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: 4,601
Employers: 2,048

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payUSD / year: $125,962Across 808 listings
Average starting payUSD / hour: $60.54Across 465 listings

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

Where work happens

Remote: 12%567 listings
Hybrid: 6%289 listings
On-site: 8%371 listings

Not specified: 73% (3,374 listings)

Employers hiring include Eliassen Group (294), Booz Allen Hamilton_United States (74), Insight Global (67).

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
LyvWell Apartments LLC
Charleston, SC
The Senior Data Engineer is responsible for designing, buildin
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Staff ML Data Engineer (Datagrid)
Procore Technologies, Inc.
CA
We’re looking for a Staff ML Data Engineer to join Procore’s AI & Frontier Models organization. In this role, you’ll be responsible for designing and building the data systems that power…
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Sr Data Engineer, Data Analytics & Intelligence, NA
Vantage Data Centers Management Company LLC
Denver, CO
Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North…
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Data Engineer
Capgemini
Houston, TX, TX
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Senior Data Engineer
WhiteWater Express Car Wash
Houston, TX
- $90,000 to $120,000 USD / year
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Sr. Data Engineer - Data Modeling & Governance
Yahoo Inc.
United States
- $128,250 to $266,875 USD / year
The Yahoo Mail Data organization enables Yahoo to leverage data to power our customer’s intelligent experiences, make critical data-driven decisions and drive multiple business functio
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Senior Data Engineer (Full Scope Poly)
Concept Plus
Reston, VA
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Sr. Data Engineer, Ground Network Engineering (Business Analytics)
SpaceX
Redmond, WA
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Data Engineer (Starship)
SpaceX
Starbase, TX · Hawthorne, CA · Brownsville, TX
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Data Engineer (Starlink Go-To-Market)
SpaceX
Hawthorne, CA
Starlink is the world’s largest satellite constellation delivering high-speed, low-latency broadband to customers around the globe. As the Data Engineer on the Starlink Enterprise
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Data Engineer (Starlink)
SpaceX
Bastrop, TX · Hawthorne, CA
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Data Engineer (Starlink)
SpaceX
Hawthorne, CA · Bastrop, TX
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Data Engineer, Ground Network Engineering (Gateway)
SpaceX
Redmond, WA
This hybrid role sits at the intersection of data engineering, supply chain, and infrastructure operations to support the global deployment and critical operational
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Data Engineer (Senior)
Sadient
San Francisco, CA
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Staff Data Engineer - GRC Enablement (OLTP)
Workiva Inc.
Remote, United States
Join Workiva's GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance) Enablement team to build the transactional data foundations that power our product teams. As a Staff Data Engineer, you'll own Postgres…
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Cloud Data Engineer
Mizuho Americas Services LLC
United States
In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing coordination across data product domain teams and helping them establish delivery excellence through structured onboarding, platform…
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Senior Data Engineer
Michels Corporation
Brownsville, WI · Green Bay, WI · Madison, WI · Milwaukee, WI · Neenah, WI
…Our work improves lives. Find out how a career as a Senior Data Engineer can change…
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Staff Data Engineer
Coupang
United States
- $164,000 to $282,000 USD / year
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Principal Data Engineer
Continental Casualty Company
Chicago, IL
- $97,000 to $189,000 USD / year
Hands-on principal engineer and distinguished technology leader responsible for the strategic direction, modernization, standardization, and operational excellence of CNA's reinsurance,…
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Senior Azure Data Engineer
Axiom Path
Charlotte, NC
…markets and commitment to innovation across technology and data. The organization operates in a highly regulated, fast-paced banking environment where data plays a critical role in…
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Senior Azure Data Engineer
Axiom Path
Charlotte, NC
…services operations, where secure, reliable, and compliant data solutions are essential to business performance. This team operates in a structured, fast-paced environment focused on…
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Lead Data Engineer
Elastic
United States
Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale - unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic…
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Azure Data Engineer Databricks & Data Factory
Axiom Path
Jersey City, NJ
…long-term client relationships, and continued investment in modern data capabilities. This role supports a compliance technology group responsible for delivering trusted, scalable data…
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Data Engineer
AVEVA Software LLC
San Leandro, CA
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Senior Azure Data Engineer Data Quality & Governance
Axiom Path
Charlotte, NC
Join a major financial-services organization that is modernizing its technology environment and expanding its data-driven capabilities across capital markets. This role sits within a…

Elastic

Lead Data Engineer

United States

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Job details

Experience: 8+ years of experience in data engineering or related roles
Posting language: English
Posted: Oct 6, 2026

Original job description

Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale - unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data - securing and protecting private information more effectively - Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.

What is The Role

We're looking for a Lead Data Engineer to join our Data Engineering & Architecture team. In this role, you'll help grow a Data Platform that makes it easier for teams across our company to work with data confidently and effectively. Your work will directly support our business goals not just by keeping data flowing, but by turning it into something people can actually use and trust.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys both the technical craft of data engineering and the human side of it: collaborating with partners, sharing knowledge, and helping others get more out of the tools and systems you build together.

What You Will Be Doing

You'll design, maintain, and improve the pipelines and infrastructure that power our data platform. Day to day, that means working across the full data lifecycle - from ingestion and streaming to transformation and delivery - using tools like Apache Airflow, Spark, Iceberg, Kafka, Flink, and dbt Labs.

Beyond the technical work, you'll spend meaningful time with stakeholders to understand what they need and help define how data should flow across systems. That includes co-creating data contracts, writing clear documentation, and guiding teammates on how to get the most out of the platform.

A few other things you'll take on:

• Monitor and refine pipeline performance and refine processes to keep things running smoothly.

• Use Terraform to provision and manage resources on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

• Help steward the platform by reviewing code and ensuring good practices and standard processes are followed.

• Process access requests and support compliance with platform policies.

What You Bring

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering or related roles

• Experience with Apache Airflow for orchestrating data workflows

• Experience with Spark, Flink, Kafka, and dbt Labs for data processing and transformation

• Understanding of Apache Iceberg for data table formats and data warehouse and lakehouse strategies

• Skilled in using Terraform for infrastructure-as-code deployments

• Proficient in programming languages, particularly Bash, Python, and SQL

• Knowledge of database systems, including OLAP, OLTP, Document, and Vector databases

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) for cloud resource management

• Bonus: Proven experience with data security and access controls for SOX Compliant data

• Bonus: Experience and knowledge of the Elastic stack

Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component.

The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below. In select locations (including Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, the San Francisco Bay Area CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below.

These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.

An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program. Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings, along with a range of other benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being.

The typical starting salary range for this role is:

$113,100 - $178,900 USD

The typical starting salary range for this role in the select locations listed above is:

$135,900 - $215,100 USD

Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People

As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.

We strive to have parity of benefits across regions and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.

Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
Generous number of vacation days each year
Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.

We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email candidate_accessibility@elastic.co. We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission.

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Skills

Data engineering
Apache Airflow
Apache Spark
Apache Kafka
dbt
Documentation
IBM Terraform
Manage resources
Google Cloud
Regulatory compliance
Process data
Data warehouse
Infrastructure as code
Programming languages
Bash
Python
SQL
Database management systems
Apply information security policies
Elasticsearch

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