BIE, BA, DA, Analytics Engineer, Data Engineer…

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m0li

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m0li
Jan 28 4 Comments

Have been seeing positions for BIE, Business Analyst, Data Analyst, Analytics Engineer and Data Engineer with very similar requirements/needs. Python & SQL are thrown into almost every one of the above job descriptions these days.

What is your understanding of the difference between these roles?
Salary wise: DE > AE > BIE > DA > BA?

Context: currently a BA, very comfortable with coding. Want to get into a significantly more technical role beyond just a SQL monkey.

Thanks for the help!

TC: 120K
Role: BA

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  • Amazon
    holiday😫

    Go to company page Amazon

    holiday😫
    Salary wise

    AS/RS >
    MLE/SDE >
    DE/DS >
    AE/BIE >
    DA >
    BA
    Jan 28 0
  • New
    InALimbo

    New

    InALimbo
    DE - Set up data pipelines for production models. In legacy orgs they are basically ETL developers using tools like Informatica to automate structured data. In more complex orgs their work involve cloud tooling + u structured data handling from data lakes.

    AE and BIE to me are basically repackaging of existing ETL developers or lightweight DE.

    DA - Does a lot of reporting and dashboarding. Basically DS minus the predictive modeling and hypothesis testing.

    BA - mostly help out the developers with requirements collection and documentation from the users.
    Jan 28 0
  • Amazon / Eng
    gudFor1Yr

    Go to company page Amazon Eng

    gudFor1Yr
    FB, Google (and also Amazon for a lot of its DE) have changed the definition of DE role by making it very Analytics oriented, removing much of the “Engineering” scope of the DE role. Hence rather join these companies as SWEs as their DEs have a lower pay than SWEs.

    In the industry, DEs are SWEs with extra expertise in building and managing Data Processing Systems, Frameworks and Data Pipelines.

    Remaining roles are explained very well by @InALimbo above.

    In the industry, salary wise on an average:
    AS/RS (research / PHd ones) >=
    MLE >=
    SWE >=
    DE >
    DS (non research ones) >>
    AE/BIE >>
    DA >
    BA

    Important to notice the >= sign
    Jan 29 1
    • New
      klauset

      New

      klauset
      What is AS?
      Feb 5