Platform engineer jobs in California
200 open roles for platform engineers in California as of Nov 15, 2026. True Anomaly, Anthropic, Roblox, Heliux and Anduril Industries have the most. 12 are remote and the median advertised salary is $222K.
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Skills asked for in platform engineer roles in California
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- Platform Engineer, KubernetesClera · 🇺🇸San Francisco$180K - $210KGoTerraformGCP
- Software Engineer, Cloud PlatformBaseten · 🇺🇸San Francisco$165K - $330KHybridGoTerraformMachine Learning
- Product Marketer, Developer PlatformFal Ai · 🇺🇸San Francisco$160K - $200KSEO
- Engineering Manager, Kubernetes Platform (LKS)Lambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$297K - $440KHybridMachine LearningKubernetesIncident response
- Platform Engineer, BiotechClera · 🇺🇸San Francisco$180K - $240KGoPythonSQL
- Internal Platform EngineerBland · 🇺🇸San Francisco$120K - $180KPythonTypeScriptMarketing attribution
- Manager, Client Platform EngineeringMongoDB · 🇺🇸Los Angeles; Phoenix; San Diego; Seattle · +1 more location$137K - $270KPythonSwiftGCP
- Sr. ESM Platform EngineerDdn · 🇺🇸Santa Clara Office$160K - $210KSeniorJira
- Member of Technical Staff - ML Platform EngineerPreference Model · 🇺🇸San Francisco$180K - $350KPythonDockerGCP
- Platform Engineer, APIs and SecurityAdaption · 🇺🇸San Francisco—HybridPython
- Director/ Senior Director, Lab Platform EngineeringLila Sciences · 🇺🇸Cambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USA$232K - $390KLead and aboveKubernetes
- Head of Platform EngineeringPlaud · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA—HybridLead and aboveGoJavaGCP
- Staff, Platform Engineer AI Compute (6034)Shield AI · 🇺🇸San Diego, CA, US—Lead and aboveGoPythonTerraform
- Staff Engineer, Core Platform Integration (R5411)Shield AI · 🇺🇸San Diego, CA, US—Lead and abovePythonC++Linux
- Co-op, Software, Applied AI Platform EngineerLila Sciences · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA USA—InternPythonTypeScriptSQL
- Senior Member of Technical Staff, Platform Engineer (Infra)Pallet · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$200K - $265KSeniorTypeScriptPostgreSQLGCP
- Platform Engineer, ITTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA$125K - $175KPythonTerraformAzure
- Software Engineer II, Analytics Compute Platform TeamAmplitude · 🇺🇸San Francisco$86K - $118KHybridPendoObservability
- Senior Software Engineer, Build PlatformRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$197K - $243KSeniorGoJavaC#
- Principal AI Infrastructure Engineer, Build PlatformRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$345K - $399KLead and aboveLLMAIAI agents
- Engineering Manager, Core PlatformVerkada · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA United States$200K - $285KAgile
- Principal Endpoint Platform EngineerRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$231K - $267KLead and aboveGoPythonRuby
- Staff Software Engineer; Analytics Compute Platform teamAmplitude · 🇺🇸San Francisco$192K - $264KLead and aboveSQLREST APIsTime series
- Lead Site Reliability Engineer/Cloud Platform Engineer - SF (Remote)Skyflow · 🇺🇸Remote - San Francisco—RemoteLead and aboveGoPythonPostgreSQL
- Senior Technical Producer - Central Technology, Infrastructure PlatformRiot Games · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, USA—SeniorJiraAgile
- Senior Software Engineer, Platform EngineeringCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$170K - $205KSeniorGoPythonJava
- Senior Identity Platform Engineer (Okta, passkeys and identity verification)Nscale · 🇺🇸New York; San Francisco; Seattle$160K - $210KSeniorGoPythonTerraform
- Senior Platform Engineer - Container ServicesAdyen · 🇺🇸San Francisco$198K - $293KSeniorGoPythonTerraform
- Software Engineering Manager, AI Platform EngineeringSoFi · 🇺🇸CA - San Francisco; WA - Seattle—LLMAIRAG
- Senior Platform EngineerEarnIn · 🇺🇸Mountain View, US · +1 more location$228K - $279KSeniorGoPythonTerraform
- Manager, Application Engineering - Atlassian Cloud PlatformRiot Games · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, USA—JiraInformation architectureConfluence
- Senior Platform Engineer - Infrastructure / MongoDBEndor Labs · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA—SeniorTerraformGCPAzure
- Staff Client Platform EngineerOkta · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$194K - $267KLead and aboveGoPythonSwift
- Cloud Platform Engineer - New GradSambaNova · 🇺🇸Austin, Texas, United States; San Jose, California, Unite…$131K - $197KJuniorGoPythonDocker
- Director of Platform EngineeringPatreon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$340K - $425KLead and aboveGCPAWSIncident response
- AI Platform Engineer, Developer ProductivityBrainco · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$180K - $325KHybridRustGoPython
- Communications Manager, Claude Developer PlatformAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$265K - $295K
- Manager – AI & Data Platform EngineeringZscaler · 🇺🇸Remote - USA; Santa Clara, California, USA$164K - $205KRemotePythonSQLTerraform
- Senior Software Engineer, Compute PlatformReplit · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$130K - $290KHybridSeniorRustGoGCP
- Senior Data Platform EngineerKomodo Health · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$170K - $230KSeniorPythonSQLDocker
- Senior Software Engineer, Developer PlatformBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$185K - $327KSeniorLLMCI/CDAI agents
- Staff Embedded Linux Platform EngineerZipline · 🇺🇸South San Francisco, California, USA—Lead and aboveRustC++Linux
- Manager II, Engineering - Kubernetes PlatformPinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, CA, US$177K - $365KRemoteKubernetesInfrastructure as codeEKS
- Engineering Manager, Core Cloud PlatformLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$297K - $440KHybridGoPythonMachine Learning
- Classified Cloud & Platform EngineerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$142K - $188KGoPythonTerraform
- Senior / Staff AI Platform EngineerSuno · 🇺🇸San Francisco$228K - $363KLead and abovePythonLLMAI
- IT Systems Engineer, Client Platform Engineer, ChromeOSAnthropic · 🇺🇸Boston, MA; Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Franc…$325K - $360KRemotePythonTerraformLLM
- Software Engineer, Developer PlatformNotion · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$150K - $200KHybridTypeScriptLLMLLM evaluation
- Software Engineer - Core PlatformElorian Ai Inc · 🇺🇸Palo Alto$300K - $450KRustPythonC++
- Classified Platform EngineerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$167K - $222KGoTypeScriptReact
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Who is hiring for platform engineer roles in California
Where platform engineer roles in California are
- 🇺🇸United States200
- 🇺🇸California200
- 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area163
- 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA14
- 🇺🇸New York, NY12
- 🇺🇸Seattle, WA11
- 🇺🇸Denver, CO8
- 🇺🇸Boston, MA6
- 🇺🇸Washington, DC3
- 🇺🇸Austin, TX3
A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.
What platform engineer roles in California pay, by level
| Level in the title | Median advertised salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| No level in the title | $238K | 65 |
| Senior | $207K | 54 |
| Lead and above | $249K | 33 |
Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.
Questions about platform engineer jobs in California
- How many platform engineer jobs in California are open right now?
- There are 200 open platform engineer jobs in California at 131 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 15 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 in California?
- Right now the most openings are at True Anomaly (7), Roblox (6), Anthropic (6), Heliux (6) and Anduril Industries (5). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote platform engineer jobs in California?
- 12 of the 200 open platform engineer jobs in California (6%) 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 in California pay?
- The median advertised salary is $222K, based on 153 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $193K and $254K. 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 one of the platform engineer jobs in California?
- 5 of the 200 open platform engineer jobs in California (2%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 105 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 131 companies are hiring and 15 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 in California?
- 66 of the 200 open platform engineer jobs in California (33%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often LLM, Machine Learning, AI. Employers still list 200 such roles today at 131 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do platform engineer jobs in California ask for?
- Most often Python (51%), AWS (41%), Kubernetes (38%), CI/CD (38%), Terraform (33%) of the 200 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in platform engineer jobs in California?
- Platform Engineer (22), Senior Platform Engineer (18), Software Engineer (14), Senior Software Engineer (14), Staff Platform Engineer (7): the most common titles among the 200 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are platform engineer jobs in California in demand in 2026?
- 200 platform engineer jobs in California are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 131 companies, 0.1% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 15 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $222K. 12 (6%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for platform engineer jobs in California?
- Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Jobs Every Hour needs no account and charges nothing for applying.
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