Entry-level data engineer jobs in San Diego, CA: 8 open roles
8 open entry-level data engineer jobs in San Diego, CA, taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. 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.
Open entry-level data engineer jobs in San Diego, CA
Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
- Data Engineer & Analyst Hybrid, Remote Fridays
Whova · San Diego, CA
Nov 5, 2026
- Data Analyst & Data Engineer (San Diego Only)
Whova · San Diego, CA
$50k–$60k · Nov 3, 2026
- Data Analyst & Data Engineer (San Diego Only)
Whova · San Diego, CA
$50k–$60k · Nov 3, 2026
- Data Engineer-San Diego, or San Jose, CA
Staffing the Universe · San Diego, CA
Nov 1, 2026
- Data Engineer, Finance (R6329)
Shield AI · San Diego, California
$97k–$140k · Oct 18, 2026
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Search all data engineer jobs in San Diego, CA · What a data engineer does and the skills it takes
The data engineer job in San Diego, CA
The job is the same anywhere; what changes is who is hiring.
A typical day
- 1. Build and fix data pipelines
- 2. Write SQL and Python
- 3. Monitor jobs and failures
- 4. Test data quality
- 5. Document tables
Skills it uses
- 1. SQL
- 2. Python
- 3. Data modeling basics
- 4. Cloud data tools
- 5. Git
- 6. Debugging
Employers hiring in San Diego, CA
- Whova 3
- The Marlin Alliance 2
- Akraya 1
- Shield AI 1
- Staffing the Universe 1
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