Engineering & IT · Fort Worth, TX

Data Engineer jobs in Fort Worth, TX

Data engineers build the pipelines and warehouses that move data from source systems to the people and models that need it, keeping it fresh, correct, and queryable at scale.

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$37–$91/hr
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Wire Data Engineer

Butler · Fort Worth, TX

Wire Data EngineerLocation: Fort Worth, TXJob ID: #73178Pay Range: $61-72Job Description Job Summary: • Developing system requirements... ...release wiring drawings in coordination with aircraft systems engineers and wir…

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A/AI Machine Learning Engineering - Level 2

Lockheed Martin · Fort Worth, TX
$50 per hour

QualificationsWHO WE AREThe Skunk Works (Lockheed Martin Advanced Development Programs) is looking for world-class talent in Software Engineering to be a part of a team that will carry on our 80-year tradition-making his…

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Senior Data Scientist

Jacobs · Fort Worth, TX
$102.9k - $180.1k

Your impact Jacobs is actively seeking an experienced Senior Data Scientist to join the to enhance our Advisory Solutions Group,... ...including data sourcing, data scraping where appropriate, feature engineering, modeli…

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Senior Data Architect

Frost Bank · Fort Worth, TX

design, deploy and administer applications? If so, the Senior Data Architect position could be your calling.At Frost, it’s about more... ...dataCommunicate new system strategies, designs, and methods to engineers through…

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Senior Analyst - Post Merger Integration

CliftonLarsonAllen · Fort Worth, TX
$80k - $139k

events.Prepare, analyze, and validate balance sheet schedules, account reconciliations, and supporting documentation.Perform detailed data analysis and financial review procedures to identify inconsistencies, cut off iss…

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Data Engineering Intern- Summer 2027

Ragle Inc · North Richland Hills, TX · Internship
$27.5 per hour

Data Engineering Intern – Summer 2027 Location: North Richland Hills, TX Pay: $27.50/hour Schedule: 40 hours/week | 10-Week Summer Internship Housing: Provided for eligible interns About Ragle Since 1993, Ragle Inc. has…

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Sr. Data Scientist

Pinnacle Group · Fort Worth, TX · Temporary
$75 - $80 per hour

Position: Sr. Data Scientist Location: Fort Worth, Texas Duration: Contract Job ID: 178617 Local to Dallas, TX only - w2 or c2c accepted Job Overview: We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Sr. Data Scientist to…

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Sr Data Scientist

Pinnacle Group · Fort Worth, TX · Temporary

Please find the detailed job description below. Position: Sr Data Scientist AI/ML Location: Fort Worth, Texas Duration: Contract... ...development. ~Collaborate closely with data scientists, data engineers, and product p…

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What data engineers earn in Fort Worth

Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives

ExperienceHourlyAnnual, full-time
Entry level $37–$50 $76k–$105k
Mid level $50–$70 $105k–$146k
Senior $68–$91 $141k–$189k

Adjusted for the Fort Worth market from national ranges.

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What employers ask for

The skills these listings keep naming

SQL and data modelingPython or ScalaAirflow or similar orchestrationSpark or other batch processingWarehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery)dbtStreaming (Kafka)Data quality testingCloud infrastructure
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Interview questions worth rehearsing

With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for

Design a pipeline that loads data from a production database into a warehouse daily.

Cover extraction strategy, incremental loads versus full refresh, idempotency, and monitoring. Saying how you would backfill after a failure shows real pipeline experience.

How do you handle late-arriving or duplicate data?

Discuss idempotent upserts, watermarks, and dedup keys. This is a daily reality of the job, so a concrete example lands well.

Batch or streaming — how do you decide?

Anchor on the actual freshness requirement and cost. Most 'real-time' asks are fine at minutes; recognizing that is the mature answer.

A stakeholder says the numbers in their dashboard are wrong. Walk me through your debugging.

Trace lineage from the dashboard back to the source, isolating which layer diverged. Showing calm, structured lineage-tracing is the point of the question.

How do you model data for analytics — star schema, wide tables, something else?

Show you know the classic patterns and modern warehouse economics, and that you choose based on query patterns and team skill, not doctrine.

How do you test data pipelines?

Talk about schema and freshness checks, row-count and distribution tests, and tools like dbt tests or Great Expectations — plus alerting when they fail.

Tell me about a pipeline that failed badly and what you changed.

Structure it like an incident review: impact, cause, fix, prevention. Emphasize the durable improvement, such as monitoring or contract enforcement.

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Resume tips that move the needle

For data engineers specifically — generic advice costs you here

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State data scale plainly — rows per day, terabytes managed, pipeline counts — because it is the first thing hiring managers scan for.

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Name your orchestration, processing, and warehouse tools per role; the modern stack (Airflow, dbt, Snowflake) is a keyword screen.

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Highlight reliability outcomes: pipeline failure rates, data freshness SLAs met, incident reductions.

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Show cost work if you have it — warehouse spend is a live concern and optimization stories differentiate.

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Mention who consumed your data (analysts, ML teams, executives) to show you build for users, not just movement.

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Where this role goes

Typical progression

01 Junior Data Engineer
02 Data Engineer
03 Senior Data Engineer
04 Staff Data Engineer
05 Data Platform Lead
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