Founder-led · technically screened
Good DevOps hiring is about reliability and flow, not a list of tools. We screen DevOps and platform engineers for the judgement that keeps deploys safe, systems observable and on-call humane — not just Terraform on a CV.
Every candidate is technically assessed by us, people who have done the job, before you spend a minute interviewing.
Not sure which fits? Talk to us and we’ll recommend the right approach.
Base ranges benchmarked to our placement data at venture-backed startups and scale-ups; equity and bonus sit on top. Where a role shares the software-engineer ladder, the bands below are the reference we use. For the full picture, see our salary benchmarks.
| Level | London | Berlin | Amsterdam | New York |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-level | £55k–£85k | €55k–€85k | €55k–€85k | $120k–$150k |
| Senior | £85k–£120k | €85k–€120k | €80k–€115k | $150k–$200k |
| Staff / Principal | £120k–£150k | €115k–€145k | €110k–€140k | $190k–$240k |
Salary data reviewed July 2026.
FAQ
The titles overlap. DevOps usually means enabling teams to ship safely (CI/CD, IaC, tooling); platform engineering builds the internal platform those teams run on; SRE focuses on reliability with an engineering discipline (SLOs, error budgets). We scope which one you actually need before we search.
With realistic scenarios — a broken pipeline, an incident, a scaling problem — rather than trivia. We assess CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, observability and cloud depth, and the reliability judgement that separates strong platform engineers from tool operators.
Strong platform and reliability engineers are in short supply, so a genuine screen and an active network matter for reaching them before competitors.
Ready to build your team?
Tell us what you’re hiring for and we’ll come back with a plan, and usually a technically screened shortlist faster than you’d expect.