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 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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Added 25 days ago
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…
Added 25 days ago
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…
Added 25 days ago
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…
Added 25 days ago
Senior Data Engineer - Databricks
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 in Databricks. We are looking for…
Added 25 days ago
Data Engineer - Databricks
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 in Databricks. We are looking for more…
Added 25 days ago
Data Engineer/ISSE
Peraton
Chantilly, VA
Added 25 days ago
Junior Data Engineer / Active Secret
Peraton
Beltsville, MD · Washington, DC
Added 25 days ago
Data Engineer with Top Secret clearance
Peraton
Washington, DC
Added 25 days ago
AI Data Engineer
SAP Taulia
United States
AI is only as smart as the data it consumes. We are seeking an AI Data Engineer to ensure our agent ecosystem is powered by high-quality, s
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Principal, Data Engineer - Reliability Data
Pacific Gas And Electric Company
Oakland, CA
Added 25 days ago
Lead Data Engineer (Databricks, Big Data)
Norfolk Southern Corp.
Atlanta, GA
Requisition 40310: B5 Lead Data Engineer (Databricks, Big Data)
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Senior Data Engineer
New York Blood Center Inc
Rye, NY
- $135,000 to $150,000 USD / year
As a Senior Data Engineer on DAPI's Tetris team, you will own the design and delivery of complex data engineering solutions that power NYBCe's enterprise analytics, AI, and reporting…
Added 25 days ago
Senior Data Engineer, AI Data Products
Lincoln Financial
Radnor, PA
Lincoln Financial's AI, Data and Analytics (AIDA) organization is building the capabilities required for an AI-enabled business. Within AIDA, Data Strategy & Governance tur
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Sr. Associate Data Engineer, AI Data Products
Lincoln Financial
Radnor, PA
Lincoln Financial's AI, Data and Analytics (AIDA) organization is building the capabilities required for an AI-enabled business. Wit
Added 25 days ago
Associate Data Engineer, AI Data Products
Lincoln Financial
Radnor, PA
Lincoln Financial's AI, Data and Analytics (AIDA) organization is building the capabilities required for an AI-enabled business. Within AIDA, Data Strategy & Governance tur
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Lead Risk Data Engineer and Architect
Lincoln Financial
Radnor, PA
As a Senior Lead Risk Data Engineer and Architect, you will architect and lead the design and implementation of new technology solutions for the Risk Investments and Technology team within…
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AI
Data Engineer - AWS/Databricks
Acuity INC
Remote, United States
- $90,000 to $100,000 USD / year
Acuity Inc. is seeking a highly skilled Data Engineer to join our Engineering Team, helping drive the design and delivery of AWS cloud-scale data platforms for federal clients. This role…
Added 25 days ago
AI
Data Engineer - AWS/Databricks
Acuity INC
Remote, United States
- $120,000 to $150,000 USD / year
Acuity Inc. is seeking a highly skilled Data Engineer to join our Engineering Team, helping drive the design and delivery of AWS cloud-scale data platforms for federal clients. This role…
Added 25 days ago
AI
Data Engineer - AWS/Databricks - Mid Level
Acuity INC
Remote, United States
- $120,000 to $140,000 USD / year
Acuity Inc. is seeking a highly skilled Data Engineer to join our Engineering Team, helping drive the design and delivery of AWS cloud-scale data platforms for federal clients. This role…
Added 25 days ago
IT Data Engineer
J.E. Dunn Construction Group Inc P
Kansas City, MO
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Senior Data Engineer
Janus Henderson Investors
Denver, CO
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Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Data Engineer
MAG Aerospace
Fairfax, VA
MAG Aerospace is staffing for a Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Data Engineer.
Added 25 days ago
GT
Data Engineer - Cloudera & AWS Lakehouse (Irving, Texas)
Gainwell Technologies LLC
Any city, TX
- $90,900 to $129,900 USD / year
Added 25 days ago
Data Engineer, Mission Data Products - Clearance Required
LMI
Fort Belvoir, VA
LMI is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to build authoritative data products supporting Army acquisition and program operations. This engineer will own data pipelines, models, and ontology…
Added 25 days ago
Data Engineer, Mission Data Products - Clearance Required
LMI
Fort Bragg, NC
LMI is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to build authoritative data products supporting Army program operations. This engineer will own data pipelines, models, and ontology within Maven or…

Steampunk

Data Engineer

Remote, United States

The projected compensation range for this position is $125,000 to $160,000.

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Job details

Pay: The projected compensation range for this position is $125,000 to $160,000.
Apply by: May 23, 2027
Posting language: English
Posted: May 23, 2025

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 $125,000 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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