Snowflake vs BigQuery for remote data engineers
How the leading cloud data warehouses split on remote data engineering postings.
Option A
Snowflake
Option B
BigQuery
## Volume
Snowflake leads Snowflake-or-BigQuery listings on remote postings by a slight margin. Many listings name both.
## Stack alignment
Snowflake postings cluster at AWS-anchored stacks. BigQuery dominates GCP-anchored stacks.
## Skills
dbt experience is universal across both. SQL window function fluency is universal.
## Salary
Equivalent at senior data engineering levels.