# Data Engineer Salary Lead: $202k median (2026)

> lead data engineer salary - based on 344 live postings across 30+ ATS sources.

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## Salary

- **Median:** $202k
- **25th-75th percentile:** $169k - $231k
- **Based on:** 147 disclosed salaries from live postings

## Hiring across industries (ISIC Rev.4)

- Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding (division 64, 92 open)
- Computer programming, consultancy and related activities (division 62, 81 open)
- Employment activities (division 78, 22 open)
- Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (division 26, 13 open)
- Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security (division 65, 12 open)
- Human health activities (division 86, 9 open)

## Top companies hiring

- Capital One (22 open)
- Mastercard (8 open)
- OKX (6 open)
- Okta (5 open)
- London Stock Exchange Group (5 open)
- hackajob (4 open)
- JPMorganChase (3 open)
- h1 (3 open)

## Sample live roles

- [Principal Data Engineer](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/tilt-fka-delphia/jobs/J4WV5Bg-principal-data-engineer) - Tilt (f.k.a. Delphia) - $210K - $270K
- [Senior Staff Data Engineer](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/senior-staff-data-engineer-at-pandora-4352717456) - Pandora - California - $ 126,700 to $ 215,000
- [Data Engineer - Senior Manager](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/data-engineer-senior-manager-at-pwc-4369132867) - PwC - Columbia, SC - $124,000 - $280,000
- [Staff Software Engineer, Data Engineering](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/staff-software-engineer-data-engineering-at-doordash-4406719223) - DoorDash - Seattle, WA - $130,600—$192,000
- [Staff Software Engineer, Data Engineering](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/staff-software-engineer-data-engineering-at-pivotal-health-4427226568) - Pivotal Health - New York, NY - $210K - $240K
- [Data Engineer](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/data-engineer-at-haystack-4442351674) - Haystack - Greensboro, NC
- [Senior Staff Engineer — Data Engineering & Architecture](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/senior-staff-engineer-%E2%80%94-data-engineering-architecture-at-ripple-4386894538) - Ripple - San Francisco, CA - $232,000 USD - $280,000
- [Staff Data Engineer](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/staff-data-engineer-at-verkada-4428171719) - Verkada - San Mateo, CA - $190,000—$250,000
- [Senior Data Engineer](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/senior-data-engineer-at-fanduel-4398831624) - FanDuel - New York, NY - $138,000 - 181,650
- [Principal Data Engineer](https://jobs.workable.com/view/wFZF2oM53k4QEWER57NTVT/hybrid-principal-data-engineer-in-liverpool-at-the-very-group) - The Very Group - Liverpool, England
- [Principal Data Engineer - Governance & Compliance](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d15c6209d97c715e) - Vibe
- [Lead Data Engineer](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=9968c8f3b39358aa) - Happen Bank, N.A. - San Francisco, CA - $190,000 - $220,000 a year

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