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CloudZero Salary

CloudZero Salary

CloudZero pays a median of $170K ($163K–$221K) across 14 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $163K–$221K salary range

Median: $170K  ·  Based on 14 public CloudZero job postings  ·  Updated June 19, 2026


This CloudZero salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary only (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

CloudZero · pay benchmark · updated June 19, 2026
$170K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$163K–$221K
Typical range
$330K view JD
Highest base · Distinguished Engineer, Data Platform
14
Open roles
~5 yrs
Typical exp.
+3
14 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 93% of roles mention equity
IC salary by seniority
Senior
$160K (5)
Staff
$243K (5)
Pay by location
Remote $230K (7)Boston $163K (6)
Highest-paying skills
Azure $183KGCP $170KAWS $170KGo $160K

Highest-paying open roles at CloudZero

CloudZero salary by seniority

  • Senior: $160K median · $190K top base — Senior IT Operations Engineer (view JD) (5)
  • Staff: $243K median · $330K top base — Distinguished Engineer, Data Platform (view JD) (5)

CloudZero salary by location

  • Remote: $230K median · $330K top base — Distinguished Engineer, Data Platform (view JD) (7 roles)
  • Boston: $163K median · $190K top base — Senior IT Operations Engineer (view JD) (6 roles)

Remote work at CloudZero

58% of CloudZero's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $195K median vs $160K onsite.

What CloudZero looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: AWS (10) · GCP (6) · Azure (5) · Snowflake (3) · Python (2) · BigQuery (2) · SQL (2) · Product Roadmap (2) · Spark (1) · Kafka (1).

About CloudZero

CloudZero is Series C stage · 101–250 employees · founded 2016 · HQ Boston, Massachusetts. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at CloudZero

Roles typically ask for around 5 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 1 that do, Associate's is most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 93% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

CloudZero total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 100% of roles list a bonus; 100% include commission. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

CloudZero hiring activity

CloudZero has 14 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 14 public job postings with disclosed pay. 3 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (14 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare CloudZero's pay with companies in the same space:

CompanyMedian payvs CloudZeroStage
MongoDB 🍃$171K↑ +0%Public
Contentful$148K↓ -13%Series F
Datadog$174K↑ +2%Public
Fluidstack$208K↑ +22%Late Stage
Replit,$218K↑ +28%Venture-backed
Elastic$146K↓ -14%Public

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Common questions

What does CloudZero pay?
The median pay is $170K, with a typical range of $163K–$221K, based on 14 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at CloudZero?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Distinguished Engineer, Data Platform, at $275K–$330K base.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 14 public CloudZero job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed June 19, 2026.

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