Career Galaxy / Data & AI
Data Engineer
The plumbing behind every insight.
You build the pipelines that move data reliably from where it is created to where it is used.
Mid levelHands on buildingEarning potentialStability
Entry
$90k
Median
$135k
Senior
$185k
Outlook: Growing much faster than average. Ranges are US estimates and vary by market and employer.
A day in the life
- Backfill a broken pipeline
- Add data quality checks
- Reduce warehouse spend
Skills that matter
PythonSQLOrchestrationCloud storage
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