What does a data engineer do, and what is the salary in Bangalore?
A data engineer designs the databases, data models and warehouse structures that applications and analysts depend on, and keeps them scalable, secure and documented. In Bangalore, the itszia.ai salary snapshot puts data engineer pay for 0–3 years of experience at ₹4.5–8 lakh a year in IT services and ₹9–16 lakh at a product company.
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What does a data engineer do?
A data engineer builds the data structures other people query. O*NET lists Data Engineer as a reported title under Database Architects (O*NET 15-1243.00), and its core tasks include:
- Develop and document database architectures.
- Design databases to support business applications, ensuring system scalability, security, performance, and reliability.
- Develop data models for applications, metadata tables, views or related database structures.
- Design database applications, such as interfaces, data transfer mechanisms, global temporary tables, data partitions, and function-based indexes to enable efficient access of the generic database structure.
- Develop methods for integrating different products so they work properly together, such as customizing commercial databases to fit specific needs.
- Document and communicate database schemas, using accepted notations.
Which skills does a data engineer need?
A data engineer needs data modelling, database design, and the judgement to trade off scalability, security and performance. Show a design you built and then ran, with what you changed once real data arrived.
O*NET's technology list for Database Architects includes Apache Airflow, Apache Cassandra, Amazon Redshift, Amazon DynamoDB and Ansible software. Learn the stack your target employers run; modelling judgement carries across stacks.
How much does a data engineer earn in Bangalore?
Data Engineer pay in Bangalore depends most on experience and on the kind of company. The table shows the lower-to-upper quartile range of yearly pay for each experience band and company type, from the itszia.ai salary snapshot as of 1 August 2026. A Global Capability Center (GCC) is an offshore centre a multinational runs for its own work.
Only the Bangalore figures were researched; the other city pages scale them by a city factor, so Bangalore is the figure to quote. A cell marked not published had no researched band behind it.
| Experience | IT services | Product company | Global Capability Center (GCC) | Startup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–3 years | ₹4.5–8 lakh | ₹9–16 lakh | ₹9.5–16 lakh | ₹8–15 lakh |
| 3–6 years | ₹8–14 lakh | ₹16–29 lakh | ₹17–29 lakh | ₹15–26 lakh |
| 6–10 years | ₹13–22 lakh | ₹28–47 lakh | ₹28–46 lakh | ₹24–42 lakh |
How do people use AI in data engineering work?
0.14% of sampled Claude.ai conversations in May 2026 were about the tasks of Database Architects, the O*NET occupation that lists Data Engineer, according to the Anthropic Economic Index. In those conversations, 58.66% asked Claude to complete the task directly (automation) and 41.34% worked with it iteratively (augmentation).
Database Architects is one of the occupations where automation outweighed augmentation in that sample. The figures describe how people used Claude, not the number of data engineering jobs.
Frequently asked questions
Which job titles do data engineer roles use?
Data engineer roles are also posted as Data Architect, Database Architect, Database Developer and Information Architect. O*NET reports all of these titles for Database Architects, the occupation that lists Data Engineer.
What does a data engineer earn at a Global Capability Center (GCC) in Bangalore?
In the itszia.ai salary snapshot, a data engineer with 3–6 years of experience at a Global Capability Center (GCC) in Bangalore earns ₹17–29 lakh a year, lower to upper quartile.
Where this data comes from
- O*NET 31.0 DatabaseThis page includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. EmployLabs has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.
- Anthropic Economic Index, release_2026_06_26 (claude_ai, global, soc_occupation, May 2026)Anthropic Economic Index (Anthropic), data released under CC BY. Usage share is the share of sampled Claude.ai conversations classified to this occupation; the automation/augmentation split describes how those conversations used Claude. Neither measures the labour market.
- itszia.ai salary snapshot: Data Engineer, Bangalore (as of 1 August 2026)