Data Engineer

Data Engineer job description

Data engineers are liaisons between business users and data scientists. They are designers and curators of databases and know how to get results from vast amounts of data quickly, and.they interpret business objectives and translate them into data-processing workflows. They develop, maintain, test, and evaluate software platforms and large-scale data processing systems within organizations, ensuring that data pipelines are scalable, efficient and secure. A data engineer must have a strong background in statistics software engineering, building high-performance algorithms and programming. Employers often require a bachelor’s degree in a related field and 4 to 6 years of experience.

Typical data engineer duties:

Gathering, storing and processing raw data and translating analyses for acquisition and integration

Applying technologies to solve big data problems and develop innovative big data solutions

Performing end-user analysis to formulate a clear understanding of the business needs and incorporate these needs into technical solutions

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Big data technologies

Cloud data platforms

Data lake solutions

Data modeling

Data pipeline development

Data reporting and analytics

Database management

ETL

Programming languages

SQL

National salary range for Data Engineer

130500 - 185500

Low

130500

The candidate is new to the role or has limited experience and is still developing core skills.

Mid

160500

The candidate has moderate experience in the role or one similar, meets most requirements and may hold transferable skills or relevant certifications.

High

185500

The candidate has extensive experience in the role, demonstrates advanced skills and often brings specialized certifications or industry experience.

Projected salaries for related positions

Job title

Low

Mid

High

Data Architect

141000

172000

195500

Data Analyst

96250

118500

138500

Database Manager

130500

157000

181750

Database Administrator

98250

122750

141750

Business Intelligence Developer

112000

134750

160500

Business Intelligence Analyst

105500

129000

153500

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