Hiring a devops engineer for remote roles? Across 398 live devops engineer postings for remote roles, the market pays a $171K 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 for remote roles means competing with the companies below.
What employers actually screen for, aggregated across 398 active devops engineer postings for remote roles:
| Percentile | Base salary |
|---|---|
| 25th | $140K |
| Median | $171K |
| 75th | $195K |
Based on 140 devops engineer postings for remote roles that disclose pay. Base only — equity is typically on top.
Across the 263 devops engineer postings for remote roles that spell out responsibilities:
The companies with the most live devops engineer openings for remote roles, with what each pays and screens for (medians shown only where at least 3 postings disclose pay):
| Company | Open devops engineer roles | Median pay (disclosed) | Top skills |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intermedia Labs | 16 | — | Kubernetes, GCP, AWS |
| Fundraise Up | 7 | — | Python, Docker, CI/CD |
| Nebius | 7 | — | Python, CI/CD, Go |
| Point Wild | 7 | — | Python, Ruby, AWS |
| Backblaze | 6 | — | AWS, GCP, Azure |
| NICE | 5 | — | Python, AWS, Terraform |
| Sezzle | 5 | — | Python, Go, React |
| PandaDoc | 5 | — | Python, Java, Django |
| Upstart | 4 | $199K | AWS, Terraform, Go |
| ClickHouse | 4 | — | Python, Go, AWS |
Where the devops engineer demand sits across funding stages, across the 150 companies with the most live openings for remote roles:
| Stage | Companies hiring | Open roles | Median pay (disclosed) | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | 9 | 18 | — | NICE, DUKU AI, Honeycomb Labs |
| Series A | 6 | 7 | — | Exoscale, Bedrock Ocean Exploration, Fanvue.Com |
| Series B | 9 | 11 | $183K | Twingate, Vannevar Labs, Avive Solutions |
| Series C | 12 | 18 | $205K | PandaDoc, Owner, Abacus Insights |
| Series D+ | 35 | 67 | $173K | Fundraise Up, ClickHouse, SecurityScorecard |
| Public | 19 | 47 | $175K | Nebius, Backblaze, Sezzle |
A further 60 of those companies have no funding stage on file and are not shown above.
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 for remote roles command in 2026?Across 398 live postings for remote roles, a $171K 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, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, Go, GCP, Docker), 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.
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