DevOps Engineer job title trend since Apr 2011
Engineering · Fading · in 1.8% of HN hiring posts · 14 open roles at 12 companies · median $168k · first seen Apr 2011
Who is hiring for it
Open postings on their own job boards, read 22h ago12 of 12 companies
Open roles
8 of 14; company pages list the rest| Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Senior DevOps Engineer 1XSan Carlos, CA$190k to $230k | 1X | San Carlos, CA | $190k to $230k |
Sr. Salesforce DevOps Engineer ElasticUnited States$94k to $149k | Elastic | United States | $94k to $149k |
QA/DevOps Engineer DiscordSan Francisco Bay Area$156k to $176k | Discord | San Francisco Bay Area | $156k to $176k |
DevOps Engineer, Infrastructure & Security Scale AIWashington, DC$198k to $311k | Scale AI | Washington, DC | $198k to $311k |
DevOps Engineer PalantirWashington, D.C.$135k to $200k | Palantir | Washington, D.C. | $135k to $200k |
DevOps Engineer Arize AIRemote (United States) | Arize AI | Remote (United States) | Not stated |
Senior DevOps Engineer Invisible TechnologiesLondon - Hybrid | Invisible Technologies | London - Hybrid | Not stated |
DevOps Engineer (Agentic Search) NebiusIsrael | Nebius | Israel | Not stated |
Share of Hacker News hiring posts
3,958 posts since Apr 2011 · -28% in 6 monthsSeptember 2026 4 of 256 postings, 1.6%
Related titles
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 $168k from 6 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.
Sources: Hacker News Who is hiring threads and about 130 public job boards, read weekly. A title's share is not the job market's size. Logos via logo.dev; trademarks belong to their owners.