AI Hiring Index
Posted salary ranges · updated 2026-09-28

Platform Engineer salary at AI companies, 2026

18 open Platform Engineer roles at 2 AI companies publish a base-salary range. The median posted range is $185k to $246k; the 90th percentile of posted maximums is $350k. From the companies' own postings, refreshed every 6 hours.

By company

The companies posting this role most often first.

CompanyRolesMedian lowMedian highMedian midpoint90th pct high
Together AI2$220k$285k$252k$290k
Palantir2$135k$200k$168k$200k

By level

LevelRolesMedian lowMedian highMedian midpoint90th pct high
Staff+4$205k$255k$230k$280k
Senior8$172k$281k$230k$350k
Unspecified6$188k$235k$212k$350k

By region

RegionRolesMedian lowMedian highMedian midpoint90th pct high
Remote4$205k$260k$230k$340k
US14$180k$246k$212k$350k

Highest posted Platform Engineer ranges

One row per company.

CompanyRoleRangeLocation
E2BPlatform Engineer$250k to $350kSan Francisco
LambdaSenior Platform Engineer - Core Infrastructure$230k to $340kSan Francisco Office (Fremont St); San J
LegoraSenior Platform Engineer$237k to $321kNew York City

Titles are normalised (seniority words and team suffixes removed) so postings for the same role group together. All functions and companies.

New infrastructure roles at AI companies, every Monday. The week's openings in this function across 286 companies, plus the weekly index. Free.

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