As of September 26, 2026, Level lists 256 open jobs for data engineers in the United States; 56 of them are rated AI Level 3 or 4.
Data engineer jobs in the United States
As of September 26, 2026, Level lists 256 open jobs whose title matches data engineer in the United States, at 90 companies. 56 (21.9%) are AI Level 3 or 4, where AI is part of the daily work. 55 (21.5%) also allow remote work.
- open jobs
- 256
- AI Level 3+ (AI in the daily work)
- 56
- remote
- 55
- median starting salary (USD)
- $153k
$180k-$248kUnited StatesRemote1mo
pythonsqlspark+1
$320k-$405kSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY2mo
pythonsqlbigquery+4
$240k-$360kSan Francisco-HQRemote4mo
mlflowdatabricks
$254k-$381kSan Francisco, CARemote2mo
databricksopentelemetry
$182k-$242kLivingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / San Francisco, CA / Bellevue, WA2mo
pythonscalarust+8
$180k-$250kSan Francisco Office6mo
$110k-$165kWHBC - WINTON HILL BUS CENTER2w
copilotdatabricks
Companies hiring data engineers in the United States
Common questions
How many data engineer jobs are open in the United States?
Which companies are hiring data engineers in the United States?
As of September 26, 2026, by number of open jobs: Amazon (64), Capital One (44), SpaceX (8), Visa (7), Anthropic (4).
How much do data engineer jobs pay in the United States?
As of September 26, 2026, the median starting salary is $153k a year, measured on the 182 postings that publish an annual range in USD.
Method: counted from live postings shown on Level whose title matches the role and whose country, read from the location each employer publishes, is the one above; companies that only republish other employers' postings are excluded. Updated every 6 hours. Counted September 2026. Levels follow our method.