Data Engineer vs Frontend Developer
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Pay
Data Engineer
$150,000 typical, a year
Most Data Engineers earn $126,800 to $177,100 a year.
From 1,328 postings that list pay
3,163 open jobs now
Frontend Developer
$175,000 typical, a year
Most Frontend Developers earn $141,400 to $207,100 a year.
From 181 postings that list pay
455 open jobs now
Frontend Developers typically earn about $25,000 more a year than Data Engineers.
What each one does
Data Engineer
- Design and build scalable data pipelines to ingest and process large datasets.
- Develop and maintain data models using SQL and transformation tools.
- Implement data quality controls and monitoring to ensure system reliability.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
- Optimize data systems for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
- Document data architectures and provide technical guidance to the team.
Summed up from 30 job postings
Frontend Developer
- Design and develop user-facing web applications using modern frameworks.
- Collaborate with designers and product teams to create intuitive interfaces.
- Integrate front-end applications with backend APIs and services.
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
- Optimize application performance and ensure responsiveness.
- Participate in code reviews and agile development processes.
Summed up from 30 job postings
Skills employers ask for
Data Engineer
More common in Data Engineer postings
- SQL 6 in 10 postings
- Data Engineering 6 in 10 postings
- Python 6 in 10 postings
- Data Pipeline 4 in 10 postings
- Data Modeling 4 in 10 postings
- AWS 3 in 10 postings
- Databricks 3 in 10 postings
- ETL/ELT 3 in 10 postings
- Snowflake 3 in 10 postings
- Data Warehousing 3 in 10 postings
Frontend Developer
More common in Frontend Developer postings
- React 8 in 10 postings
- TypeScript 7 in 10 postings
- Front-End Architecture 4 in 10 postings
- Front-End Technologies 4 in 10 postings
- JavaScript 4 in 10 postings
- Next.js 2 in 10 postings
- CSS 2 in 10 postings
- State Management 2 in 10 postings
- HTML 2 in 10 postings
- Code Review 2 in 10 postings
Out of each role's current postings.
Open jobs
Data Engineer
Lead Data Engineer
Mizuho Financial Group$112k - $200k/yrstated New York, NY (1271 AOA/6th Ave) HybridPythonAWSSQLApache AirflowAzure +18- Pay not stated GeorgiaTerraformDockerAWSApache KafkaCI/CD +15
Frontend Developer
Software Engineer II, Frontend (Banking)
Seattletech$152k - $190k/yrstated Seattle, Washington, US HybridWebpackReactViteGraphQLCross-Browser Compatibility +3Amazon Frontend Engineer II
Campus Building$143,700 - $194,400/yrstatedCSSJavaScriptHTMLReactAngular +10- Pay not stated New York, NYTypeScriptReactAngularSAMLOAuth 2.0 +25
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