Data Engineering at Shell plc

Roles, Comp & Culture

An L3 entry data engineer at Shell plc sits around $174K total comp. The primary Data Engineering tech consists of Databricks, Spark and Azure, according to current job listings. Shell plc pays data engineers above the other companies we track. Reviews put them at 4.0 on Glassdoor, a little above the middle of the pack. Employee sentiment at Shell plc reads neutral and employee happiness is trending down over the past year. Layoff risk scores low for the next 30 days. 2 data engineering roles are open right now.

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Shell plc data engineer compensation

Each level's figure is the median of individual Shell plc 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.

L3Entry$174Kmedian
Base$167KRange$88K–$262KReports4 · 0-2 yrsShell plc loop
Updated 4 verified salary reports

Shell plc 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 down over the past year
20252026
Updated Shell plc employee happiness

Recent Shell plc events

Layoffs, leadership changes, and other major moves at the company, with dates.

  1. LayoffMay 2026Layoff
Updated 1 Shell plc event, 1 with headcount

Notable company events we track, with dates.

Shell plc data engineering tech stack

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

Languages
SQLSQL
PySpark
Python
Table formats
Delta Lake
Orchestration
CI/CD
Compute
Databricks
Spark
Cloud
Azure
ML
MLflow
Updated from current job listings

Shell plc data engineer job openings

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

Shell plc
Hiring now
Shell plc data engineer · live from career pages
2
open roles
Where they hire
London
1
Levels hiring
L52
Updated 2 open listings across 1 city

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Preparing for the Shell plc loop

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Prepare at Shell plc interview difficulty

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