This role pays less than
92%
of similar roles. Most pay
$151,000–$203,723
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$122k
versus about
$177k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About Elastic
Elastic is the company behind Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, and Logstash). It sells search, observability, and security products built on that search engine, primarily through its Elastic Cloud managed service.
Elastic currently has
240 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$133,100–$210,600
across 91 roles with salary data.
As a Platform Engineer - Kubernetes, you will join a small, focused team dedicated to developing and maintaining application hosting infrastructure on Kubernetes within GCP. You will be responsible for designing scalable infrastructure solutions using infrastructure as code practices, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and managing cloud resources while ensuring security compliance and cost optimization. The role involves monitoring system performance, troubleshooting issues, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve platform usability. To succeed, you must possess expertise in Terraform or Crossplane, experience with cloud providers like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, and knowledge of service mesh architectures such as Istio or Linkerd. You will work within a technical environment focused on building robust platforms for internal applications, utilizing tools like Elasticsearch to support the core business operations and infrastructure requirements.
What does a Platform Engineer earn?
Median $150000 from 32 postings across 22 companies.