Data Science Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-08-28, Skillenai has indexed 35 job postings with the title “Data Science Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Python, with demand down 23% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-28
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+How many Data Science Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 35 job postings with the title “Data Science Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-08-28, with demand down 23% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Data Science Engineer jobs require?
Across Data Science Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-08-28, the skills mentioned most often are Python, SQL, data pipelines, ETL, ELT.
+Which cities are hiring the most Data Science Engineer?
As of 2026-08-28, Data Science Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Alpharetta, Bengaluru, Courbevoie, London, Boston.
+Is Data Science Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 35 Data Science Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-08-28, with demand down 23% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Data Science Engineer postings is Python, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Data Science Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Data Science Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 21 | 60.0% |
| SQL | 13 | 37.1% |
| data pipelines | 9 | 25.7% |
| ETL | 8 | 22.9% |
| ELT | 7 | 20.0% |
| data modeling | 6 | 17.1% |
| machine learning | 6 | 17.1% |
| pandas | 6 | 17.1% |
| scikit-learn | 5 | 14.3% |
| Docker | 5 | 14.3% |
| AWS | 5 | 14.3% |
| Airflow | 5 | 14.3% |
| NLP | 4 | 11.4% |
| DBT | 4 | 11.4% |
| data science | 3 | 8.6% |
Top metros hiring Data Science Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alpharetta | 2 | 5.7% |
| Bengaluru | 2 | 5.7% |
| Courbevoie | 2 | 5.7% |
| London | 2 | 5.7% |
| Boston | 1 | 2.9% |
| Buenos Aires | 1 | 2.9% |
| Casablanca | 1 | 2.9% |
| Guayaquil | 1 | 2.9% |
| Gurugram | 1 | 2.9% |
| Herndon | 1 | 2.9% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-28, matching postings whose canonical role is “Data Science Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Data Science Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-08-28
- window_days
- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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