Salary of a Microsoft Data Engineer
What can a Data Engineer at Microsoft earn?
The big American tech companies often pay the best salaries — so today’s question is, what does a Data Engineer at Microsoft earn?
In case you were wondering what you can earn as a Data Engineer at Microsoft, but more importantly what you should bring with you, I did a little analysis. But to put this in perspective, here’s a quick recap of what a Data Engineer generally earns.
In the US a Data Engineer can example earn from 110,000 US$ to 155,000 US$, senior Data Engineers even more [1]. This is already a very good salary, so if Microsoft should pay more, the requirements are probably correspondingly high. At least that’s how it seems when you look at their job postings. Here’s a brief insight into what you need to bring with you [2]:
7+ years of experience with SQL
5+ years of experience with Python
2+ years of experience with Graph databases
2+ years of experience with Big Data or Hyper Scale processing offering in Azure
2+ years of experience in big data platforms and tools (Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Kafka).
5+ years of experience in the BI/Analytics space with deep experience using a combination of tools/tech including but not limited to NoSQL, SQL Server, Kusto, Azure Synapse Analytics, Data Explorer, Cosmos, App Insights, and Snowflake (or similar).
This is an excerpt from a senior post, but you can already see that some experience is required. On the other hand, these are of course requirements of technical skills that many Data Engineers need.
But now to the question of what a Data Engineer at Microsoft can ask for, or what Microsoft will pay you. Surprisingly, it has to be said that Microsoft doesn’t pay that much more than the rest of the market here. The estimated total pay for a Data Engineer at Microsoft is 135,221 US$ per year in average [3].
Nevertheless, it should be noted that you can earn a good salary as a Data Engineer overall, and depending on the region, you can probably earn even more. If you are applying for such a job and want to prepare for an interview, this article might help you:
Sources and Further Readings
[1] Glassdoor, Salary: Senior Data Engineer (2022)
[2] Microsoft, Senior Data Engineer (2022)
[3] Interview Query, Microsoft Data Engineer Salary (2022)