Data Engineer salary in Boston

If you are applying for Data Engineer roles in Boston, the hard part is not finding one listing. The hard part is making each application look specific enough to pass the recruiter screen and the ATS scan.

53 live listings right now.

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Live Data Engineer jobs in Boston

53 open listings match Data Engineer in Boston right now. The newest:

Skills employers ask for

Terms that keep coming up in the newest Data Engineer listings in Boston, and how many listings use each.
  1. software17 posts
  2. platform20 posts
  3. engineering13 posts
  4. op3 posts
  5. ai12 posts
  6. infrastructure8 posts
  7. systems10 posts
  8. security7 posts
  9. life4 posts
  10. staff5 posts
  11. technologies3 posts
  12. cloud5 posts
  13. manager5 posts
  14. technology6 posts
  15. improve3 posts
  16. healthcare3 posts
  17. building4 posts
  18. project3 posts
  19. technical4 posts
  20. product3 posts

Who's hiring

Employers with the most open Data Engineer listings in Boston.
  1. Datadog10 open jobs
  2. Databricks7 open jobs
  3. Databento5 open jobs
  4. Anduril Industries4 open jobs
  5. Datarobot3 open jobs
  6. VRTX3 open jobs
  7. Audax Group2 open jobs
  8. DigitalOcean2 open jobs
  9. Klaviyo2 open jobs
  10. Statestreet2 open jobs

What affects pay first in Boston

Recruiters scan for role fit, recent proof, and keywords. For Data Engineer, your resume should show the tools you used, the data you worked with, the question or pipeline you owned, and the result. A vague analysis line does not help. A specific line with data volume, accuracy, time saved, revenue, cost, or decisions it changed works much better.

Check this before sending another application.

  • Pay range
  • Offer proof
  • Negotiation
  • Put the exact job title and adjacent titles in your summary.
  • Mirror the top skills from the job description naturally.
  • Use 3 to 5 achievement bullets that show measurable outcomes.
  • Keep formatting simple so ATS software can parse every section.

Resume keywords for Data Engineer

Do not stuff keywords. Put them where they belong: skills, project bullets, work experience, and certifications. For Data Engineer jobs in Boston, start with these clusters.

Core skills

SQL, Python, BI tools, statistics, data modeling, pipelines, and data quality checks

Business impact

cost, revenue, time saved, accuracy, forecast error, or decisions changed

Collaboration

stakeholders, product, engineering, finance, operations, or leadership

Proof

dashboards, notebooks, models, pipelines, analysis write-ups, or labeling accuracy

A practical application plan

Compare salary bands, map your proof to the seniority level, and prepare a realistic ask before recruiter calls.
  1. Pick 10 active Data Engineer listings in Boston and save the job descriptions.
  2. Group repeated skills and phrases. Those are your ATS keywords.
  3. Rewrite your resume summary for this exact market and role.
  4. Run the resume and JD through the JobRise ATS checker.
  5. Only apply after your resume clearly matches the must-have requirements.

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Before you apply

Paste the job description into JobRise, check the ATS score, then fix the missing keywords before you send the application. One focused application beats ten generic ones.
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