Platform Software Engineer salary

Typical advertised pay for Platform Software Engineer roles, from real job postings on FindRole.

Median advertised base salary

$151,000

Most postings fall between $151,000 and $169,550.

Based on 85 postings across 5 companies. Updated October 4, 2026.

As of October 2026, the median advertised base salary for Platform Software Engineer roles is $151,000, based on 85 live job postings from 5 employers tracked by FindRole.

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Skills employers ask for

Share of Platform Software Engineer postings that name each skill.

Java 67% · 57 of 85
CI/CD 62% · 53 of 85
OCI 61% · 52 of 85
Distributed Systems 60% · 51 of 85
Go 56% · 48 of 85
Python 53% · 45 of 85
Observability 44% · 37 of 85
C++ 42% · 36 of 85
Kubernetes 38% · 32 of 85
API 33% · 28 of 85
C# 29% · 25 of 85
Infrastructure Automation 26% · 22 of 85

Counted once per posting across 85 Platform Software Engineer postings with an extracted skill list, as of October 2026. Spellings are folded to one name (K8s → Kubernetes) — see methodology.

Related roles

Titles whose postings ask for many of the same skills.

Engineer shares Java, CI/CD, Distributed Systems median $185,000
Software Developer shares Java, CI/CD, OCI median $150,412
Software Engineer shares Java, CI/CD, Distributed Systems median $196,000
Architect shares Java, CI/CD, Distributed Systems median $225,000
AI Engineer shares Java, CI/CD, Distributed Systems median $211,200
Site Reliability Engineer shares Java, CI/CD, OCI median $187,000

Top companies hiring Platform Software Engineers

Oracle 76 postings · median $151,000
Braze 4 postings · median $171,828
Apple Inc 3 postings · median $202,800
CVS Health 1 postings · median $125,145
Salesforce 1 postings · median $186,200

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These figures are the midpoint of the advertised salary range on real Platform Software Engineer job postings indexed by FindRole — employer-stated base pay, not total compensation (they exclude equity and bonuses), and they reflect the roles we index rather than the whole market. A guide, not a guarantee.