Top skills for Lead Data Engineer jobs
Based on 138 active Lead Data Engineer postings · updated Oct 8, 2026.
Skills employers ask for
The share of Lead Data Engineer postings that list each skill. Text that appears in almost every posting — equal-opportunity and benefits sections — is left out.
- Design88%
- Data Engineering83%
- Analytics60%
- Data Quality60%
- Business48%
- CI/CD48%
- Data Processing39%
- Data Modeling36%
- Automation35%
- Computer Science35%
- Innovation28%
- PySpark27%
- Data Ingestion26%
- Datasets26%
- Use Cases26%
- Technical Leadership23%
- DevOps21%
- Mentorship21%
- Data Warehouse20%
- Data Transformation18%
- Warehousing18%
- Data Integration17%
- Git17%
- Data Services17%
- Career Development14%
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