Data Engineer at Microsoft Corporation
Atlanta, GA
$102,100–$202,200from the description
Jul 22, 2026
Atlanta, GA
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A data engineering role focused on building and maintaining data pipelines, backend services, and governance tooling to support real-time decisioning and reporting within an enterprise analytics team. The work involves ETL/ELT processes, data quality and security practices, and cloud-based data platforms. It suits candidates with a background in data engineering or software development who are comfortable working across pipeline design, SQL, and cloud data technologies.
Mid level · 2+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 80 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database architects). range 35–140
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $107,748 (middle half $104,212–$164,448). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The role is internally leveled as 'Data Engineering IC3', which maps to an early-to-mid individual contributor band at Microsoft; the minimum experience gate (2 years with a Bachelor's, 1 year with a Master's, or equivalent) supports a Mid classification.
All named technologies appear exclusively under the 'Preferred Qualifications' section (note: the posting spells it 'Preferrerd'), so all skills are marked preferred rather than required.
Python, PySpark, and Scala are listed together as a single preferred requirement; PySpark and Scala are captured as alternatives to Python.
Azure Storage, Data Lakes, and Cosmos DB are listed together as a single preferred requirement for NoSQL/storage experience; Azure Data Lake is used as the primary name with the others as alternatives.
JavaScript, Java, and C# are listed together as a single preferred requirement for software development language experience.
The role requires U.S. citizenship verification and a Microsoft Cloud Background Check, but does not gate on a formal U.S. government security clearance — clearance is set to None accordingly.
A higher pay range applies to San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metro locations ($133,800–$219,200/year); the figures captured here are the standard U.S. range.
The role is based at Microsoft (likely Redmond, WA headquarters) but no explicit office location is stated; Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue CBSA is used as the best-fit metro given Microsoft's primary campus.
The SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role centers on building data pipelines and data engineering systems (pointing to 15-1243 Database Architects / data pipeline builders), but the emphasis on backend services and software development habits also makes 15-1252 Software Developers a plausible fit.
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