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Entry-level data engineer jobs in California: 100 open roles

100 open entry-level data engineer jobs in California, taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Listings that state pay show a median of $140,000 a year. A data engineer builds the pipelines that move and store data so analysts and scientists can use it. Entry roles maintain and extend existing pipelines.

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The data engineer job in California

The job is the same anywhere; what changes is who is hiring.

A typical day

  1. 1. Build and fix data pipelines
  2. 2. Write SQL and Python
  3. 3. Monitor jobs and failures
  4. 4. Test data quality
  5. 5. Document tables

Skills it uses

  1. 1. SQL
  2. 2. Python
  3. 3. Data modeling basics
  4. 4. Cloud data tools
  5. 5. Git
  6. 6. Debugging
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Employers hiring in California

  • Bright Vision Technologies 3
  • Ledgent Technology 3
  • Whova 3
  • Akraya 2
  • Anthropic 2
  • Atlassian 2
  • OpenAI 2
  • PlayStation (Sony Interactive Entertainment) 2

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