Top skills for Principal Data Engineer jobs

Based on 58 active Principal Data Engineer postings · updated Oct 8, 2026.

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Skills employers ask for

The share of Principal Data Engineer postings that list each skill. Text that appears in almost every posting — equal-opportunity and benefits sections — is left out.

Data Engineering91%
Design83%
Analytics67%
Technical Leadership57%
Business52%
Data Quality50%
Data Science48%
Computer Science46%
CI/CD44%
Data Modeling39%
Automation37%
Innovation31%
Datasets30%
Mentorship30%
PySpark28%
Data Integration26%
Data Privacy24%
Metadata24%
Warehousing24%
Apache Spark22%
Data Ingestion22%
Data Processing22%
DevOps22%
Financial Services20%
Data Systems19%