Data engineer jobs in the United States

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Counted Oct 31, 2026

Hiring at a glance

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Open jobs: 4,383
Employers: 1,975

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payUSD / year: $126,149Across 784 listings
Average starting payUSD / hour: $60.75Across 464 listings

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

Where work happens

Remote: 13%555 listings
Hybrid: 6%283 listings
On-site: 8%336 listings

Not specified: 73% (3,209 listings)

Employers hiring include Eliassen Group (301), Booz Allen Hamilton_United States (75), Insight Global (69).

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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Data Engineer, Marketing Tech BI, Stores Finance Analytics & Insights
Amazon
Seattle, WA
…each other. Our ultimate goal is to build a robust/scalable data infrastructure and automated reporting system to empower users have maximum flexibility to play with the data in order to…
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Data Engineer, Partner Experience
Amazon
Seattle, WA
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Data Engineer II, AWS Marketplace and Partner Services
Amazon
Seattle, WA
As a Data Engineer on the AMPS team, you will work directly with Software Engineering, Business Intelligence, Data Science, a
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Data Engineer
Lilly
South San Francisco, CA
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Senior Data Engineer
Rearc
Remote, United States
- $155,000 to $190,000 USD / year
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Data Engineer
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)
New York, NY
ICE Data Services, a part of Intercontinental Exchange, is seeking a Data Engineer to join our Derivatives Market Data team. This group supports critical processes across front, middle, and…
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Data Engineer Data Engineer III
Apex Systems, Inc.
NEW YORK, NY
Job Description:Data Engineer - Data Engineer IIILocation: New York, New York (Onsite)COMPENSATION: $83 - $93 HOURLYRole OverviewAs a Data Engineer on the team, you will routinely solve…
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Staff Data Engineer
Walmart Inc.
Bentonville, AR
- $127,171 to $220,000 USD / year
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Staff, Data Engineer
Walmart Inc.
Bentonville, AR
- $127,171 to $220,000 USD / year
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Principal Data Engineer
Wal-Mart Stores East, LP
Bentonville, AR
- $129,314 to $220,000 USD / year
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Senior Data Engineer
Walmart Inc.
Bentonville, AR
- $90,000 to $180,000 USD / year
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Data Engineer III
Walmart Inc.
Bentonville, AR
- $110,302 to $180,000 USD / year
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Data Engineer III
Walmart Inc.
Bentonville, AR
- $109,699 to $180,000 USD / year
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Data Engineer
Eliassen Group
Springfield, IL
- $50 to $57 USD / hour
Our client seeks a Data Engineer to design and implement high-performance data pipelines at scale. The role will focus on building reliable ingestion and transformation processes, enforcing…
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Data Engineer
Eliassen Group
Concord, NH
- $50 to $57 USD / hour
Our client seeks a Data Engineer to design and implement high-performance data pipelines at scale. The role will focus on building reliable ingestion and transformation processes, enforcing…
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Data Engineer
Eliassen Group
Jackson, MS
- $50 to $57 USD / hour
Our client seeks a Data Engineer to design and implement high-performance data pipelines at scale. The role will focus on building reliable ingestion and transformation processes, enforcing…
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Data Engineer
Eliassen Group
Columbia, SC
- $50 to $57 USD / hour
Our client seeks a Data Engineer to design and implement high-performance data pipelines at scale. The role will focus on building reliable ingestion and transformation processes, enforcing…
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Data Engineer
Eliassen Group
Honolulu, HI
- $50 to $57 USD / hour
Our client seeks a Data Engineer to design and implement high-performance data pipelines at scale. The role will focus on building reliable ingestion and transformation processes, enforcing…
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Data Engineer
Eliassen Group
Lincoln, NE
- $50 to $57 USD / hour
Our client seeks a Data Engineer to design and implement high-performance data pipelines at scale. The role will focus on building reliable ingestion and transformation processes, enforcing…
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Sr Data Engineer
Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP
United States
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Data Engineer
Eliassen Group
Sacramento, CA
- $50 to $57 USD / hour
Our client seeks a Data Engineer to design and implement high-performance data pipelines at scale. The role will focus on building reliable ingestion and transformation processes, enforcing…
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Data Engineer
Robert Half
Remote, United States
- $47.5 to $55 USD / hour
We are looking for a Data Engineer to support data-driven initiatives for a services environment in Southern California. This Long-term Contract position focuses on building reliable data…
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Senior Data Engineer
D.R. Horton America's Builder
Arlington, TX
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Data Engineer
Insight Global
Smyrna, GA
- From $59 USD / hour
Strong knowledge of data modeling, schema design, and database optimization
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Data Engineer II, AWS Analytics Engineering
Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.
Seattle, WA
We are seeking a talented Data Engineer to join our EC2 + EBS + Networking Product BI team. You will own end-to-end analytics for one or more Compute service areas - building and monitoring…

modis

Sr AI Data Engineer (Cloud)

Chicago, IL, United States

$80 to $82 USD / hour

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Job details

Pay: $80 to $82 USD / hour
Apply by: Nov 27, 2026
Posting language: English
Posted: Oct 28, 2026

Original job description

Akkodis is seeking a Sr AI Data Engineer (Cloud) for a Contract job with a client in Chicago, IL. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing and implementing scalable data and AI solutions, building enterprise-grade data pipelines, and operationalizing AI capabilities that support key business initiatives. Rate Range: $80/hour to $82/hour; The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.

Sr AI Data Engineer (Cloud) job responsibilities include:

Design, develop, and maintain scalable data ingestion pipelines that integrate multiple source systems into Snowflake utilizing AWS services and Python-based frameworks.
Build, optimize, and support SQL-based data transformation processes for free-text cleansing, normalization, validation, deduplication, and structured data generation.
Implement and operationalize Snowflake Cortex AI workflows to support classification, extraction, enrichment, and AI-driven business processes.
Develop robust Generative AI solutions including prompt engineering, prompt versioning, response validation, fallback logic, and output quality controls.
Design, develop, and deploy Snowflake Native Applications using the Snowflake Native App Framework while managing application lifecycle activities including versioning, upgrades, security, and release management.
Collaborate with Data Product Management, Data Science, and business stakeholders to design and implement enterprise AI and data capabilities.
Define, monitor, and improve data quality and AI model performance metrics including precision, recall, coverage, drift detection, and error rates.
Implement observability and monitoring solutions using Arize or similar ML/LLM monitoring platforms to support performance analysis and root cause investigations.
Develop CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code solutions to support automated deployment, testing, governance, and operational readiness.

Desired Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
Eight or more years of overall technology experience, including at least five years of hands-on Data Engineering experience.
Two or more years of experience developing, deploying, and supporting Generative AI solutions in production environments.
Extensive experience with Snowflake, including advanced SQL development, performance tuning, Streams, Tasks, stored procedures, and enterprise data architectures.
Hands-on experience implementing Snowflake Cortex AI or comparable enterprise-grade large language model (LLM) platforms.
Proven experience developing Snowflake Native Applications utilizing Snowpark, application packaging, release management, versioning, and secure deployment methodologies.
Strong AWS expertise with services including S3, Lambda, Glue, Step Functions, DynamoDB, EC2, CloudFormation, Kinesis, and related cloud-native technologies.
Advanced proficiency in Python, including development of production-grade applications, testing frameworks, packaging, and automation solutions.
Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines utilizing GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar platforms.
Experience utilizing Infrastructure-as-Code technologies such as Terraform and CloudFormation.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience within hospitality, customer profile management, personalization, loyalty, or customer preference domains.
Experience implementing human-in-the-loop workflows and taxonomy-driven classification solutions.
Familiarity with data privacy, security, and regulatory compliance requirements involving customer data.
Experience implementing Snowflake governance and security capabilities including RBAC, masking policies, row access policies, tagging, and compliance controls.
Experience developing automated regression testing frameworks for prompts, GenAI workflows, and LLM outputs.
Experience with Snowpark Container Services or containerized AI/ML deployment architectures.
Experience automating Windows-based operational processes using scripting and workflow automation technologies.
AWS, Snowflake, or related cloud and data engineering certifications are considered a strong plus.

If you are interested in this role, then please click APPLY NOW. For other opportunities available at Akkodis, or any questions, feel free to contact me at Nitish.Kumar2@akkodisgroup.com.

Pay Details: $80.00 to $82.00 per hour

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Military connected talent encouraged to apply

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The California Fair Chance Act
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Skills

Snowflake
AWS
Python
SQL
Business processes
ML
CI/CD
Infrastructure as code
Computer science
Data engineering
Packaging
Amazon DynamoDB
GitHub
Jenkins
IBM Terraform
Regulatory compliance
Microsoft Windows
Workflow
Automation technology

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