Staff Data Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-07-01, Skillenai has indexed 87 job postings with the title “Staff Data Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Python, with demand down 87% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-07-01
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+How many Staff Data Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 87 job postings with the title “Staff Data Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-07-01, with demand down 87% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Staff Data Engineer jobs require?
Across Staff Data Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-07-01, the skills mentioned most often are Python, SQL, data modeling, DBT, AWS.
+Which cities are hiring the most Staff Data Engineer?
As of 2026-07-01, Staff Data Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in New York City, Bengaluru, London, Los Angeles, San Francisco.
+Is Staff Data Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 87 Staff Data Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-07-01, with demand down 87% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Staff Data Engineer postings is Python, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Staff Data Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Staff Data Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 62 | 71.3% |
| SQL | 49 | 56.3% |
| data modeling | 38 | 43.7% |
| DBT | 34 | 39.1% |
| AWS | 30 | 34.5% |
| data governance | 28 | 32.2% |
| data pipelines | 27 | 31.0% |
| Snowflake | 26 | 29.9% |
| ETL | 25 | 28.7% |
| data architecture | 25 | 28.7% |
| Kafka | 21 | 24.1% |
| observability | 20 | 23.0% |
| Apache Spark | 18 | 20.7% |
| Scala | 18 | 20.7% |
| CI/CD | 17 | 19.5% |
Top metros hiring Staff Data Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 7 | 8.0% |
| Bengaluru | 5 | 5.7% |
| London | 3 | 3.4% |
| Los Angeles | 3 | 3.4% |
| San Francisco | 3 | 3.4% |
| Palo Alto | 2 | 2.3% |
| Toronto | 2 | 2.3% |
| Austin | 1 | 1.1% |
| Bothell | 1 | 1.1% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-07-01, matching postings whose canonical role is “Staff Data Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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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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