Career Guide
DevOps / Platform Engineer
DevOps and platform engineers build the infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and developer tooling that enables engineering teams to ship faster. $200K+ roles demand expertise in cloud architecture, Kubernetes, and reliability engineering.
Salary Range
$155K – $290K
Average (Senior)
$200K
Demand
High
Top Companies Hiring DevOps / Platform Engineers
Key Skills for $200K+ Roles
- Kubernetes and container orchestration
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi)
- CI/CD pipeline design (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD)
- Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Monitoring and observability (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog)
- Security and compliance automation
- Linux systems administration
Interview Preparation
Here's what to expect in devops / platform engineer interviews at $200K+ companies:
- Infrastructure design: design a deployment pipeline, multi-region architecture
- Incident response and troubleshooting scenarios
- Scaling and reliability trade-offs
- Coding: scripting and automation problems
Career Path & Salary Progression
Junior DevOps Engineer ($95K–$135K)
Mid-Level DevOps/Platform Engineer ($135K–$175K)
Senior DevOps/Platform Engineer ($175K–$240K)
Staff Platform Engineer ($240K–$310K+)
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