Titlesby GlyphDevOps Engineer job title trend since Apr 2011
Engineering · Fading · in 2.0% of HN hiring posts · 63 open roles at 31 companies · median $167k
Automates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.
first seen before 2011, Hacker Newstook off Apr 2013
Why it exists
Written by rule from our own data
Already in the first Who is hiring thread we have (April 2011), so it is older than our data. It took off in April 2013, when its share of Who is hiring posts first reached a quarter of its best year. Today 63 open roles use the title at 31 companies, most of them in data platforms. Closest tracked titles: Site Reliability Engineer, Platform Engineer, MLOps Engineer.
- PostingAsk HN: Who is hiring? (April 2011)Hacker News, Apr 2011 · backs: first sighting
- PostingSenior DevOps Engineer, SpaceAnduril Industries, Nov 2026 · backs: an open posting with the title
Where it is posted
Sectors
- Data platform3
- AI application2
- Robotics and autonomy1
- AI infrastructure1
- Consumer1
- AI data1
- Developer tools1
- Security1
Cities
- Washington10
- Palo Alto3
- New York3
- San Francisco2
- Tel Aviv, Israel2
- Los Angeles1
- Hyderabad, India1
- Toronto, Canada1
- Lisbon, Portugal1
- Austin1
Countries and remote
- United States44
- Israel2
- Japan1
- India1
- Canada1
- Portugal1
- Ireland1
Remote option24%
Posted pay
Middle half $149k to $180k, median $167k from 42 postings that state a base range (USD a year).
Pay by level and city on SalariesWho is hiring for it
Open postings on their own job boards, read 5h ago| # | Company | Open roles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 | ||
| 2 | ICEYEA company hiring most for Test Engineer and DevOps Engineer. | 4 | |
| 3 | Two Six TechnologiesA company hiring most for Systems Engineer and DevOps Engineer. | 4 | |
| 4 | Anduril IndustriesA company hiring most for Systems Engineer and Test Engineer. | 3 | |
| 5 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 2 | ||
| 7 | G2i/ICAA company hiring most for AI Engineer and Full Stack Engineer. | 2 | |
| 8 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 1 | ||
| 10 | Alpaca.MarketsA company hiring most for Product Manager and Staff Engineer. | 1 | |
| 11 | Archer AviationA company hiring most for Test Engineer and Research Engineer. | 1 | |
| 12 | 1 |
Open roles
8 of 63; company pages list the rest| Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior DevOps Engineer, SpaceAnduril IndustriesCosta Mesa, California, United States$183k to $243k | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $183k to $243k |
| DevOps EngineerConfidoNYC Office$190k to $240k | Confido | NYC Office | $190k to $240k |
| DevOps Engineer | Chantilly, VA | $67k to $122k | |
| DevOps Engineer | McLean, Virginia | $96k to $150k | |
| Staff DevOps EngineerOnticAustin, Texas, United States$160k to $190k | Ontic | Austin, Texas, United States | $160k to $190k |
| Senior DevOps Engineer | San Carlos, CA | $190k to $230k | |
| Sr. Salesforce DevOps Engineer | United States | $94k to $149k | |
| Staff DevOps Engineer | Santa Clara, California, United States | $152k to $228k |
Lineage
Share of Hacker News hiring posts
3,970 posts since Apr 2011 · -6% in 6 monthsNovember 2026 8 of 207 postings, 3.9%
Related titles
Site Reliability EngineerKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.2.9% of HN posts, 12 mo · 157 open · $213k median · since Apr 2011Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.5.8% of HN posts, 12 mo · 206 open · $185k median · since Apr 2011MLOps EngineerRuns the training, serving and monitoring infrastructure that ML teams depend on.0.44% of HN posts, 12 mo · 35 open · $250k median · since Feb 2017Full Stack EngineerWorks across the browser, the API and the database; the default startup hire.16% of HN posts, 12 mo · 294 open · $196k median · since Apr 2011Product EngineerA full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.7.8% of HN posts, 12 mo · 109 open · $220k median · since May 2011AI EngineerA software engineer who builds products on top of models rather than training them.6.4% of HN posts, 12 mo · 244 open · $240k median · since Jun 2011
About this title
Automates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.
Also counted: dev ops
First sighting
...We're looking for an Agile Software Developer and DevOps Engineer. AboutUs Inc. is based in Portland, Oregon. Our website, AboutUs.org, was...
Median posted salary $167k from 42 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.