Data Engineer
Staffing the Universe
Bellevue, WA · Posted October 29, 2026
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Where Bellevue, WA ranks
Where Bellevue, WA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #1Best cities for AI-skill jobs in the Pacific Northwest28% · of 16
- #1Best cities for mid-career professionals in the Pacific Northwest66% · of 16
- #1Best cities for entry-level jobs that want AI skills in the Pacific Northwest25% · of 12
- #2Best cities for mid-career professionals in the West Coast66% · of 68
- #2Cities with the most jobs that do not need a four-year degree in the Pacific Northwest117 jobs · of 8
- #3Best cities for software and engineering jobs in the Pacific Northwest413 openings · of 14
Rankings about data & analytics jobs
- Best cities for data and analytics jobs #1 New York (1,713 openings)
- Best cities for data and analytics pay after cost of living #1 Foster ($232k)
- Most requested AI skills in data and analytics jobs #1 Machine learning engineering (17.1%)
- AI tools named most often in data and analytics jobs #1 Databricks (7.6%)
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Pay compared with the market
This listing does not state pay. Across 206 open data engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $114,000 to $153,500 and the median is $134,000.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
Among database architects, AI is already used for a large share of the tasks. Measured exposure for database architects: 58% (high).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
...Principal - Data Engineer Location: Bellevue WA (Hybrid) Rate - DOE Job Descriptions We operate in an Azure + Databricks Lakehouse. We'll need a person with:
Azure experience – ADF for orchestration, ADLS for storage, AzureDevOps for CI/CD Databricks...