Platform Engineer salary in San Francisco
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 16, 2026
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Platform Engineer pay in San Francisco is measured from 24 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is mid-level, where 13 postings put the middle half between $210,000 and $247,500, with a median of $216,500.
By level here, the medians run mid-level $216,500 and senior $212,500.
Against the 4 other measured markets for platform engineer at mid-level, this sits highest; Herndon leads at $197,750.
25 platform engineer roles are open in San Francisco right now, 21 listing pay.
| Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | $210,000 – $247,500 | $216,500 | 13 |
| Senior | $206,125 – $231,625 | $212,500 | 11 |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above.
Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
Open platform engineer roles in San Francisco · 21 with stated pay
Pay marked e is our estimate. Everything else is the employer's own figure.
this job's payour estimatewhere most pay sits here, $170,000–$290,000scale $100,000–$410,000
Platform Engineer (Kubernetes) Clera · San Francisco New $180,000–$210,000 1d ago Platform Engineer, Biotech Clera · San Francisco New $180,000–$240,000 3d ago 
Platform Engineer, Developer Experience Wispr Flow · San Francisco $220,000–$300,000 8d ago 
Client Platform Engineer OpenAI · San Francisco $347,000–$445,000 9d ago 
Senior Platform Engineer Sauna · San Francisco $180,000–$240,000 2w ago 
Staff Platform Engineer DOSS · San Francisco $230,000–$260,000 3w ago 
Senior Platform Engineer Mintlify · San Francisco $190,000–$265,000 4w ago 
Cloud Platform Engineer (SF) Mercor · San Francisco $190,000–$230,000 7w ago 
Senior Client Platform Engineer Faire · San Francisco $174,500–$240,000 8w ago 
Senior Platform Engineer CloudZero · Boston $170,000–$200,000 2mo ago 
Frontend Platform Engineer Harvey · San Francisco $193,400–$290,000 2mo ago 
Platform Engineer Harper · San Francisco $140,000–$280,000 3mo ago 
Platform Engineer Span · Remote · US $125,000–$250,000 3mo ago 
Platform Engineer, APIs & Observability StackAI · Warsaw PLN 320,000–PLN 360,000 3mo ago Platform Engineer (Kubernetes) Clera · San Francisco $150,000–$200,000 4mo ago 
Senior Platform Engineer EDO · Remote · US $170,000–$190,000 5mo ago Senior Frontend Platform Engineer Harvey · New York $193,400–$290,000 5mo ago 
Platform Engineer, Security (Senior/Staff) Pallet · San Francisco or New York $195,000–$265,000 6mo ago 
Platform Engineer Flux · San Francisco $183,000–$250,000 11mo ago 
Cloud Platform Engineer Baseten · San Francisco $165,000–$330,000 1y ago 
Platform Engineer, Model Shaping Together AI · San Francisco $200,000–$290,000 1y ago 
Autonomy Platform Engineer DoorDash USA · San Francisco In listing 4w ago Platform Engineer, Enterprise Wispr Flow · San Francisco $210,000–$253,750e 6w ago Platform Engineer, Billing Systems Wispr Flow · San Francisco $210,000–$253,750e 2mo ago Platform Engineer, Infrastructure Wispr Flow · San Francisco $210,000–$253,750e 2mo ago