Career switch, measured
From Data Scientist to Data Engineer
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 64% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Python, SQL, Databricks, dbt; the main skills to add are AWS, CI/CD, Airflow, Azure.
64%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillData ScientistData Engineer
- Python69%70%
- SQL53%66%
- Databricks15%30%
- dbt12%23%
- Machine learning53%18%
- Data visualization31%18%
- LLMs29%19%
- Spark14%36%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Data Engineer postings, rarely in Data Scientist ones.
SkillData ScientistData Engineer
- AWS19%54%
- CI/CD11%35%
- Airflow9%32%
- Azure12%28%
- Snowflake9%27%
- Git10%22%
- Kafka–21%
- Google Cloud10%20%
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