Data Engineering Jobs in United States
There are 5,683 open Data Engineering jobs in United States on freehire right now. 1,445 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 | $147,350 | $173,550 | $208,756 | 975 |
| USD | hour | $61 | $70 | $87 | 23 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- analytics 52%
- cloud 52%
- sql 51%
- python 50%
- data-engineering 50%
- data-pipelines 45%
- ai 44%
- data-quality 39%
How the work is done
- Remote 976 · 17%
- Hybrid 769 · 14%
- Onsite 286 · 5%
Visa sponsorship offered in 32% of the 1,009 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 1,713
- Lead 467
- Staff 245
- Principal 162
- C-level 117
- Junior 79
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 1,133
- 501-1000 employees 495
- 51-200 employees 121
- 11-50 employees 83
- 201-500 employees 24
- 1-10 employees 7
Senior Data Engineer – Global Credit Hedge Fund (Boston) - JMD Reg Consultancy LTD
Builds and ships production data platform services end-to-end for a global credit hedge fund, using Python or Java, Terraform, Kubernetes, and full CI/CD ownership.
Dir-Data Platform Engineering (Full-time Remote, North Carolina Based)
Leads a team to build and modernize a cloud-based data platform for a healthcare company, migrating from a legacy data warehouse to a scalable Azure Lakehouse using Databricks and PySpark.
ETL Data Engineer
Builds and maintains ETL pipelines for classified cyber data, optimizing data flows for national security missions using Python, SQL, and cloud tools.
Lead Azure Databricks Data Engineering & Real-Time Pipelines (Seattle)
Leads data engineering projects in Azure Databricks, focusing on real-time pipelines, automation, and cross-team collaboration to optimize data management and governance for business performance.
Vice President, Data Platform Engineering (Dallas)
Leads engineering for Goldman Sachs’ database platforms, ensuring high availability and performance for mission-critical financial workloads using SingleStore, MongoDB, Sybase, and cloud databases.
Remote General Counsel - Tech & Data Governance (Omaha)
Associate General Counsel advising on IT, data governance, and digital innovation for a health network, focusing on cloud services, privacy, and regulatory compliance. Negotiates tech contracts, advises executives, and supports AI/data monetization strategies.
Head of Retail Actuarial Data Platform (Coltville)
Leads data governance and modernization of the actuarial data platform for retail financial modeling/valuation, bridging actuarial expertise with IT/Finance/Operations in a hybrid role across Hartford, NY, and Charlotte.
VP of Software Engineering - Data Platform & Cloud DB (Northern)
Leads design, deployment, and maintenance of high-availability database environments (SingleStore, MongoDB, Sybase) for mission-critical fintech applications, focusing on performance tuning, backup/recovery, and SDLC integration with automated testing.
Data Engineer with Security Clearance
Data Engineer providing ETL/ELT pipeline and full-stack software development support for a government contractor, requiring active TS/SCI clearance. Work involves both batch and real-time data pipelines along with front-end development using React or Next.js.
Data Engineer with Strong Backend and Dagster, dbt, Alembic Experience
Builds and maintains a scalable data platform using Python, Dagster, and dbt to orchestrate, transform, and model data for analytics, with heavy backend infrastructure (PostgreSQL, AWS, Docker).