Data Engineer job title trend since Apr 2011
Engineering · Established · in 3.4% of HN hiring posts · 66 open roles at 38 companies · median $238k · first seen Apr 2011
Who is hiring for it
Open postings on their own job boards, read 22h ago12 of 38 companies (top 12 shown)
Open roles
8 of 66; company pages list the rest| Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Senior Staff Data Engineer, Foundational Data AirbnbUnited States$248k to $310k | Airbnb | United States | $248k to $310k |
Data Engineer DropboxRemote - US: Select locations$121k to $164k | Dropbox | Remote - US: Select locations | $121k to $164k |
Data Platform Engineer FigmaSan Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States$153k to $376k | Figma | San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States | $153k to $376k |
Senior/Staff Data Engineer RenderSF or Remote (US/Canada)$195k to $268k | Render | SF or Remote (US/Canada) | $195k to $268k |
Recruiting Analytics Data Engineer AnthropicSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$285k to $380k | Anthropic | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | $285k to $380k |
Data Platform Engineer MercorSan Francisco$160k to $500k | Mercor | San Francisco | $160k to $500k |
Staff Data Engineer PrefectRemote$191k to $276k | Prefect | Remote | $191k to $276k |
Senior Market Data Engineer CoinbaseRemote - USA$191k to $225k | Coinbase | Remote - USA | $191k to $225k |
Share of Hacker News hiring posts
4,345 posts since Apr 2011 · -15% in 6 monthsSeptember 2026 6 of 256 postings, 2.3%
Related titles
About this title
Builds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.
Also counted: data platform engineer, ETL developer
First sighting
...'08, NYC) is hiring php developers, designers, and some data engineers. Details here => http://ignighter.com/jobs
Median posted salary $238k from 40 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.
Sources: Hacker News Who is hiring threads and about 130 public job boards, read weekly. A title's share is not the job market's size. Logos via logo.dev; trademarks belong to their owners.