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Platform Engineer Salary

How much does a platform engineer make? Real compensation data updated December 2025.

$177,357
Average Min
$239,195
Average Max
$233,600
Median Salary
$574,000
Top Salary
Entry level: $200,006
Senior level: $269,012
Top earners: $313,500

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Related Platform Engineer Job Titles

Similar roles and their compensation ranges.

1

Senior Software Engineer, DevOps - Data Platform

4 open positions

$168,750 - $398,500
salary range
2

Staff Software Engineer - Agent Platform

5 open positions

$260,000 - $300,000
salary range
3

Software Engineer, Data Platform

2 open positions

$225,000 - $275,000
salary range
4

Senior Security Engineer, Application & Platform Security

2 open positions

$182,500 - $284,000
salary range
5

Senior Software Engineer - Platform Runtime & Services

3 open positions

$200,000 - $250,000
salary range
6

Senior Software Engineer - Supply Platform

2 open positions

$200,000 - $250,000
salary range
7

Staff AI Platform Engineer

2 open positions

$178,000 - $267,000
salary range
8

Director of Engineering, Data Cloud Platform

4 open positions

$195,840 - $244,800
salary range
9

Lead Software Engineer, AI Platform

2 open positions

$175,000 - $250,000
salary range
10

Staff Platform Engineer

9 open positions

$177,778 - $226,556
salary range

Platform Engineer Salary by Experience Level

How platform engineer salaries vary based on seniority and experience.

Senior

$244,469
average max salary
Range: $184,197 - $244,469
Based on 209 jobs

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Top Paying Companies for Platform Engineers

Companies offering the highest platform engineer salaries based on their job listings.

1

Anthropic

3 platform engineer jobs

$313,333 - $405,000
salary range
2

EarnIn

3 platform engineer jobs

$288,300 - $352,367
salary range
3

Roku

4 platform engineer jobs

$168,750 - $398,500
salary range
4

Roblox

5 platform engineer jobs

$234,088 - $309,034
salary range
5

Notion

4 platform engineer jobs

$221,750 - $293,750
salary range
6

Klaviyo

4 platform engineer jobs

$194,000 - $291,000
salary range
7

Quizlet 2

13 platform engineer jobs

$203,317 - $272,638
salary range
8

Sentry

5 platform engineer jobs

$185,000 - $281,600
salary range
9

StubHub

12 platform engineer jobs

$211,667 - $254,167
salary range
10

DigitalOcean

15 platform engineer jobs

$209,845 - $255,240
salary range

Platform Engineer Salary by Region

Compare platform engineer compensation across different geographic regions.

North America

167 jobs

$184,529 - $246,131
salary range

Worldwide

170 jobs

$170,311 - $232,381
salary range

Platform Engineer Salary by Industry

How platform engineer salaries vary across different industries.

Engineering

316 jobs

$176,353 - $237,909
salary range

Data

15 jobs

$209,380 - $276,827
salary range

Product

2 jobs

$223,500 - $332,500
salary range

Sales

2 jobs

$93,550 - $142,000
salary range

Support

2 jobs

$133,425 - $163,981
salary range

Recent Platform Engineer Jobs with Salary

Latest platform engineer job postings with published compensation.

Founding Software Engineer - Data Platform

Arlo • Remote

$200,000 - $220,000

Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Turion Space • Remote

$174,000 - $213,000

Platform Engineer

Tryroam • Remote

$180,000 - $400,000

Senior Platform Engineer, Data & Systems

Triedge Investments • Remote

$200,000 - $250,000

Staff Software Engineer - Backend (Platform)

Perchwell • Remote

$160,000 - $235,000

Staff SRE Engineer (Platform)

Phantom • Remote

$200,000 - $250,000
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Real Job Data

Salaries from actual platform engineer job postings.

Updated Regularly

Data refreshed as new jobs are posted.

USD Based

All figures in US Dollars, annual.