Senior Data Engineer
Connect Search
Chicago, IL · Posted November 1, 2026
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November 2026
- #1Best cities for government pay after cost of living$146k · of 18
- #1Cities with the most jobs that do not need a four-year degree in the Midwest684 jobs · of 51
- #1Cities with the most jobs that do not need a four-year degree in the Great Lakes684 jobs · of 36
- #1Best cities for software and engineering jobs in the Midwest1,140 openings · of 59
- #1Best cities for software and engineering jobs in the Great Lakes1,140 openings · of 48
- #1Best all-round cities for mid-career professionals in the Midwest80 / 100 · of 20
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%)
- Employers with the most data and analytics jobs #1 Amazon (711 roles)
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Pay compared with the market
This listing does not state pay. Across 101 open senior data engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $135,000 to $180,000 and the median is $157,500.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
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About the job
...Connect Search is working with a large manufacturer who is seeking multiple AWS Data Engineers with strong Python, Pandas, SQL, and ETL pipeline development experience. The ideal candidate will have a proven background building scalable data pipelines, performing complex...