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Cloud Engineer a new title on company job boards

Engineering · Emerging · not on Hacker News yet · 17 open roles at 5 companies · median $156k

First sighting

An engineer responsible for designing, building, and maintaining cloud infrastructure and services.

first seen Jun 2022, job board

Why it exists

Written by rule from our own data

First seen in our data in June 2022, in a company job-board posting from Black Canyon Consulting. Today 17 open roles use the title at 5 companies, most of them in data platforms.

  1. PostingThe oldest Cloud Engineer posting we holdBlack Canyon Consulting, Jun 2022 · backs: first sighting
  2. PostingAzure Cloud EngineerAccenture Federal Services, Nov 2026 · backs: an open posting with the title

Where it is posted

Sectors

  • Data platform2
  • Robotics and autonomy2

Cities

  • Washington3
  • Los Angeles1
  • San Diego1
  • Palo Alto1

Countries and remote

  • United States15
  • Netherlands1
Remote option12%

Posted pay

Middle half $152k to $180k, median $156k from 15 postings that state a base range (USD a year).

Who is hiring for it

Open postings on their own job boards, read 5h ago
#CompanyOpen roles
1Accenture Federal ServicesA company hiring most for Data Engineer and DevOps Engineer.11
2ClickHouseThe real-time analytics database and ClickHouse Cloud.2
3Shield AIA robotics and autonomy company hiring most for Staff Engineer and Technical Program Manager.2
4Black Canyon ConsultingA company hiring most for Full Stack Engineer and Data Engineer.1
5Two Six TechnologiesA company hiring most for Systems Engineer and DevOps Engineer.1

Open roles

8 of 17; company pages list the rest
Open role$92k to $179k

Azure Cloud Engineer

Lorton, VA

Accenture Federal ServicesPosting ↗
Open role$155k to $230k

Senior Cloud Engineer - Product Metrics (Remote)

United States

ClickHousePosting ↗
Open role$150k to $280k

Staff Cloud Engineer (R5801)

San Diego, California

Shield AIPosting ↗
Open role$154k to $230k

Cloud Engineer

Herndon, Virginia

Two Six TechnologiesPosting ↗
Open role

Cloud Engineer

Bethesda, MD

Black Canyon ConsultingPosting ↗
Open role$81k to $155k

Cloud Engineer (GCP)

Washington, DC

Accenture Federal ServicesPosting ↗
Open role$106k to $206k

Cloud Engineer

Nellis AFB, NV

Accenture Federal ServicesPosting ↗
Open role$106k to $206k

Cloud Engineer

Eglin AFB, FL

Accenture Federal ServicesPosting ↗
Role
Azure Cloud EngineerAccenture Federal ServicesLorton, VA$92k to $179k
Senior Cloud Engineer - Product Metrics (Remote)ClickHouseUnited States$155k to $230k
Staff Cloud Engineer (R5801)Shield AISan Diego, California$150k to $280k
Cloud EngineerTwo Six TechnologiesHerndon, Virginia$154k to $230k
Cloud EngineerBlack Canyon ConsultingBethesda, MD
Cloud Engineer (GCP)Accenture Federal ServicesWashington, DC$81k to $155k
Cloud EngineerAccenture Federal ServicesNellis AFB, NV$106k to $206k
Cloud EngineerAccenture Federal ServicesEglin AFB, FL$106k to $206k

Share of Hacker News hiring posts

1 posts since Apr 2011 · new in 6 months
November 2026 1 of 207 postings, 0.48%
3-month averageEach monthFirst sighting

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About this title

An engineer responsible for designing, building, and maintaining cloud infrastructure and services.

First sighting
...geographies (India, Mexico, Canada, USA). Roles include: Cloud Engineers, Platform/DevOps/SRE, Cloud Architects, DevSecOps, Tech Leads, and...
Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2026)

21 open postings titled "Cloud Engineer" at ClickHouse, Shield AI, black-canyon-consulting, two-six-technologies and 2 more (job-board scan, 2026-11-02; proposed by the model). One of the postings. Not checked by hand yet.

Median posted salary $156k from 15 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.