Data engineer jobs in the United States (4,757 jobs)

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Counted Nov 9, 2026

Hiring at a glance

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Open jobs: 4,757
Employers: 2,043

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payUSD / year: $126,771Across 871 listings
Average starting payUSD / hour: $62.01Across 501 listings

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

Where work happens

Remote: 12%567 listings
Hybrid: 6%306 listings
On-site: 8%375 listings

Not specified: 74% (3,509 listings)

Employers hiring include Eliassen Group (380), Booz Allen Hamilton_United States (70), 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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Federal Data Engineer
Hitachi Federal Corporation
Remote, United States
- $160,000 to $205,000 USD / year
The Federal Data Engineer serves as the technical lead responsible for designing, implementing, integrating, and optimizing enterprise data engineering solutions for Hitachi Federal…
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Sr. Data Engineer
Orion180 Insurance Services LLC
Irving, TX
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Data Engineer (Founding Team)
Fabrion
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
We’re building a multi-tenant, AI-native platform where enterprise data becomes actionable through semantic enrichment, intelligent agents, and governed interoperability. At the heart of…
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Principal Data Engineer (Prin Applications Analyst)
Mission Support & Test Services, LLC (MSTS)
North Las Vegas, NV
- $118,560 to $180,814.4 USD / year
The Data Analytics team within our Information Technology department is seeking a Principal Data Engineer (Principal Applications Analyst).
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Data Engineer (SE / Sr SE)
PlusAI
Santa Clara, CA
- $130,000 to $200,000 USD / year
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Data Engineer
BDG
NY
- $105,000 to $145,000 USD / year
Bustle Digital Group (BDG) is looking for a talented Data Engineer to join our growing data team. You will work alongside the Director of Data Engineering to build, optimize, and scale our…
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Sr. Data Engineer
World Emblem International
Houston, TX · Norcross, GA · Hollywood, FL
…invest in AI and modern analytics, we are building a centralized Data Lake / Data Warehouse on Microsoft Fabric to provide trusted, well-modeled data across the…
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Senior Data Engineer, Professional Services
Hitachi Federal Corporation
Remote, United States
- $160,000 to $205,000 USD / year
The Senior Data Engineer serves as the technical lead responsible for designing, implementing, integrating, and optimizing enterprise data engineering solutions for Hitachi Federal…
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Lead Software Engineer - Data Engineer
JPMC page
Jersey City, NJ
As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within Corporate Technology in Financial Planning & Analysis team, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and…
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Lead Data Engineer
Nexcess
Remote, United States
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2027 Data Engineer Summer Internship
Lazard Professional
NY
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Mid-Level Data Engineer
Global Dimensions, LLC
Reston, VA
We are seeking a skilled Mid-Level Data Engineer to join our team in Reston, VA and support data-driven initiatives. The Mid-Level Data Engineer will play a key role in data cleaning, basic…
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Data Engineer - Forward Deployed
Modus Create
United States
You won't be building from the sidelines. As a Modus Data Engineer embedded in our Modus Data & ML practice, you operate as a forward deployed engineer - right at the frontier of enterprise…
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Global Data Engineer
Goodway Group
Remote, United States
…established company combined with a start-up feel. With leading data-driven and technology-enabled digital media and marketing services firm with teams in the U.S. and the UK, our diverse…
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Data Engineer
Orion Innovation
Lawrence Township, NJ
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Azure Data Engineer
Orion Innovation
Montvale, NJ
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Data Engineer
MFour Mobile Research, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
Our Story: Founded in 2011, MFour is a fast-growing data and analytics technology company “democratizing” consumer insights. Named a 2023 “top 25 L.A. tech companies to watch,” by Built In,…
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Data Engineer - Multimodal Systems
Zyphra
San Francisco, CA
As a Data Engineer - Multimodal Systems, you will be a core contributor to creating, collecting, and improving Zyphra’s datasets and data pipelines across a variety of modalities. Your work…
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Senior Data Engineer
WMC Wellington Management Company LLP
Boston, MA
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Senior Data Engineer (US)
Firstup
Remote, United States
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Lead Data Engineer
Rearc
Remote, United States
- $180,000 to $220,000 USD / year
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Senior Data Engineer (GCP • Python • Iceberg • Delta Lake • Kafka • Snowflake • Databricks)
Railroad19, Inc
Remote, United States
- $120,000 to $180,000 USD / year
Railroad19, Inc is seeking a Senior Data Engineer with deep, hands‑on experience in building modern lakehouse architectures on GCP. This role focuses on designing, developing in Python &…
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Data Engineer, Ingestion Platform
Alt Platform Inc
Remote, United States
- $155,000 to $165,000 USD / year
Alt Value is our moat. It is only as good as the data underneath it - and
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Data Engineer
Solution Design Group
Minneapolis, MN
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Senior Data Engineer
UMG Recordings Inc
Philadelphia, PA

Nexcess

Lead Data Engineer

Remote, United States

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Job details

Experience: 7+ years of related data engineering experience, including 2+ years leading, supervising, or providing technical direction to others.
Posting language: English
Posted: Sep 21, 2026

Original job description

About Nexcess Nexcess provides specialty cloud solutions for organizations where performance and compliance have to coexist. We serve businesses worldwide, from agencies scaling client sites to enterprises running mission-critical operations. We've built our reputation on deep technical expertise and genuine partnership with every client we work with. Behind every environment we manage is a team of people who take the craft seriously and keep showing up when it matters.

Overview

The Lead, Data Engineer leads the Data Engineering team and provides technical direction for the data infrastructure, pipelines, and systems that support reporting, analytics, and data products across the organization. This role combines people leadership, technical expertise, and business partnership to ensure data solutions are reliable, scalable, and aligned with organizational priorities. The Lead, Data Engineer remains hands-on technically while guiding the work of the team and partnering with Finance, Data & Analytics, and other business leaders to translate business needs into practical data solutions.

Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Delivery

Lead, mentor, and develop the Data Engineering team, establishing clear expectations for performance, quality, and ownership.
Manage team priorities, workload, and delivery in alignment with broader business objectives.
Provide technical guidance and oversight for engineering work, including architecture, design, and production readiness.
Serve as an escalation point for complex technical, data quality, and delivery challenges.

Data Engineering & Architecture

Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines, integrations, warehouses, and supporting infrastructure.
Establish and maintain engineering standards for data architecture, modeling, reliability, performance, and maintainability.
Remain hands-on in development and resolution of complex or business-critical technical issues.
Drive improvements to automation, tooling, monitoring, and engineering practices that strengthen the data environment.

Strategy & Business Partnership

Establish technical direction and priorities for Data Engineering in alignment with organizational objectives.
Partner with Finance and other business and technical stakeholders to translate data needs into effective solutions.
Evaluate technologies, processes, and architectural approaches that improve the organization's ability to use and scale data.
Communicate technical strategy, risks, recommendations, and infrastructure needs to technical and business leadership.

Additional Expectations

Demonstrates and promotes the company's Impact Behaviors in all interactions and decision-making.

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Design
Ownership
First Team
Performance
Maintains a professional, collaborative, and client-focused approach while supporting team and organizational objectives.
Performs other duties, responsibilities, and special projects as assigned to meet business needs.

Qualifications

Required

7+ years of related data engineering experience, including 2+ years leading, supervising, or providing technical direction to others.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, a related discipline, equivalent technical training, or equivalent professional experience.
Strong experience designing, building, and maintaining data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, data warehouses, and related infrastructure.
Advanced SQL skills and strong programming experience with Python, Java, Scala, or a comparable language.
Strong understanding of data architecture, modeling, scalability, performance, reliability, and data quality practices.
Experience with modern cloud data platforms, orchestration frameworks, and data processing technologies.
Demonstrated ability to remain hands-on technically while leading and developing a team.
Strong business acumen with the ability to translate business requirements into practical technical solutions.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred

Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
Experience with orchestration and transformation tools such as Airflow, dbt, or similar technologies.
Experience with distributed or streaming data technologies such as Kafka or Spark.
Experience with infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD practices for data environments.
Experience building, scaling, or maturing a Data Engineering function.

Key Performance Indicators

Reliability and availability of critical data pipelines and infrastructure.
Timeliness and quality of Data Engineering deliverables.
Data quality and reduction of recurring production issues.
Progress against Data Engineering roadmap and priorities.
Team performance, development, and delivery effectiveness.
Effectiveness of data solutions in supporting business and stakeholder needs.

Work Environment The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

While performing the essential duties of this job, the individual is regularly required to speak and hear
While performing the essential duties of this job, the individual is regularly required to use hands for keyboarding, gross manipulation, and fine manipulation
Works at a desk and computer screen for extended periods of time
Works in a traditional climate controlled office environment or from home
Works in a highly stressful environment dealing with a wide variety of challenges, deadlines and diverse employee population

Disclaimer This job description is only a summary of the typical functions of the position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all job responsibilities, tasks, or duties. Additional duties and tasks may be assigned as part of the job function. Liquid Web Inc. reserves the right to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in a way that best supports the organizational needs. The job description in no way creates or implies an employment contract. The employment contract remains “at will”.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy: Liquid Web is committed to offering equal employment opportunity without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, military status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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Skills

Data engineering
Leadership
Team leadership
Manage staff
Decision making
Computer science
SQL
Python
Oracle Java
Scala
Process data
Communication skills
Stakeholder management
AWS
Microsoft Azure
Google Cloud
Apache Airflow
dbt
Apache Kafka
Apache Spark
Infrastructure as code
CI/CD

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