Software & Data
Data Engineer career guide
Builds the pipelines and platforms that move and model data.
Job titles
- Data Engineer
- Analytics Engineer
- ETL Developer
Skills employers ask for
- Data pipelines
- ETL / ELT
- Data modeling
- Data warehousing
- Streaming
- Orchestration
- Data quality
- Batch processing
- SQL
- Python
- Spark
- Airflow
- dbt
- Kafka
- Snowflake
- BigQuery
- Redshift
- AWS Glue
Certifications for Data Engineer roles
- Databricks Certified
- Google Data Engineer
- AWS Data Engineer
- DP-203
- Snowflake SnowPro
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What does a Data Engineer do?
Builds the pipelines and platforms that move and model data.
What skills does a Data Engineer need?
Common skills in Data Engineer postings include Data pipelines, ETL / ELT, Data modeling, Data warehousing, Streaming, Orchestration, Data quality, Batch processing, SQL, Python.
Which certifications help for Data Engineer roles?
Employers often ask for Databricks Certified, Google Data Engineer, AWS Data Engineer, DP-203, Snowflake SnowPro.
How many Data Engineer jobs are open?
ReconHire lists about 117 recent postings that match Data Engineer titles, and 27 of them are remote.
How much does a Data Engineer make?
Among 40 recent postings that list pay, the middle half falls between $133k and $221k a year, with a median near $184k. Pay varies by city, experience and employer.