Data Engineering Jobs in United States
There are 5,639 open Data Engineering jobs in United States on freehire right now. 1,420 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are analytics, cloud and sql.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | year | $147,125 | $173,550 | $208,150 | 971 |
| USD | hour | $58 | $70 | $80 | 25 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- analytics 52%
- cloud 51%
- sql 51%
- python 50%
- data-engineering 50%
- data-pipelines 45%
- ai 44%
- data-quality 39%
How the work is done
- Remote 968 · 17%
- Hybrid 761 · 13%
- Onsite 280 · 5%
Visa sponsorship offered in 32% of the 1,001 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 1,695
- Lead 465
- Staff 242
- Principal 162
- C-level 117
- Junior 79
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 1,131
- 501-1000 employees 490
- 51-200 employees 121
- 11-50 employees 83
- 201-500 employees 24
- 1-10 employees 7
Data Engineer
Builds and optimizes data pipelines and tools to support statistical arbitrage trading strategies in equities, futures, and FX markets using Python, SQL, and Linux.
Data Engineer, Proprietary Research
Build and maintain big-data pipelines and cloud infrastructure to transform compliance-approved datasets into insights for investment research using Python, Spark, and distributed systems.
Low-Latency Market Data Engineer
Engineer and maintain ultra-low-latency market-data infrastructure for a hedge fund, tuning RHEL servers, automating with Ansible/GitHub, and building Prometheus/Grafana monitoring and AI-driven tooling.
Senior Data Engineer, Proprietary Research
Senior Data Engineer builds and maintains big-data pipelines and cloud infrastructure to transform alternative datasets into investment research inputs using Python, Spark, and distributed systems.
Data Engineer, Knowledge Graph
Build and maintain a financial knowledge graph to model complex relationships between companies, industries, and economic insights using graph databases and Python.
Cloud Data Engineer- Full time with Client
The Cloud Data Engineer will build and maintain data pipelines and architectures using Microsoft Fabric, Azure, and dbt within a healthcare context. The role focuses on data governance, modeling, and analytics, specifically handling HIPAA-compliant data.
Data Platform Architect
Designs and integrates data platforms for U.S. federal clients, focusing on AI/ML solutions, data governance, and cross-domain integration in a secure environment.
Data Engineer
Data Engineer building and optimizing enterprise data pipelines and architecture using Snowflake and Informatica, supporting data scientists, analysts, and developers at a mortgage banking firm.
Data Engineer, Safeguards
Designs and maintains data pipelines, warehousing, and analytics tooling to monitor AI safety, detect misuse, and enforce safeguards at a leading AI lab.
Software Engineer, Research Data Platform
Build data pipelines, APIs, and web tools that Anthropic researchers use daily to manage, query, and analyze training and evaluation data for frontier AI models.
Data Engineering Manager, Product
Lead a team of analytics engineers to build scalable data pipelines and models that power product decisions at an AI company, transforming raw event logs into reliable metrics and dashboards.