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What staff data engineer roles require at tech companies · 5 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026

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5 staff data engineer roles counted in the window. Browse 78 open data postings.

In short

Data Modeling, Python and SQL are required most often, each in 4 of 5 staff data engineer roles at tech companies whose requirements we read in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, then Airflow (3) and Snowflake (3). Among roles that state years, 3 of 4 ask for at least 8 years. We counted 5 roles.

Data Modeling, Python and 1 other
4 of 5
Each required this often, tied for most
5+ years
4 of 4
Of roles stating years
Remote roles
2 of 5
Of the roles we could read for it

What the postings ask for

Out of the 5 roles whose requirements we could read, of 5 in all. Too few to show shares, so we show counts.

Required
SkillRoles asking
Data Modeling
4 of 5
Python
4 of 5
SQL
4 of 5
Airflow
3 of 5
Snowflake
3 of 5
AI
2 of 5
Dagster
2 of 5
Data Ingestion
2 of 5
ETL
2 of 5
Looker
2 of 5
Preferred
SkillRoles asking
AI
1 of 5
AI Coding Tools
1 of 5
CI/CD
1 of 5
Cloud Native
1 of 5
Cost Optimization
1 of 5
Cursor
1 of 5
Cybersecurity
1 of 5
Data Infrastructure
1 of 5
Data Pipelines
1 of 5
Data Warehousing
1 of 5

Experience

Of the 4 roles that state years

Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.

1+ year
4 of 4
2+ years
4 of 4
3+ years
4 of 4
5+ years
4 of 4
8+ years
3 of 4
10+ years
0 of 4

Degree

Of the 5 roles we could read for it

Required
0 of 5
Required, or experience instead
1 of 5
Preferred
0 of 5
Not mentioned
4 of 5

Pay and remote work

Of the 5 roles we could read for it

Roles stating pay
3 of 5
Remote roles
2 of 5

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How we count: 5 roles in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Methodology