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Engine Yard Salary

Engine Yard Salary

Engine Yard pays a median of $162K ($130K–$188K) across 54 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $130K–$188K salary range

Median: $162K  ·  Based on 54 public Engine Yard job postings  ·  Updated July 1, 2026


This Engine Yard 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

Engine Yard · pay benchmark · updated July 1, 2026
$162K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$130K–$188K
Typical range
$253K view JD
Highest base · Sr. Data Privacy & Risk Counsel
54
Open roles
~6 yrs
Typical exp.
+14
54 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 78% of roles mention equity
IC salary by seniority
Senior
$162K (16)
Staff
$190K (11)
Management pay by function
Data
$187K (2)
Outbound
$178K (2)
Growth
$138K (3)
Sales Performance
$123K (2)
Salary by department · median & top base
engineering
$190K (7)
growth
$145K (5)
outbound
$140K (10)
Highest-paying skills
Go $188KAWS $185KSnowflake $164K

Highest-paying open roles at Engine Yard

Engine Yard salary by department

  • engineering: $190K median (7 roles)
  • growth: $145K median (5 roles)
  • outbound: $140K median (10 roles)

Engine Yard salary by seniority

  • Senior: $162K median · $253K top base — Sr. Data Privacy & Risk Counsel (view JD) (16)
  • Staff: $190K median · $251K top base — Staff Product Manager, Spaces (view JD) (11)

Engine Yard salary — lead & management

  • Manager: $114K median · $143K top base — Revenue Enablement Manager [Supply & Partnerships] (view JD) (14)
  • Director: $195K median · $234K top base — Director of Business Recruiting (view JD) (5)

Engine Yard salary by location

  • Remote: $183K median (42 roles)

Remote work at Engine Yard

100% of Engine Yard's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Engine Yard looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: AWS (10) · Node.js (5) · CI/CD (5) · Terraform (4) · Snowflake (3) · TypeScript (3) · Ruby (2) · React (2) · GCP (2) · Python (2).

About Engine Yard

Engine Yard is Series C stage · 101–250 employees · founded 2006 · HQ Austin, Texas. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Engine Yard

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 12+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 2 that do, Bachelor'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; 78% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Engine Yard total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 100% include commission; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Engine Yard hiring activity

Engine Yard has 54 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 54 public job postings with disclosed pay. 14 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (54 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare Engine Yard's pay with companies in the same space:

CompanyMedian payvs Engine YardStage
Amazon$144K↓ -11%Public
Google$200K↑ +24%Public
CGS Federal$126K↓ -22%
SpaceX$135K↓ -16%Series D
Accenture Federal Services$152K↓ -6%Venture-backed
OpenAI$308K↑ +90%Late Stage

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Common questions

What does Engine Yard pay?
The median pay is $162K, with a typical range of $130K–$188K, based on 54 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Engine Yard?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Director, Sales (Denver), at $282K–$340K base.

Which team pays the most at Engine Yard?
The engineering team, at a $190K median.

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 54 public Engine Yard 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 July 1, 2026.

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