Hiring a devops engineer in Seattle? Across 71 live devops engineer postings in Seattle, the market pays a $177K median salary (typically $155K–$205K). 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 Seattle means competing with the companies below.
What employers actually screen for, aggregated across 71 active devops engineer postings in Seattle:
| Percentile | Base salary |
|---|---|
| 25th | $155K |
| Median | $177K |
| 75th | $205K |
Based on 35 devops engineer postings in Seattle that disclose pay. Base only — equity is typically on top.
Seattle pays about 6% above the US median for this role ($168K).
The companies with the most live devops engineer openings in Seattle, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | 11 | — | Python, Java, Go |
| SpaceX | 5 | $198K | Go, Python, Kubernetes |
| Okta | 4 | $221K | Python, Go, Terraform |
| Axon | 3 | $175K | Kubernetes, AWS, Azure |
| nScale | 3 | $200K | Python, Go, Kubernetes |
| Oracle | 3 | $139K | — |
| Apple | 3 | — | Kubernetes, AWS, GCP |
| Comtech | 3 | — | Python, Ruby, Java |
| 2 | — | — | |
| Reply | 2 | — | Kubernetes, CI/CD |
Where the devops engineer demand sits across funding stages, across the 31 companies with the most live openings in Seattle:
| Stage | Companies hiring | Open roles | Median pay (disclosed) | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | 1 | 1 | — | WEX |
| Series B | 3 | 3 | — | Ditto, Striveworks, iStreamPlanet |
| Series C | 2 | 4 | — | nScale, iSpot.tv |
| Series D+ | 8 | 13 | $175K | SpaceX, Blue Origin, Hive |
| Public | 10 | 33 | $188K | Microsoft, Okta, Axon |
A further 7 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 in Seattle command in 2026?Across 71 live postings in Seattle, a $177K median salary (typically $155K–$205K) — 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, Kubernetes, Go, AWS, Terraform, Azure, GCP, Java), 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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