Data Engineer vs Machine Learning Engineer
Pay, skills and open jobs side by side, from current job postings across the US.
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
Machine Learning Engineer
$201,300 typical, a year
Most Machine Learning Engineers earn $167,100 to $241,600 a year.
From 869 postings that list pay
1,764 open jobs now
Machine Learning Engineer salaries Machine Learning Engineer jobs
Machine Learning Engineers typically earn about $51,300 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
Machine Learning Engineer
- Design, develop, and deploy machine learning models and algorithms.
- Build and maintain data pipelines for model training and evaluation.
- Create and run experiments to test and improve model performance.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve business problems.
- Monitor and maintain models in production to ensure reliability.
- Research and apply new machine learning techniques and tools.
Summed up from 30 job postings
Skills employers ask for
Data Engineer
Asked for in both
- Python 6 in 10 postings
- AWS 3 in 10 postings
More common in Data Engineer postings
- SQL 6 in 10 postings
- Data Engineering 6 in 10 postings
- Data Pipeline 4 in 10 postings
- Data Modeling 4 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
Machine Learning Engineer
Asked for in both
- Python 6 in 10 postings
- AWS 2 in 10 postings
More common in Machine Learning Engineer postings
- PyTorch 5 in 10 postings
- AI & ML 5 in 10 postings
- TensorFlow 3 in 10 postings
- Large Language Models 3 in 10 postings
- MLOps 2 in 10 postings
- Machine Learning Frameworks 2 in 10 postings
- Data Science 2 in 10 postings
- Generative AI 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
Machine Learning Engineer
- $295,250 - $345,040/yrstated San Mateo, CA, United StatesPythonApache SparkFlinkAnomaly DetectionBehavior Analysis +5
Machine Learning Engineer
Bet365$120k - $140k/yrstated Denver, Colorado, United StatesTerraformApache KafkaPythonInfrastructure as CodeUnit Testing +13- Pay not stated Alexandria, VA HybridKubernetesCI/CDRetrieval-Augmented GenerationPythonSQL +13
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