, background check, and drug screen.

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ML
Natural language processing
Scheduling
Artificial intelligence
Machine learning
Agile
Computer science
Python
NumPy
GitLab
Atlassian Bitbucket
Docker
AWS
Distributed computing
Apache Spark
PySpark
Mlflow
Hugging Face
LangChain
Linux
Cloud computing
Oracle Java
C++
Rust
Go
C#
Kubernetes

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