Platform Engineer job title trend since Apr 2011
Engineering · Established · in 6.3% of HN hiring posts · 95 open roles at 42 companies · median $196k · first seen Apr 2011
Who is hiring for it
Open postings on their own job boards, read 22h ago12 of 42 companies (top 12 shown)
Open roles
8 of 95; company pages list the rest| Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Autonomy Platform Engineer DoorDashSan Francisco, CA$137k to $202k | DoorDash | San Francisco, CA | $137k to $202k |
Principal Client Platform Engineer RobloxSan Mateo, CA, United States$231k to $267k | Roblox | San Mateo, CA, United States | $231k to $267k |
Senior Platform Engineer, Growth Product Engineering SamsaraRemote - CA$132k to $199k | Samsara | Remote - CA | $132k to $199k |
Infrastructure engineer WriterNew York City, NY$155k to $240k | Writer | New York City, NY | $155k to $240k |
Senior Platform Engineer, GitLab Orbit GitLabRemote, Canada; Remote, United States$139k to $235k | GitLab | Remote, Canada; Remote, United States | $139k to $235k |
Staff Platform Engineer (R5668) Shield AISan Diego, California$142k to $213k | Shield AI | San Diego, California | $142k to $213k |
Infrastructure Engineer MercorSan Francisco$160k to $500k | Mercor | San Francisco | $160k to $500k |
Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Trading CoinbaseRemote - USA$186k to $219k | Coinbase | Remote - USA | $186k to $219k |
Share of Hacker News hiring posts
3,070 posts since Apr 2011 · +16% in 6 monthsSeptember 2026 17 of 256 postings, 6.6%
Related titles
About this title
Builds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.
Also counted: infrastructure engineer, infra engineer
First sighting
...games and knowledge of javascript. Show us your games! Platform Engineer: Deep expertise in some of the following - iOS, Android, WebGL/OpenGL,...
Median posted salary $196k from 46 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.