Junior Data Engineer/Junior Data Scientist
Capgemini · Charlotte, NC
$60,000–$65,000from the description
Jul 24, 2026
Charlotte, NC
Jul 26, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An entry-level data role suited to recent graduates, focused on collecting, cleaning, and transforming data to support analytics and reporting. Day-to-day work involves writing SQL queries, helping build and maintain data pipelines, and collaborating with more experienced colleagues to extract insights from datasets. Familiarity with Python and exposure to visualization or ETL concepts are a plus but not required.
Junior level · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 250 people in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database architects). range 180–320
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $141,924 (middle half $120,421–$172,379). 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 (7)
The posting is titled 'Junior Data Engineer/Junior Data Scientist' and blends both roles. The responsibilities (data pipelines, SQL, data collection/cleaning/transformation) lean more toward data engineering, making 15-1243 (Database Architects / Data Engineers) the primary classification, with 15-2051 (Data Scientists) as a close runner-up.
The body text states the location as Charlotte, NC, while the posting footer lists Atlanta, GA. Charlotte is used as the primary location since it appears in the main job description body.
No overall years of professional experience are required — the role explicitly targets recent graduates with academic project experience only.
Python is listed under Preferred Skills as 'familiarity with … or other programming languages'; it is not a hard gate.
Tableau and Power BI appear together under Preferred Skills as examples of data visualization tools; they are treated as interchangeable preferred options.
ETL and data warehousing concepts are mentioned under Preferred Skills as 'basic understanding' — these are generic concepts rather than named tools, so they are omitted per extraction rules.
The Bachelor's degree requirement is a hard gate with no 'or equivalent experience' escape clause, so the degree requirement is set to Bachelors.
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