What Lead Data Engineering Jobs Ask For
Across 25 open Lead Data Engineering postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are sql, ai, data-engineering.
Updated October 27, 2026
25 open Lead Data Engineering postings. The percentages below are measured over the 25 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| sql | 76% |
| ai | 72% |
| data-engineering | 72% |
| cloud | 68% |
| analytics | 64% |
| data-quality | 56% |
| python | 56% |
| data-modeling | 48% |
| data-pipelines | 48% |
| airflow | 40% |
| api | 40% |
| aws | 40% |
| dbt | 36% |
| snowflake | 36% |
| spark | 36% |
| data-governance | 32% |
| gcp | 32% |
| machine-learning | 32% |
| agile | 28% |
| bigquery | 28% |
| distributed-systems | 28% |
| automation | 24% |
| ci-cd | 24% |
| cloud-native | 24% |
| data-warehousing | 24% |
| etl | 24% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 24% |
| workflow-orchestration | 24% |
| athena | 20% |
| azure | 20% |
| data-lake | 20% |
| docker | 20% |
| gdpr | 20% |
| kafka | 20% |
| kubernetes | 20% |
| lakehouse | 20% |
| observability | 20% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
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Across all Data Engineering levels
Most Data Engineering postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- python 417
- ai 406
- sql 391
- data-engineering 353
- cloud 337
- analytics 318
- data-pipelines 314
- data-quality 278
- etl 221
- airflow 212
- aws 208
- spark 202