Engineering
Hire Data Engineers
Hire data engineers who make data trustworthy and useful.
Mid-level base · UK · DE · US
£68k–£92k · €80k–€105k · $100k–$135k
Olivia Martinez
Lead Data Engineer
ai_summary6 yrs shipping production-grade data engineer work. Strong on Python & SQL.
Python
SQL
Snowflake
BigQuery6+
Years
$185k
Expects
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3
Markets
UK · DE · US
24h
First shortlist
from kick-off call
14–21
Days to hire
median across roles
£68k–£92k
Typical mid pay (UK)
Why Haystack
The fastest way to hire data engineers without the agency tax.
Data engineers build the pipelines, warehouses and tooling that turn raw data into reliable product and business insight.
Haystack matches you with data engineers across the modern data stack - Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, dbt, Airflow and Spark.
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Data Engineers ready to interview
A sample of data engineers currently active on Haystack. Sign in to browse full profiles, see expected salaries, and start a conversation.
Olivia Martinez
Lead Data Engineer
6+
Years
$185k
Expects
<2h
Response
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Ethan Nguyen
Data Developer
Airflow9+
Years
$210k
Expects
<2h
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Maya Patel
Senior Data Engineer
Spark
Kafka5+
Years
$155k
Expects
<2h
Response
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Marcus Johnson
Senior Data Engineer
11+
Years
$230k
Expects
<2h
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Amelia Hughes
Senior Data Engineer
7+
Years
£82k
Expects
<2h
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Jordan Okafor
Lead Data Engineer
5+
Years
£68k
Expects
<2h
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View profileSalary benchmark
Salary benchmark for data engineers across UK, Germany & US
Anchored to live Haystack data. London, Berlin tech hubs and US coastal markets skew toward the upper bound.
GBP · base salary
Junior · 0–3 yrs
£50k–£60k
Mid · 3–6 yrs
£70k–£90k
Senior · 6+ yrs
£95k–£135k
EUR · base salary
Junior · 0–3 yrs
€55k–€70k
Mid · 3–6 yrs
€80k–€105k
Senior · 6+ yrs
€110k–€155k
USD · base salary
Junior · 0–3 yrs
$70k–$90k
Mid · 3–6 yrs
$100k–$135k
Senior · 6+ yrs
$140k–$195k
EUR and USD bands are indicative conversions from live UK data using current market multipliers. Local seniority, sector and equity packages can push offers higher.
What strong data engineers ship with
5 core · 4 nice to have
Core stack
Nice to have
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Interview prep
Sample data engineer interview questions
Use these across technical and behavioural rounds. Tap a card for what to listen for.
Blueprint
Hiring through Haystack takes days, not months
A repeatable five-step playbook our employers run for every role.
- 01
30-min kick-off
Day 0We capture the brief, scorecard and salary band. No long forms.
- 02
Matches in 24h
Day 1A curated shortlist of vetted candidates lands in your dashboard.
- 03
Interview rounds
Day 2–10We handle scheduling. You focus on the conversation.
- 04
Offer & references
Day 10–14We support both sides through offer and reference checks.
- 05
Onboard
Day 14–21Structured ramp template so your new hire ships in week one.
92%
Offer acceptance
Because every candidate has already aligned on level, comp and working pattern before you meet, data engineer offers via Haystack are accepted 92% of the time.
Leading tech employers use Haystack to hire world-class candidates
"For anyone in the industry struggling with tech hiring and finding those really niche candidates, I'd highly recommend using Haystack. Ultimately Haystack helped us find great candidates that we couldn't find anywhere else."
"Working with Haystack has helped us widen our brand, it's helped us recruit great people, and it's been an easy thing to do. When we think about our candidate experience and the experience of people in my team, I want that rounded experience and that's what we've seen with Haystack."
"I'm really impressed with the candidates that I'm finding on Haystack, I'm looking at them and thinking, 'wow, this looks like a great engineer'. We made multiple hires in our first year. It's been a really nice way to hire tech talent, with a very unique approach."
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