What Senior Data Engineering Jobs Ask For
Across 193 open Senior Data Engineering postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are python, sql, ai.
Updated October 27, 2026
194 open Senior Data Engineering postings. The percentages below are measured over the 193 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| python | 81% |
| sql | 73% |
| ai | 70% |
| data-engineering | 69% |
| cloud | 66% |
| analytics | 65% |
| data-pipelines | 61% |
| data-quality | 55% |
| airflow | 46% |
| ci-cd | 42% |
| dbt | 41% |
| spark | 40% |
| aws | 39% |
| data-modeling | 38% |
| etl | 35% |
| machine-learning | 35% |
| observability | 35% |
| api | 32% |
| snowflake | 32% |
| gcp | 30% |
| kafka | 30% |
| bigquery | 29% |
| automation | 28% |
| elt | 28% |
| databricks | 27% |
| data-governance | 27% |
| agentic-ai | 25% |
| data-warehousing | 24% |
| data-science | 24% |
| azure | 22% |
| kubernetes | 20% |
| lakehouse | 20% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 19% |
| git | 19% |
| terraform | 18% |
| llm | 17% |
| postgresql | 16% |
| data-lake | 16% |
| java | 16% |
| dagster | 15% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
Browse 194 open Senior Data Engineering jobs →
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