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Feature store jobs: demand and pay (October 2026)
359 open data & AI postings at 244 companies mention Feature store, or 2.7% of all data & AI postings we track (as of October 18, 2026).
2.7%share of data & AI postings
244companies hiring
$210Kmedian pay, US (n=116)
—week over week (needs more history)
Feature store pay by level
| Level (from title) | Median pay | Postings with pay (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Entry / junior | — | 1 |
| Senior | $181K | 36 |
| Staff / lead | $245K | 23 |
| Principal | $226K | 17 |
| Manager | — | 6 |
| Director+ | — | 8 |
| Level not stated | $180K | 25 |
Median of the published range midpoint, US postings in USD, annualized. Shown only when n ≥ 10; “—” means fewer.
Roles that ask for Feature store
| Role | Postings | % of that role |
|---|---|---|
| Machine Learning Engineer | 160 | 8.1% |
| Data Engineer | 67 | 3.8% |
| Data Scientist | 38 | 2.5% |
| AI Engineer | 30 | 0.8% |
| Data & AI leadership | 28 | 2.6% |
| Data Architect | 24 | 6.0% |
| Analytics Engineer | 6 | 1.6% |
| AI Research Scientist | 5 | 1.1% |
| Database Engineer / DBA | 1 | 0.3% |
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How it's measured: a posting counts if its title or description matches the Feature store patterns in our taxonomy. Postings by the vendor itself are excluded. See the methodology.