Data engineer jobs in the United States (4,773 jobs)

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Counted Nov 8, 2026

Hiring at a glance

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Open jobs: 4,773
Employers: 2,045

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payUSD / year: $126,782Across 869 listings
Average starting payUSD / hour: $62.21Across 519 listings

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

Where work happens

Remote: 12%565 listings
Hybrid: 6%305 listings
On-site: 8%376 listings

Not specified: 74% (3,527 listings)

Employers hiring include Eliassen Group (392), Booz Allen Hamilton_United States (70), 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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Data Engineer- Consultant AI& E
Deloitte US
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Management Consultant - Data Engineer
IBM
Philadelphia, PA
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IBM
JEFFERSON CITY, MO · Kansas City, MO
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Data Engineer
USU RESEARCH FOUNDATION
STAFFORD, VA
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Management Consultant - Data Engineer
IBM
DURHAM, NC · Charlotte, NC · RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC
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IBM
Norwalk, CT
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IBM
Tulsa, OK
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IBM
Minneapolis, MN
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Data Engineer
Steampunk
Remote, United States
We are looking for seasoned Data Engineer to work with our team and our clients to develop enterprise grade data platforms, services, and pipelines. We are looking for more than just a…
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Senior Data Engineer - Databricks
Steampunk
Remote, United States
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Data Engineer
Steampunk
Remote, United States
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Data Engineer
Steampunk
Remote, United States
We are looking for seasoned Data Engineer to work with our team and our clients to develop enterprise grade data platforms, services, and pipelines. We are looking for more than just a…
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Data Engineer
Steampunk
Remote, United States
We are looking for seasoned Data Engineer to work with our team and our clients to develop enterprise grade data platforms, services, and pipelines. We are looking for more than just a…
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Data Engineer
Steampunk
Remote, United States
We are looking for seasoned Data Engineer to work with our team and our clients to develop enterprise grade data platforms, services, and pipelines. We are looking for more than just a…
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Senior Data Engineer
Steampunk
Remote, United States
We are looking for seasoned Senior Data Engineer to work with our team and our clients to develop enterprise grade data platforms, services, and pipelines. We are looking for more than just…
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Senior Data Engineer - Databricks
Steampunk
Remote, United States
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Data Engineer
Steampunk
Remote, United States
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IBM
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IBM
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IBM
Bellevue, WA · Seattle, WA
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IBM
Denver, NY · Yorktown Heights, NY · Armonk, NY
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NEW YORK, NY
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Steampunk

Data Engineer

Remote, United States

The projected compensation range for this position is $110,000 to $160,000.

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Job details

Pay: The projected compensation range for this position is $110,000 to $160,000.
Apply by: Nov 1, 2027
Posting language: English
Posted: Nov 1, 2026

Original job description

Overview

We are looking for seasoned Data Engineer to work with our team and our clients to develop enterprise grade data platforms, services, and pipelines. We are looking for more than just a "Data Engineer", but a technologist with excellent communication and customer service skills and a passion for data and problem solving.

Contributions

Lead and architect migration of data environments with performance and reliability.
Assess and understand the ETL jobs, workflows, BI tools, and reports
Address technical inquiries concerning customization, integration, enterprise architecture and general feature / functionality of data products
Experience in crafting database / data warehouse solutions in cloud (Preferably AWS. Alternatively Azure, GCP).
Key must have skill sets – Python, AWS
Support an Agile software development lifecycle
You will contribute to the growth of our Data Exploitation Practice!

Qualifications

Ability to hold a position of public trust with the US government.
2-4 years industry experience coding commercial software and a passion for solving complex problems.
2-4 years direct experience in Data Engineering with experience in tools such as:
Big data tools: Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, etc.
Relational SQL and NoSQL databases, including Postgres and Cassandra.
Data pipeline and workflow management tools: Azkaban, Luigi, Airflow, etc.
AWS cloud services: EC2, EMR, RDS, Redshift (or Azure equivalents)
Data streaming systems: Storm, Spark-Streaming, etc.
Search tools: Solr, Lucene, Elasticsearch
Object-oriented/object function scripting languages: Python, Java, C++, Scala, etc.
Advanced working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases, query authoring and optimization (SQL) as well as working familiarity with a variety of databases.
Experience with message queuing, stream processing, and highly scalable ‘big data’ data stores.
Experience manipulating, processing, and extracting value from large, disconnected datasets.
Experience manipulating structured and unstructured data for analysis
Experience constructing complex queries to analyze results using databases or in a data processing development environment
Experience with data modeling tools and process
Experience architecting data systems (transactional and warehouses)
Experience aggregating results and/or compiling information for reporting from multiple datasets
Experience working in an Agile environment
Experience supporting project teams of developers and data scientists who build web-based interfaces, dashboards, reports, and analytics/machine learning models

About steampunk

Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $110,000 to $160,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.

Identity Statement

As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology, we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Steampunk participates in the E-Verify program.

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Skills

Customer service
Problem solving
Data engineering
Data warehouse
AWS
Microsoft Azure
Google Cloud
Python
Agile
Software development
Apache Hadoop
Apache Spark
Apache Kafka
SQL
NoSQL
Apache Cassandra
Amazon Data Pipeline
Workflow
Apache Airflow
EMR
Amazon Redshift
Apache Solr
Elasticsearch
Oracle Java
C++
Scala
Unstructured data
Process data
Data modelling
Reporting
Machine learning

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