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$126,800–$209,675
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At the midpoint, this role pays about
$79k
versus about
$168k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Cognizant
Cognizant is a multinational IT services and consulting company offering digital transformation, technology, and business process services. It serves clients across financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and other industries worldwide.
Cognizant currently has
408 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$100,000–$135,000
across 266 roles with salary data.
JOB TITLE: Data Engineer
The Data Engineer joins the team to develop new data pipelines in Azure Databricks and contribute to the enterprise data lakehouse. This role involves enhancing existing SQL Server Agent jobs, stored procedures, views, functions, and SSIS packages while managing surrounding schema changes. The engineer will develop data integrations with external systems and APIs using Salesforce MuleSoft and write complex T-SQL against large data volumes. Key responsibilities include building data models for Power BI reporting, performing data validation, and providing production support for 300 data integration jobs. Required skills include Microsoft SQL Server, T-SQL, Spark SQL, PySpark, Delta Lake, and MuleSoft. The role utilizes AI-assisted development tools like Cursor and Claude Code to solve technical problems across academic and administrative departments.
What does a Data Engineer earn in California?
Median $193300 from 40 postings across 22 companies.
Data Engineering
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