Hiring a devops engineer in the US? Across 4,000 live devops engineer postings in the US, the market pays a $169K median salary (typically $140K–$195K). Recruiting from Scratch is the contingency technical recruiting firm for these hires — a 29-day average time to hire, 300+ placements, and a 2M+ candidate network.
A devops engineer owns CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, and reliability so engineering teams ship safely and fast. Hiring one in the US means competing with the companies below.
What employers actually screen for, aggregated across 4,000 active devops engineer postings in the US:
A sample of the companies with live DevOps engineers openings in the US:
| Company | Actively hiring |
|---|---|
| Post Trade Solutions | DevOps engineers in the US |
| Apple | DevOps engineers in the US |
| JPMorganChase | DevOps engineers in the US |
| Palo Alto Networks | DevOps engineers in the US |
| Up to SGD$200k + Sign On Bonus | DevOps engineers in the US |
| Cisco | DevOps engineers in the US |
| Barclays Sustainable And Impact Banking | DevOps engineers in the US |
| Air Apps | DevOps engineers in the US |
| DevOps engineers in the US | |
| Devoteam NV | DevOps engineers in the US |
| Nvidia | DevOps engineers in the US |
| Okta | DevOps engineers in the US |
Recruiting from Scratch is a contingency technical recruiting firm — no retainer and no upfront cost, so you pay only when you make a hire. The process: align on the role and must-haves → a curated shortlist of 3–5 genuinely qualified DevOps engineers (not resume volume) → a 29-day average time to hire versus the 49-day industry average → a 90-day replacement guarantee. Backed by 300+ placements, a 2M+ candidate network, and named hires at companies like Decagon and Mercor.
A devops engineer owns CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, and reliability so engineering teams ship safely and fast.
What salary does a devops engineer in the US command in 2026?Across 4,000 live postings in the US, a $169K median salary (typically $140K–$195K) — base only; equity is typically on top. Most postings expect 5+ years of experience.
What should you look for when hiring a devops engineer?Depth in the skills these postings require (Python, CI/CD, Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, Docker, Azure, GCP), plus cloud, infrastructure-as-code, and observability depth plus an SRE mindset. Recruiting from Scratch sends a shortlist of 3–5 genuinely qualified candidates, not resume volume.
How does Recruiting from Scratch hire DevOps engineers?On a contingency model — no retainer, no upfront cost, pay only on a hire — with a 29-day average time to hire (industry average 49 days), a 90-day replacement guarantee, and named hires at companies like Decagon and Mercor.
Recruiting from Scratch also publishes salary benchmarks and recruiting-firm rankings for DevOps engineers.
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