Data
Data Engineer Jobs
Data engineering has consolidated around warehouses, transformation frameworks and orchestration. The role has grown steadily more like software engineering, and compensation has followed.
- Demand index
- 82
- Est. openings
- 34,000
- YoY growth
- +11.3%
- Median salary
- $162k
0–100 composite
Process
Typical interview loop
- 1Recruiter screen
- 2SQL and modelling screen
- 3Pipeline design interview
- 4Coding interview
- 5Behavioural
In-demand skills
SQL and data modellingPythondbt or equivalent transformation toolingOrchestration (Airflow, Dagster)Warehouse cost management
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Employers
Companies hiring data engineers
Stripe
Payments infrastructure for internet businesses, from startups to global enterprises.
Snowflake
Cloud data platform separating storage from compute across every major cloud.
Databricks
Data and AI platform built on the lakehouse architecture and open table formats.
Shopify
Commerce platform powering online storefronts, payments and fulfilment for merchants.
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