Highest Paying Jobs

Data engineering jobs by USD annual base salary.

Anthropic

Staff+ Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure

Base salary

$405,000 - $485,000

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United StatesHybridPosted Apr 1, 2026

Figma

Data Platform Engineer

Base salary

$235,000 - $376,000

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United StatesRemotePosted Apr 10, 2026

Figma

Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure

Base salary

$153,000 - $376,000

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United StatesRemotePosted Apr 7, 2026

Faire

Senior Staff Data Engineer - Platform Data and Analytics

Base salary

$268,000 - $368,500

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United StatesHybridPosted Mar 13, 2026

Figma

Data Engineer

Base salary

$140,000 - $348,000

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United StatesRemotePosted Nov 19, 2025

Roblox

Principal Software Engineer, Data Engineering

Base salary

$295,250 - $345,040

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United StatesRemotePosted Apr 10, 2026

Roblox

Senior/Principal Software Engineer - Data Access

Base salary

$278,530 - $345,040

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United StatesRemotePosted Apr 10, 2026

Scale AI

Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform

Base salary

$252,000 - $315,000

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United StatesOn-sitePosted Mar 26, 2026

Faire

Senior Staff Data Engineer - Platform Data and Analytics

Base salary

$228,000 - $313,500

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CanadaHybridPosted Mar 13, 2026

#10

Airbnb

Senior Staff Data Engineer, Marketplaces DNA

Base salary

$244,000 - $305,000

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United StatesRemotePosted Jan 26, 2026

#11

Point72

Senior Data Engineer, Proprietary Research

Base salary

$250,000 - $300,000

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United StatesRemotePosted Apr 1, 2026

#12

Point72

Data Engineer, Knowledge Graph

Base salary

$200,000 - $300,000

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United StatesRemotePosted Apr 1, 2026

#13

EliseAI

Senior Data Engineer

Base salary

$240,000 - $300,000

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United StatesOn-sitePosted Jun 20, 2025

#14

Roblox

Senior Data Engineer, Ads

Base salary

$242,100 - $293,800

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United StatesRemotePosted Apr 10, 2026

#15

Smarter Technologies

Staff Data Engineer, EHR Layer

Base salary

$230,000 - $280,000

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United StatesRemotePosted Mar 10, 2026

#16

Discord

Staff Data Engineer, Ads

Base salary

$248,000 - $279,000

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United StatesRemotePosted Mar 20, 2026

#17

Gemini

Principal Data Engineer

Base salary

$192,500 - $275,000

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United StatesHybridPosted Apr 2, 2026

#18

Schonfeld

AI Data Engineer

Base salary

$225,000 - $275,000

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United StatesRemotePosted Mar 30, 2026

#19

Joyful Health

Data Engineer

Base salary

$150,000 - $275,000

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United StatesOn-sitePosted Feb 13, 2026

#20

Nubank

Staff Software Engineer, Data

Base salary

$270,000

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United StatesRemotePosted Mar 23, 2026

#21

Headway

Staff Data Engineer

Base salary

$212,000 - $265,000

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United StatesOn-sitePosted Feb 20, 2026

#22

TRM Labs

Forward Deployed Data Engineer (TS/SCI)

Base salary

$200,000 - $260,000

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GlobalHybridPosted Mar 13, 2026

#23

Nuna

Lead Data Engineer

Base salary

$208,000 - $260,000

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United StatesOn-sitePosted Dec 12, 2025

#24

Anduril Industries

Staff Data Engineer

Base salary

$191,000 - $253,000

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United StatesOn-sitePosted Apr 10, 2026

#25

Galaxy

FP&A Data Engineer

Base salary

$175,000 - $250,000

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United StatesRemotePosted Mar 19, 2026

#26

Mudflap

Senior Software Engineer, Data Platforms

Base salary

$185,000 - $250,000

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United StatesHybridPosted Mar 17, 2026

#27

Retell AI

Senior Data Engineer

Base salary

$170,000 - $250,000

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United StatesOn-sitePosted Jan 26, 2026

#28

Upside

Staff Data Engineer

Base salary

$215,000 - $250,000

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United StatesRemotePosted Oct 13, 2025

#29

Kalshi

Software Engineer, Data

Base salary

$100,000 - $250,000

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United StatesOn-sitePosted Aug 5, 2025

#30

Discord

Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform

Base salary

$196,000 - $245,000

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United StatesOn-sitePosted Apr 3, 2026

#31

Roblox

Senior Software Engineer Data Access

Base salary

$196,750 - $243,290

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United StatesRemotePosted Apr 10, 2026

#32

Gemini

Staff Data Engineer

Base salary

$168,000 - $240,000

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United StatesHybridPosted Apr 2, 2026

#33

Notion

Data Engineer, Finance

Base salary

$170,000 - $240,000

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United StatesRemotePosted Dec 17, 2025

#34

Chainalysis

Data Engineer II

Base salary

$190,000 - $235,000

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United StatesOn-sitePosted Apr 8, 2026

#35

Imagen Technologies

Staff Data Engineer, AI Data Platform

Base salary

$190,000 - $230,000

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GlobalRemotePosted Mar 6, 2026

#36

Airbnb

Staff Software Engineer, Data Engineering

Base salary

$191,000 - $225,000

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United StatesRemotePosted Apr 3, 2026

#37

Point72

Data Engineer, Technology

Base salary

$180,000 - $225,000

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United StatesRemotePosted Apr 1, 2026

#38

Airbnb

Senior Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure

Base salary

$191,000 - $225,000

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United StatesRemotePosted Mar 31, 2026

#39

SpaceX

Sr. Data Engineer (Starlink Growth)

Base salary

$160,000 - $225,000

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United StatesRemotePosted Mar 27, 2026

#40

SpaceX

Sr. Data Engineer (Starlink Growth)

Base salary

$160,000 - $225,000

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GlobalRemotePosted Mar 27, 2026

#41

Abaka AI

Data Engineer

Base salary

$150,000 - $225,000

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United StatesRemotePosted Mar 27, 2026

#42

Xealth

Senior Data Engineer

Base salary

$155,000 - $225,000

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United StatesOn-sitePosted Mar 18, 2026

#43

Headway

Senior Data Engineer

Base salary

$180,000 - $225,000

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United StatesOn-sitePosted Jan 27, 2026

#44

Zora

Lead Data Engineer

Base salary

$185,000 - $225,000

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GlobalRemotePosted Nov 26, 2025

#45

Discord

Senior Data Engineer, Analytics

Base salary

$196,000 - $220,500

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United StatesOn-sitePosted Mar 27, 2026

#46

Anduril Industries

Senior Software Engineer, Data Distribution

Base salary

$166,000 - $220,000

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United StatesOn-sitePosted Apr 10, 2026

#47

Anduril Industries

Senior Data Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike

Base salary

$166,000 - $220,000

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United StatesOn-sitePosted Apr 10, 2026

#48

Anduril Industries

Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform

Base salary

$166,000 - $220,000

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United StatesOn-sitePosted Apr 10, 2026

#49

Anduril Industries

Senior Software Engineer, Data & Analytics

Base salary

$166,000 - $220,000

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United StatesOn-sitePosted Apr 10, 2026

#50

Anduril Industries

Senior Mission Data Platform Engineer

Base salary

$166,000 - $220,000

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United StatesRemotePosted Apr 10, 2026