Data engineer jobs in the United States (4,750 jobs)

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Counted Nov 9, 2026

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Open jobs: 4,750
Employers: 2,036

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payUSD / year: $126,817Across 873 listings
Average starting payUSD / hour: $61.98Across 499 listings

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

Where work happens

Remote: 12%567 listings
Hybrid: 6%302 listings
On-site: 8%374 listings

Not specified: 74% (3,507 listings)

Employers hiring include Eliassen Group (376), Booz Allen Hamilton_United States (69), Insight Global (67).

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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.

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Data engineer jobs in the United States

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Data Engineer, WW Ops Finance S&A
Amazon.com Services LLC
Bellevue, WA
Are you passionate about standardizing data platforms and automating data engineering to drive analytics and reporting? Do you excel in dynamic, fast-paced environments and find joy in…
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Data Engineer, NPI Supply Chain
Experis USA
South San Francisco, CA
- $75 to $90 USD / hour
Our client, Data & AI Operations is seeking a Data Engineer, NPI Supply Chain - Sunnyvale, CA to join their team. As a Data Engineer, NPI Supply Chain - Sunnyvale, CA, you will be part of…
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Software Engineering – Data Engineer (Python & Cloud Databases)
Fair Isaac Corporation
Remote, United States
The myFICO engineering team builds the web applications behind FICO Scores consumer-facing business, and data powers everything we do. We are seeking a Data Engineer to own the SQL Server,…
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Data Engineer II, Amazon Leo
Amazon
Arlington, VA
As a Data Engineer in Leo's Global Business Operations (GBO), you will be one of the architects and engineers building up
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Data Engineer
Booz Allen Hamilton_United States
Arlington, VA
…intelligence means that there’s more structured and unstructured data available today than ever before. As a data engineer, you know that organizing data can yield pivotal insights when…
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Data Engineer and Technical Lead
Booz Allen Hamilton_United States
Alexandria, VA
Data Engineer and Technical LeadThe Opportunity:
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Data Engineer - Global Manufacturing Digitalization
Siemens
Wendell, NC
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Senior Data Engineer (P1754) (P1752)
Cincinnati, OH · Chicago, IL
84.51° is a retail data science, insights and media company. We help The Kroger Co., consumer packaged goods companies, agencies, publishers and affiliates create more personalized and…
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Data Engineer
Deloitte
Charlotte, NC
…wants to work in a collaborative environment? As an experienced Data Engineer, you will have the ability to share new ideas and collaborate on projects as a consultant without the extensive…
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Senior Data Engineer
cargill
Atlanta
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Cloud Platform and Data Engineer [U.S. Citizenship Required, Public Trust Eligibility]
Via Logic LLC
Remote, United States
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Senior Data Engineer
Trexquant Investment
Stamford, CT
Trexquant is seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer to build and maintain the core data infrastructure that powers our quantitative research platform. This role is responsible for…
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Senior Data Engineer
Walmart
BENTONVILLE, AR
Duties: Oversees the tasks of less experienced programmers and stipulates system troubleshooting supports. Utilizes data strategy, including understanding the business value and relevance…
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Data Engineer III
Walmart
BENTONVILLE, AR
Duties: Identifies possible options to address the business problems within one's discipline through analytics, big data analytics, and automation. Supports the development of business…
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Principal Data Engineer
Walmart
BENTONVILLE, AR
Duties: Tech. Problem Formulation: Translate/co-own business problems within one's discipline to data related or mathematical solutions. Identify appropriate methods/tools to be leveraged…
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Data Engineer III
Walmart
BENTONVILLE, AR
Duties: Identifies possible options to address the business problems within one's discipline through analytics, big data analytics, and automation. Supports the development of business…
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Staff Data Engineer
Walmart
BENTONVILLE, AR
Duties: Tech. Problem Formulation: Translates/co-owns business problems within one's discipline to data related or mathematical solutions. Identifies appropriate methods/tools to be…
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Sr. Data Engineer
ManpowerGroup
Appleton, WI
Our client, a local financial services organization, is seeking a Sr. Data Engineer to join their team. As a Sr. Data Engineer, you will be part of the Data & Analytics organization…
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Architect, Data Engineer (SAP + Databricks)
Lovelytics
Remote, United States
- $150,000 to $215,000 USD / year
…Retail & CPG, Healthcare and Financial Services modernize their data and put AI to work, not in a deck, but in production. We move fast, stay close to the cutting edge, and care more about…
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Sr. Data Engineer
Centurion Consulting Group
Arlington, VA
We are seeking a Data Engineer to provide data engineering, advanced analytics, and visualization support to senior DoD stakeholders. This individual will work with complex datasets,…
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Data Engineer
Trane Technologies
St Paul, MN
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Senior Data Engineer - Pharmacy
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
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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…
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Data Engineer I , WW Ops Finance S&A
Amazon
Bellevue, WA
Do you love turning messy, large-scale data into pipelines people can trust? If you want to solve hard data warehousing problems, partner directly with stakeholders, and see your work…
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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…

Walmart

Principal Data Engineer

BENTONVILLE, AR, United States

Rate of pay: $129,314.00 - 220,000.00/year.

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Pay: Rate of pay: $129,314.00 - 220,000.00/year.
Posting language: English
Posted: Oct 29, 2026

Original job description

Position: Principal Data Engineer

Job Location: 811 Excellence Dr, Bentonville, AR 72716

Duties: Tech. Problem Formulation: Translate/co-own business problems within one's discipline to data related or mathematical solutions. Identify appropriate methods/tools to be leveraged to provide a solution for the problem. Share use cases and gives examples to demonstrate how the method would solve the business problem. Demonstrates up-to-date expertise and applies this to the development, execution, and improvement of action plans by providing expert advice and guidance to others in the application of information and best practices; supporting and aligning efforts to meet customer and business needs; and building commitment for perspectives and rationales. Understanding Business Context: Provide recommendations to business stakeholders to solve complex business issues. Develop business cases for projects with a projected return on investment or cost savings. Translate business requirements into projects, activities, and tasks and aligns to overall business strategy and develops domain specific artifact. Serve as an interpreter and conduit to connect business needs with tangible solutions and results. Identify and recommend relevant business insights pertaining to their area of work. Provides and supports the implementation of business solutions by building relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders; identifying business needs; determining and carrying out necessary processes and practices; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; and adapting to competing demands, organizational changes, and new responsibilities. Data Source Identification: Support the understanding of the priority order of requirements and service level agreements. Help identify the most suitable source for data that is fit for purpose. Perform initial data quality checks on extracted data. Data Visualization: Generate appropriate graphical representations of data and model outcomes. Understand customer requirements to design appropriate data representation for multiple data sets. Work with User Experience designers and User Interface engineers as required to build front end applications. Present to and influences the team and business audience using the appropriate data visualization frameworks and conveys clear messages through business and stakeholder understanding. Customize communication style based on stakeholder under guidance and leverages rational arguments. Guide and mentor junior associates on story types, structures, and techniques based on context. Data Quality Management: Promote and educate others on data quality awareness. Profile, analyze, and assess data quality. Test and validate data quality requirements. Continuously measure and monitor data quality. Deliver against data quality service level agreements. Manage operational Data Quality Management procedures. Manage data quality issues and leads data cleansing activities to remove data quality defects, improve data quality, and eliminate unused data. Determine user accessibility and removes or restricts user access as needed. Interpret company and regulatory policies on data. Educate others on data governance processes, practices, policies, and guidelines. Exploratory Data Analysis: Collect and tabulate data and evaluate results to determine accuracy, validity, and applicability. Support the identification and application of statistical techniques based on requirements. Apply suitable technique under direction from leadership. Assist in the planning, design and implementation of an exploratory data analysis research projects. Understand existing statistical models and identify and recommend statistical models based on hypothesis.

Minimum education and experience required: Master’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field plus 3 years of experience in software engineering or related experience; 7 years of software engineering experience or related experience; OR Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field plus 5 years of experience in software engineering or related experience.

Skills Required: Must have experience with: Coding in object-oriented languages: Python, SQL, PySpark, HTML, Scala; Designing, building, and maintaining ETL pipelines using Hadoop, Apache Spark, Hive, BigQuery on cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure) for scalable, secure, reliable solutions; Data warehousing: Amazon Redshift, Teradata, S3, BigQuery for large-scale storage and analytics; Using query languages: SQL, Spark SQL, NoSQL for data manipulation and retrieval; Script automation: Identifying bottlenecks; architecting solutions like automated pipelines and query optimization; Retail & digital advertising: KPIs (CTR, impressions), interpreting HTML and cookies from backend; Using JIRA, GitHub, and PM tools for sprint planning, backlog management, and progress tracking with dashboards; Developing dashboards: Power BI, Tableau, Medallia; designing surveys, defining KPIs, improving email response rates; Hypothesis testing, A/B testing, ML models (forecasting, regression) using Python libraries (Scikit-learn, Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn) for EDA and insights; Collaborating with cross-functional teams, contributing to technical community, mentoring junior engineers; Parsing, cleansing, querying unstructured data across formats (Parquet, JSON, TXT, CSV); Managing Amazon EC2 instances for scalable cloud computing resources. Employer will accept any amount of experience with the required skills.

Rate of pay: $129,314.00 - 220,000.00/year. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance incentives.

Benefits: At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based incentive awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, education assistance with 100% company paid college degrees, company discounts, military service pay, adoption expense reimbursement, and more.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms. For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.com.

Wal-Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Skills

Relationship building
Statistical quality control
Data visualization
Communication skills
Quality assurance procedures
Inspect data
Manage data
Data analysis
Leadership
Research
Computer science
Computer technology
Python
SQL
PySpark
HTML
Scala
Data engineering
Apache Hadoop
Apache Spark
Apache Hive
BigQuery
Google Cloud
AWS
Microsoft Azure
Data warehousing
Amazon Redshift
Teradata
Query languages
NoSQL
Atlassian JIRA
GitHub
Microsoft Power BI
Tableau
ML
Forecasting
Scikit-learn
EDA
Coaching
Unstructured data

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