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Platform engineer: a person in this job builds the internal tools and shared infrastructure other engineering teams ship their software on. Accenture Federal Services, Cloudflare, Preply, AlphaSense and Defense Unicorns have the most open roles with “Platform engineer” or a close variant in the title right now.

898 open roles · 75 posted in the last 7 days · 23% remote · 517 companies hiring · $200K median advertised salary · checked Nov 15 against employer career pages

What these jobs pay381 of them state a yearly range in US dollars (bands in thousands). The dark column holds the median, $200K.
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$250K to $300K57
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Can be done from home23%207 of 898 jobs
State the pay49%442 of 898 jobs
Are for beginners1%12 of 898 jobs
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Skills asked for in platform engineer roles

Python518 · 58%AWS483 · 54%Kubernetes476 · 53%CI/CD471 · 52%Terraform411 · 46%Go283 · 32%GCP261 · 29%

Bars show the share of these 898 roles; one role can count in several rows.

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A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.

What platform engineer roles pay, by level

Level in the titleMedian advertised salaryRoles counted
No level in the title$189K162
Senior$196K116
Lead and above$229K102

Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.

Kinds of work close to this one

Roles where employers ask for the same skills. The bar shows how much the skill lists overlap; the text names the shared skills and, where 30 postings state pay, the median advertised pay there.

Cloud engineerPython, AWS, LLM, CI/CD · $208K, $8K moreDevOps engineerPython, AWS, CI/CD, Kubernetes · $194K, $6K lessSite reliability engineerPython, AWS, CI/CD, Kubernetes · $198K, about the sameCloud security engineerPython, AWS, CI/CD, Kubernetes · $182K, $18K lessSecurity engineerPython, AWS, LLM, CI/CD · $204K, about the same

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Questions about platform engineer jobs

What is a platform engineer job?
In a platform engineer job, a person builds the internal tools and shared infrastructure other engineering teams ship their software on. 898 such roles are open on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026.
How many platform engineer jobs are open right now?
There are 898 open platform engineer jobs at 517 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 75 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
Which companies have the most platform engineer jobs?
Right now the most openings are at Accenture Federal Services (18), Cloudflare (9), AlphaSense (9), Defense Unicorns (9) and Preply (9). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
Are there remote platform engineer jobs?
207 of the 898 open platform engineer jobs (23%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
What do platform engineer jobs pay in pounds?
11 of the open postings state a yearly range in pounds: the median midpoint is £115,000, and the middle half advertise £85,000 to £155,000. These are advertised ranges as each employer wrote them, not verified pay.
What do platform engineer jobs pay in euros?
24 of the open postings state a yearly range in euros: the median midpoint is €101,750, and the middle half advertise €86,500 to €130,000. These are advertised ranges as each employer wrote them, not verified pay.
What do platform engineer jobs pay?
The median advertised salary is $200K, based on 381 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $175K and $242K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay. Most employers here are technology companies, so the figures run above the wider market for the same work.
Is it hard to get a platform engineer job?
12 of the 898 open platform engineer jobs (1%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 386 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 517 companies are hiring and 75 roles were posted in the last seven days. Matching your resume to the skills each posting names helps most; the free resume builder shows the match.
How is AI changing platform engineer jobs?
263 of the 898 open platform engineer jobs (29%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often LLM, AI, Machine Learning. Employers still list 898 such roles today at 517 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
What skills do platform engineer jobs ask for?
Most often Python (58%), AWS (54%), Kubernetes (53%), CI/CD (52%), Terraform (46%) of the 898 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
Which job titles come up most in platform engineer jobs?
Platform Engineer (138), Senior Platform Engineer (89), Staff Platform Engineer (44), Senior Software Engineer (31), Senior Data Platform Engineer (30): the most common titles among the 898 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
Are platform engineer jobs in demand in 2026?
898 platform engineer jobs are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 517 companies, 0.6% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 75 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $200K. 207 (23%) can be done remotely.
How do I apply for platform engineer jobs?
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