Platform Engineer salaries in San Francisco.
What Platform Engineer roles in San Francisco pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$228,950
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$200k – $275.5k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
76.3%
412 of 540 roles
Live roles
540
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
Platform Engineer
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Software Engineer, Platform
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Infrastructure Engineer
Principal Engineer, AI Platform
Software Engineer, GPU Infrastructure - HPC
Principal Security Engineer, Infrastructure Security
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
OpenAI
|
$307,500 | 27 |
Databricks
|
$225,000 | 17 |
|
Anthropic
|
$402,500 | 14 |
Thinking Machines Lab
|
$412,500 | 9 |
Crusoe
|
$232,500 | 9 |
Perplexity
|
$312,500 | 8 |
Fluidstack
|
$238,500 | 8 |
| SA Scale AI | $212,110 | 8 |
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How much do Platform Engineer roles in San Francisco pay?
The median salary for Platform Engineer roles in San Francisco is $228,950 per year. Most pay falls between $200,000 (25th percentile) and $275,500 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $178,500 to $336,100.
These figures are computed live from 540 active Platform Engineer roles in San Francisco on JobsRadar, of which 412 (76.3%) publish a salary range. Pay is normalized to annualized USD so roles can be compared on equal terms; the highest-paying roles listed above show their original posted currency. Numbers refresh every few hours as new roles are posted and older ones close.
Employers currently hiring well-paid Platform Engineer roles in San Francisco include Metis, Inc., Anthropic, Mercor and Pinterest.
Salary transparency varies by employer and region, so the disclosing share above reflects only roles that publish pay — not every open position. Use it as a directional benchmark rather than an exact offer.