Data engineer jobs in the United States

Find data engineer jobs across the United States. Choose a place, compare current openings and read the employer’s requirements.

Counted Nov 2, 2026

Hiring at a glance

View jobs

Open jobs: 4,428
Employers: 1,992

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payUSD / year: $126,261Across 782 listings
Average starting payUSD / hour: $60.88Across 467 listings

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

Where work happens

Remote: 13%561 listings
Hybrid: 6%281 listings
On-site: 8%339 listings

Not specified: 73% (3,247 listings)

Employers hiring include Eliassen Group (299), Booz Allen Hamilton_United States (75), Insight Global (68).

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

Save this search

Added 14 days ago
IG
Senior Databricks Data Engineer- In MN, IA, WI, SD or ND!
Insight Global
Remote, United States
- From $77 USD / hour
Mid to Senior-level data engineering experience in an Azure environment
Added 14 days ago
I
Sr. Staff Data Engineer
Illumio
Sunnyvale, CA
- $208,000 to $250,000 USD / year
Added 14 days ago
UG
Data Engineer - Office-Based in Minnesota
UnitedHealth Group
Eden Prairie, MN
- $72,800 to $130,000 USD / year
…outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers,…
Added 14 days ago
Data Engineer Internship - Summer 2027
FlightSafety International
Columbus, OH
Added 14 days ago
Senior Data Engineer
Mainstay Labs Inc.
Remote, United States
…family rental industry. As an AI native company, we turn complex data into clarity that helps the industry move forward with confidence. Founded within Opendoor, Mainstay launched as an…
Added 14 days ago
Senior Data Engineer I
SHEIN
San Diego, CA
Added 14 days ago
W
Sr Data Engineer
Wealth.com
New York, NY
- $190,000 to $210,000 USD / year
Added 14 days ago
IG
Expert Data Engineer
Insight Global
Remote, United States
- From $90 USD / hour
Professional experience with large data sets; strong on managing and querying large amount of data sets (foundry is a plus), having the ability to be able to query effectively or subset…
Added 14 days ago
Analytics Data Engineer
Corner Alliance
Washington, DC
…results for the government . We are currently seeking a Analytics Data Engineer with 4+ years of experience to join our team and fully embrace our commitment to deliver, grow and thrive…
Added 14 days ago
Data Engineer
US Offices & Unit
Philadelphia, PA
…commercial, legal, and governmental hubs worldwide, is seeking a Data Engineer. Reporting to the Data Warehouse Manager, the Data Engineer is responsible for supporting the Firm’s data…
Added 14 days ago
S|
Data Engineer II
StorageMart | MMS
Columbia, MO
- $100,000 to $120,000 USD / year
Do you enjoy being hands and want to help shape the data that our Marketing, BI, Finance, and Operations teams run on? This role works directly with our Director of Cloud & Data…
Added 14 days ago
S|
Data Engineer II
StorageMart | MMS
Columbia, MO
- $100,000 to $120,000 USD / year
Do you enjoy being hands and want to help shape the data that our Marketing, BI, Finance, and Operations teams run on? This role works directly with our Director of Cloud & Data…
Added 14 days ago
Data Engineer
CSC Leasing Co.
Richmond, VA
Added 14 days ago
Data Engineer
System One
Pittsburgh, PA
Added 14 days ago
J
Data Engineer
Jobot
450 Plymouth Rd, PA
- $55 to $70 USD / hour
Highly reputable Healthcare Company seeks an experience Data Engineer
Added 14 days ago
WW
Data Engineer
World Wide Technology Holding, LLC
Remote, United States
- $91,200 to $136,800 USD / year
Proficiency in data warehousing/business intelligence development/data modeling.
Added 14 days ago
ES
Data Engineer
Easter Seals Southern California, Inc.
Irvine, CA
- $87,000 to $110,000 USD / year
Added 14 days ago
BP
Backend/Data Engineer, Coverage Intelligence
Bold Penguin Inc
Remote, United States
- $104,900 to $139,500 USD / year
As a Backend / Data Engineer on the Coverage Intelligence team, you build the data foundation and services that turn coverage intelligence into a dependable production capability inside the…
Added 14 days ago
Junior Azure Data Engineer - Hybrid Role
UniFirst Corporation
MA
We are seeking a highly motivated Junior Azure Data Engineer with 1–2 years of experience in SQL, Python, and Azure Fabric to join our growing data-engineering team.
Added 14 days ago
Data Engineer Lead
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Added 14 days ago
Senior Data Engineer - Snowflake & dbt Cloud
Premier Trailer Leasing
Plano, TX
Added 14 days ago
Data Engineer Senior Coordinator
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Added 14 days ago
Senior Data Engineer
TelevisaUnivision Management Co.
Miami, FL · Los Angeles, CA
…streaming platform, ViX, we are investing heavily in technology, data, and innovation to deliver exceptional subscriber experiences and drive long-term business…
Added 14 days ago
Principal Data Engineer
TelevisaUnivision Management Co.
Miami, FL
…streaming platform, ViX, we are investing heavily in technology, data, and innovation to deliver exceptional subscriber experiences and drive long-term business…
Added 14 days ago
UG
Senior Data Engineer
UnitedHealth Group
Plymouth, MN
- $91,700 to $163,700 USD / year
…outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented…

GitHub, Inc.

Staff Security Data Engineer

United States

Apply About employer

Applications open in a new tab.

Job details

Posting language: English
Posted: Oct 19, 2026

Original job description

About GitHub

GitHub is the world’s leading platform for agentic software development - powered by Copilot to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 180 million developers, including more than 90% of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to collaborate, and more than 77,000 organisations have adopted GitHub Copilot.

Locations

In this role you can work from Remote, United States

Overview

GitHub is changing the way the world builds secure software and we want you to help change the way we secure GitHub. GitHub’s Security Operations team detects, responds, and investigates sophisticated threat activity targeting GitHub and our users. We're looking for an experienced data engineer to help define and maintain the infrastructure, data, and policies that we rely on.

In this role, you will design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable data infrastructure across Azure using technologies including Terraform, Kusto, and Airflow. You will own foundational capabilities such as data pipelines, compute clusters, tables, and data models that enable security monitoring, detection, threat hunting, incident response, and investigations. You will also help define and maintain security telemetry policy, ensuring that critical security data is available, trustworthy, appropriately governed, and useful throughout its lifecycle.

This is an opportunity to join a high-impact, highly collaborative Security organization that helps drive secure outcomes for GitHub, our customers, and the broader open source software community. If you have deep experience building cloud-scale data platforms, can lead strategically across organizational boundaries, and are motivated to solve complex security data and infrastructure challenges, we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain secure, reliable, and scalable data infrastructure in Azure, and AWS, including Terraform-managed resources, Kusto clusters and tables, and Airflow-orchestrated ETL pipelines
Lead cross-organizational initiatives to onboard new security telemetry, and identify and close visibility gaps
Establish and advance data governance practices for security telemetry, including highly sensitive data sources
Define and drive adoption of security telemetry policies and standards, partnering with Security teams and service owners to identify and remediate gaps
Provide technical leadership to projects focused on the data platforms and infrastructure that supporting security monitoring, threat detection, hunting, investigations, and incident response

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

10+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area
o OR Associate's Degree AND 9+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area
o OR Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area
o OR Master's Degree AND 6+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area
o OR Doctorate AND 4+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area
o OR equivalent experience.
5+ years of hands-on experience building and maintaining cloud scale Azure infrastructure
3+ years of deep experience with Kusto and KQL, Apache Airflow, Terraform, and Python in production environments
2+ years experience leading complex initiatives across organizational boundaries , aligning stakeholders, and translating operational requirements into durable technical solutions.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience collaborating with Security Operations and Engineering teams around security telemetry requirements
Experience supporting Security Operations disciplines such as Threat Detection, Incident Response, Threat Intel, and/or Red Teaming
Experience leveraging AI workflows, where appropriate, to drive improved security outcomes
Experience designing near-real-time telemetry ingestion using Azure Event Hubs or comparable technologies
Experience establishing observability, reliability, data-quality, and cost-management practices for data platforms

GitHub values

Customer-obsessed
Ship to learn
Growth mindset
Own the outcome
Better together
Diverse and inclusive

Manager fundamentals

Model
Coach
Care

Leadership principles

Create clarity
Generate energy
Deliver success

Who We Are

GitHub is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform with 150 million developers and counting. We’re also home to the biggest open-source community on earth (and 99% of the world’s software has open-source code in its DNA). Many of the apps and programs you use every day are built on GitHub.

Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!). At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We’re remote-first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are - because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms.

Join us, and let’s change the world, together.

Equal Employment Opportunity

GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate!

Design, build, and maintain secure, reliable, and scalable data infrastructure in Azure, and AWS, including Terraform-managed resources, Kusto clusters and tables, and Airflow-orchestrated ETL pipelines
Lead cross-organizational initiatives to onboard new security telemetry, and identify and close visibility gaps
Establish and advance data governance practices for security telemetry, including highly sensitive data sources
Define and drive adoption of security telemetry policies and standards, partnering with Security teams and service owners to identify and remediate gaps
Provide technical leadership to projects focused on the data platforms and infrastructure that supporting security monitoring, threat detection, hunting, investigations, and incident response

Required Qualifications:

10+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area
o OR Associate's Degree AND 9+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area
o OR Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area
o OR Master's Degree AND 6+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area
o OR Doctorate AND 4+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area
o OR equivalent experience.
5+ years of hands-on experience building and maintaining cloud scale Azure infrastructure
3+ years of deep experience with Kusto and KQL, Apache Airflow, Terraform, and Python in production environments
2+ years experience leading complex initiatives across organizational boundaries , aligning stakeholders, and translating operational requirements into durable technical solutions.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience collaborating with Security Operations and Engineering teams around security telemetry requirements
Experience supporting Security Operations disciplines such as Threat Detection, Incident Response, Threat Intel, and/or Red Teaming
Experience leveraging AI workflows, where appropriate, to drive improved security outcomes
Experience designing near-real-time telemetry ingestion using Azure Event Hubs or comparable technologies
Experience establishing observability, reliability, data-quality, and cost-management practices for data platforms

Apply About employer

More about this job

Skills

GitHub
Microsoft Azure
IBM Terraform
Apache Airflow
Data models
Incident response
AWS
Data engineering
Leadership
Research
Cybersecurity
Python
Cost management
Leadership principles

Report this job