Finding candidates for a data engineer position with the expertise and experience to implement reliable data architectures for your business will require a comprehensive recruitment process. This hiring kit from TechRepublic Premium provides a flexible framework your business can use to find the right person for the job.

From the hiring kit:

INTRODUCTION

Whether it flows through business transactions, customer activity, employee productivity or the Internet of Things, data is the lifeblood of most modern businesses. Data leads to information and information leads to better business decisions. Gathering data in a usable framework that can be accessed by decision-makers in a standardized manner is the role of the data engineer.

SALARY RANGE

According to Glassdoor, the salary for a data engineer in the United States ranges from about $75,000 per year to around $183,000 per year. The average salary is approximately $116,600 per year.

DETERMINING FACTORS, DESIRABLE PERSONALITY TRAITS AND SKILLSETS

Beyond technical expertise, solid candidates for a data engineer position should be able to foresee how data will be used by decision-makers. While the data engineer is not required to know the ultimate details — that is a role for data scientists — the best candidates should be perceptive enough to gauge a dataset’s possibilities.