Big Data Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-30, Skillenai has indexed 54 job postings with the title “Big Data Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Hadoop.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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Frequently asked questions about Big Data Engineer jobs
+How many Big Data Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 54 job postings with the title “Big Data Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30.
+What skills do Big Data Engineer jobs require?
Across Big Data Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, the skills mentioned most often are Hadoop, Python, Java, Spark, Hive.
+Which cities are hiring the most Big Data Engineer?
As of 2026-09-30, Big Data Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Austin, Pune, Gurugram, Hanover, Hong Kong.
+Is Big Data Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 54 Big Data Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. The skill mentioned most often in Big Data Engineer postings is Hadoop, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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+What roles do people move into and out of Big Data Engineer?
The career-flow chart shows roles before and after observed employer changes across all locations. Counts are moves, not distinct people or promotion probabilities. Same-role moves to another employer are included. The incoming and outgoing sides are separate groups of observations, not a matched three-stage journey.
Weekly indexed Big Data Engineer postings — last 90 days
Career paths through Big Data Engineer
Different-role employer moves. Each side is scaled independently.
Historical career profiles · all locations
204 employer moves kept the same role.
Roles before Big Data Engineer
Roles after Big Data Engineer
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
Same role means a change of employer while keeping the same role. Counts are moves, not distinct people, promotions, or your chances of making a particular move.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: Big Data Engineer (different employer) | 204 |
| Before: Data Engineer | 117 |
| Before: Software Engineer | 61 |
| Before: Data Analyst | 26 |
| Before: Big Data Developer | 19 |
| Before: Hadoop Developer | 17 |
| Before: ETL Developer | 15 |
| Before: Data Warehouse Developer | 13 |
| After: Big Data Engineer (different employer) | 204 |
| After: Data Engineer | 149 |
| After: Software Engineer | 20 |
| After: Azure Data Engineer | 11 |
| After: Big Data Developer | 7 |
| After: Data Scientist | 5 |
| After: Cloud Data Engineer | 5 |
| After: Senior Data Engineer | 5 |
Skills most often required for Big Data Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hadoop | 26 | 48.1% |
| Python | 23 | 42.6% |
| Java | 22 | 40.7% |
| Spark | 20 | 37.0% |
| Hive | 16 | 29.6% |
| Scala | 16 | 29.6% |
| AWS | 15 | 27.8% |
| SQL | 14 | 25.9% |
| Apache Spark | 11 | 20.4% |
| Kafka | 10 | 18.5% |
| Big Data | 8 | 14.8% |
| Git | 7 | 13.0% |
| PySpark | 7 | 13.0% |
| HBase | 7 | 13.0% |
| CI/CD | 6 | 11.1% |
Top companies posting Big Data Engineer jobs
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Micro1 | 4 |
| Barclays | 4 |
| Sopra Steria | 3 |
| Qualys | 3 |
| OpenBrain | 3 |
| TMX Group | 2 |
| OKX | 2 |
| Dunnhumby | 2 |
| Spgi | 2 |
| Synechron | 2 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring Big Data Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Austin | 3 | 5.6% |
| Pune | 3 | 5.6% |
| Gurugram | 2 | 3.7% |
| Hanover | 2 | 3.7% |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 3.7% |
| New York City | 2 | 3.7% |
| Toronto | 2 | 3.7% |
| Whippany | 2 | 3.7% |
| Atlanta | 1 | 1.9% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, matching postings whose canonical role is “Big Data Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.
- role
- Big Data Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-30
- window_days
- 90
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