Data Engineer vs Software 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
Software Engineer
$173,400 typical, a year
Most Software Engineers earn $142,400 to $206,900 a year.
From 9,207 postings that list pay
19,371 open jobs now
Software Engineers typically earn about $23,400 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
Software Engineer
- Design and develop software applications using programming languages and frameworks.
- Write and maintain code to ensure functionality, security, and performance.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements and deliver solutions.
- Test and debug software to identify and fix defects in development and production.
- Deploy and maintain applications in cloud environments or production systems.
- Implement CI/CD pipelines to automate testing and deployment processes.
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
Software Engineer
Asked for in both
- Python 4 in 10 postings
- AWS 2 in 10 postings
More common in Software Engineer postings
- Technical Degree 3 in 10 postings
- CI/CD 2 in 10 postings
- C++ 2 in 10 postings
- TypeScript 2 in 10 postings
- React 2 in 10 postings
- Software Development 2 in 10 postings
- Java 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
Software Engineer
Software Engineer – Defence & Emerging Technologies
Rang TechnologiesPay not stated AUS - SA - MAWSON LAKESHTMLLinuxJavaScriptElasticsearchTypeScript +20- Pay not stated Seattle, Washington, USACSSReactHTMLAngularTypeScript +11
- Pay not stated Seattle, Washington, USADistributed SystemsCode ReviewJavaPerlC++ +9
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