How to Become a Remote Data Engineer

Remote Data Engineers earn a median of $136,150 per year, with most postings between $109,200 and $171,600. From 287 job postings that disclosed pay, across 116 companies, August 2026.

These are ranges employers published in their own job postings — not salaries people typed into a form years ago.

What Remote Data Engineer postings actually ask for

Ranked by how many of the 399 posting descriptions mention them.

U.S. Citizenship 24%
Research and Development 16%
Artificial Intelligence 11%
Distributed Systems 10%
Systems Engineering 10%
Design Development 10%
Machine Learning 9%
Code reviews 9%
Operating Systems 8%
Data Science 8%
Data Engineering 7%
Configuration Management 7%
Department of Defense 7%
Electrical Engineering 6%
Product Development 6%
Microsoft Office 6%
Engineering Practices 6%
Equal Employment Opportunity 6%

Would your background clear the bar?

These are the requirements Remote Data Engineer postings list. Paste one of those postings and your résumé — FitToHire checks you against every requirement and shows the evidence behind each verdict.

15 companies in this sample have Remote Data Engineer postings open right now.

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What Remote Data Engineers earn

10th $70K 25th $109K median $136K 75th $172K 90th $214K
$55K $244K

Each bar is a pay band; height is how many employers post in it.

Remote Data Engineer vs adjacent roles

Roles people compare this one against, taken from what they search.

  • data engineer
  • senior data engineer

Pay by experience level

Level is taken from the posting title, so only postings that state one are counted.

Mid
$100,000 18
Senior
$129,500 75
Lead / Manager
$165,000 34
Principal / Staff
$174,000 54

Pay by location

Metros with at least three salaried postings.

Remote, US
$145,000 41
Aurora, CO
$156,000 13
US
$172,500 11
Andover, MA
$100,000 11
Tucson, AZ
$116,550 9
Austin, TX
$140,000 7
Tewksbury, MA
$126,000 7
Rockford, TN
$126,950 6
Washington, DC
$128,659 6
Boston, MA
$138,955 5
Chicago, IL
$152,500 5
McKinney, TX
$126,000 5

Who is hiring Remote Data Engineers

15 companies with open postings in this sample.

turing
$260,000 4
ServiceNow
$193,350 3
Shutterfly
$178,125 8
Oddball
$172,500 3
Workday
$164,275 4
Rippling
$160,000 4
Inovalon
$156,000 7
Collins Aerospace
$152,148 25
Booz Allen Hamilton
$144,400 8
General Dynamics Information Technology
$137,500 10

Also hiring: Raytheon, Collins Aerospace, Humana, General Dynamics Information Technology, Booz Allen Hamilton, Rippling, Shutterfly, Inovalon, OnBoard, ServiceNow, 540, turing.

Where this data comes from

  • 399 live postings analysed
  • 287 (72%) published a salary range
  • 399 (100%) were remote-eligible
  • 173 distinct employers
  • Requirements read from 399 full posting descriptions
  • Each employer gets one vote in the median, so a company running a large hiring campaign cannot move it
  • Ranges are converted to annual figures; hourly and contract postings are normalised before comparison