Data Engineering at Aetna

Roles, Comp & Culture

An L6 staff data engineer at Aetna sits around $193K total comp from 13 verified salary datapoints. The primary Data Engineering tech consists of Hadoop, GCP and AWS, according to current job listings. Aetna pays data engineers in line with other Healthcare companies. Reviews put them at 3.4 on Glassdoor, toward the bottom of the pack. Employee sentiment at Aetna reads neutral and employee happiness has held flat over the past year. Layoff risk scores low for the next 30 days. 78 data engineering roles are open right now.

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Aetna data engineer compensation

Each level's figure is the median of individual Aetna offers at that level, so it reflects a typical outcome rather than an average pulled up by a few large packages. Total comp counts base salary plus equity and bonus annualized over the vest, and the range shown is the middle half of offers, with the top and bottom quarters trimmed off.

L4Mid$130Kmedian
Base$125KRange$117K–$146KReports14 · 2-5 yrsAetna loop
L5Senior$146Kmedian
Base$133KRange$142K–$155KReports12 · 5-10 yrsAetna loop
L6Staff$193Kmedian
Base$167KRange$178K–$209KReports19 · 8-15 yrsAetna loop
Updated 13 verified salary reports + 32 salaries adjusted to total comp

Aetna employee sentiment, tracked weekly

Employee happiness for data engineers over the past year, so you can see which direction it is moving, not just where it sits today.

Neutraltrending up over the past year
20252026
Updated Aetna employee happiness

Aetna data engineering tech stack

The languages, storage, and processing tools Aetna data engineers actually work with, grouped by what they do. Tailor your system-design answers to this stack.

Languages
Python
Java
SQLSQL
PySpark
Scala
JavaScript
Warehouse / SQL
Hive
MySQL
Streaming
Kafka
Orchestration
CI/CD
Airflow
Compute
Hadoop
Spark
Cloud
GCP
AWS
Azure
Infra
Docker
Kubernetes
BI / Viz
Tableau
Power BI
Updated from current job listings

Aetna data engineer job openings

A live read on what they are hiring: open roles, recent postings, where, and at what level.

Aetna
Hiring now
Aetna data engineer · live from career pages
78
open roles
Aetna

Build and optimize real-time data pipelines using Kafka, CDC, and streaming frameworks

L5Multiple locations31d ago
Aetna

Data Engineer to analyze data engineering problems and develop, build and manage large-scale data structures, pipelines and efficient Extract/Load/Transform (ETL) workflows to address complex problems and support business applications.

L5Irving31d ago
Aetna

Contributing to large-scale applications development, data science, or data analytics projects

L4Woonsocket38d ago
Aetna

Creation of SQL queries and procedures to extract data based on business requirements

L4Irving38d ago
Aetna

Data Engineer to analyze data engineering problems and develop, build, and manage large-scale data structures, pipelines, and efficient Extract/Load/Transform (ETL) workflows to address complex problems and support business applications.

L5Irving38d ago
Aetna

Position Summary: Aetna Resources, LLC, a CVS Health company, is hiring for the following role in Hartford, CT: Data Engineer to develop, build, and manage large-scale data structures, pipelines, and efficient Extract/Load/Transform (ETL) workflows to address complex problems and support business applications.

L4Hartford38d ago
Aetna

Position Summary: Aetna Resources LLC, a CVS Health company, is hiring for the following role in Irving, TX: Data Engineer to develop, build and manage large-scale data structures, pipelines and efficient Extract/Load/Transform (ETL) workflows to address complex problems and support business applications.

L4Irving38d ago
Aetna

Data Engineer to Design, build, and manage large-scale data pipelines and backend services to support analytics, machine learning and AI platform initiatives.

L5Woonsocket38d ago
Aetna

Data Engineer to design, build and manage large scale data structures, pipelines and efficient Extract/LoadfTransform (ETL) workflows to support business applications.

L5Woonsocket38d ago
Aetna

Data structures and pipelines to organize, collect and standardize data to generate insights and addresses reporting needs; write ETL (Extract/Transform/Load) processes, design database

L6Woonsocket38d ago
Aetna

Position Summary: Aetna Resources LLC, a CVS Health company, is hiring for the following role in Blue Bell, PA: Staff Data Engineer to Develop, build and manage large-scale data structures, pipelines and efficient Extract/Load/Transform (ETL) workflows to address complex problems and support business applications.

L6Blue Bell38d ago
Aetna

Position Summary: Caremark LLC., a CVS Health company, is hiring for the following role in Alpharetta, GA: Staff Data Engineer to develop, build, and manage large-scale data structures, pipelines, and efficient Extract/Load/Transform (ETL) workflows to address complex problems and support business applications.

L6Alpharetta38d ago
Aetna

Position Summary: Caremark LLC, a CVS Health company, is hiring for the following role in Irving, TX: Staff Data Engineer to design, build and manage large scale data structures, pipelines and efficient Extract/Load/Transform (ETL) workflows to support business applications.

L6Irving38d ago
Aetna

Position Summary: Caremark LLC, a CVS Health company, is hiring for the following role in Irving, TX: Staff Data Engineer to develop, build and manage large-scale data structures, pipelines and efficient Extract/Load/Transform (ETL) workflows to address complex problems and support business applications.

L6Irving38d ago
Where they hire
New York
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Chicago
2
Levels hiring
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Updated 78 open listings across 2 cities

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