Remote Platform Engineer salary
Base pay in the United States, from 17 postings by 12 employers that published the pay range.
Median base pay per year
$225,000
A typical posting offers $200,000 to $250,000.
10th percentile $192k – $264k
middle half $270k
90th percentile
What a Platform Engineer does
Builds the internal infrastructure and tooling that other engineers use to ship and run their services. Rather than operating each application, platform engineers provide shared building blocks: Kubernetes clusters, deployment pipelines, infrastructure modules, observability, and self-service workflows. Their customers are the company's own developers, and the measure of success is how little those developers have to think about infrastructure.
By level
| Level | Typical range | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-level | $140,000 – $190,000 | $165,000 | 3 |
| Senior | $160,000 – $201,500 | $180,000 | 3 |
| Staff & Principal | $220,000 – $275,000 | $247,500 | 11 |
By employer
| Employer | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| AlphaSense | $264,000 | 2 |
| Fanatics Betting & Gaming | $209,500 | 4 |
| OnePay | $165,000 | 2 |
Open Platform Engineer jobs with published pay
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Staff Platform Engineer
Calendly · Remote (US)
Engineering $286,762 – $347,488 per year Posted Jul 10, 2026 -
Staff Platform Engineer - Americas
Ashby · Remote · San Francisco, CA
Engineering Full-time $232K - $323K Posted May 29, 2026 -
Staff Platform Engineer, Cloud Developer Experience
AlphaSense · Remote (US)
Engineering $223,100 – $305,000 per year Posted Aug 12, 2026 -
Staff Platform Engineer, Core Cloud Platform
AlphaSense · Remote (US)
Engineering $223,100 – $305,000 per year Posted Aug 12, 2026 -
Sr. Staff Platform Engineer
Hims & Hers · Remote (US)
Engineering Full-time $250K - $280K Posted Oct 7, 2026 -
Senior Staff Platform Engineer - Core
Fanatics Betting & Gaming · Remote · New York, NY
Engineering $220,000 – $275,000 per year Posted Oct 16, 2026 -
Platform Engineer
Fluidstack · Remote · New York, NY
Engineering Full-time $224K - $275K Posted Oct 30, 2026 -
Staff Platform Engineer, AI Enablement
Zocdoc · Remote · New York, NY
Engineering $210,000 – $270,000 per year Posted Jun 15, 2026 -
Staff Platform Engineer - Core
Fanatics Betting & Gaming · Remote · New York, NY
Engineering $200,000 – $250,000 per year Posted Oct 22, 2026 -
Staff Platform Engineer, Data Storage - Core
Fanatics Betting & Gaming · Remote · New York, NY
Engineering $172,800 – $216,000 per year Posted Jul 24, 2026