131 Active Listings Updated December 2025
Terraform Salary Data
Real compensation packages for Terraform developers at high-growth startups. Based on direct data from Hacker News "Who is Hiring" threads.
Median Salary
$140,000
/yearBased on 131 verified postings
Market Range (P25 - P75)
$120,000-$150,000
Entry ($40,000)MedianTop ($240,000)
Top Companies Hiring
- Spacelift16 jobs
- Peregrine Technologies12 jobs
- Bitnomial6 jobs
Location Distribution
Remote65%
San Francisco Bay Area21%
Europe2%
Other12%
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Full-Stack Engineer + PM + DevOps/Infra
[F]grind
$240,000 - $370,000
Full-Stack Engineer + PM + DevOps/Infra
[F]stable
$240,000 - $370,000
Platform Engineer and Full-Stack Engineer
[F]grind
$220,000 - $350,000
Senior Engineers: Backend, Frontend, AI
[F]grind
$180,000 - $280,000
Lead Software Engineer, Platform
[E]grind
$180,000 - $200,000
Lead Software Engineer, Platform
[E]grind
$180,000 - $200,000
Senior Engineers: Backend, Frontend, AI
[E]grind
$180,000 - $280,000
Lead Software Engineer, Platform
[E]grind
$180,000 - $200,000
Senior Software Engineer (Cloud Infrastructure)
[E]grind
$175,000 - $210,000
Multiple roles (Senior Infrastructure Security Engineer, Software Development Manager, Product Security, Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Senior MLOps Engineer, Senior + Staff Database Engineers, Software Development Manager, CalendarRules)
[E]grind
$165,000 - $215,000
Senior Backend Engineer (Growth Engineer)
[E]grind
$160,000 - $230,000
Founding CTO & iOS Engineer
[E]CRUNCH
$160,000 - $200,000
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
[E]CRUNCH
$160,000 - $230,000
Software Engineer
[F]grind
$160,000 - $240,000
Software Engineer
[E]grind
$160,000 - $210,000
Software Engineer
[E]CRUNCH
$160,000 - $210,000
Senior Software Engineer, Reliability
[E]grind
$160,000 - $220,000
Senior Software Engineer
[E]grind
$160,000 - $280,000
Senior Backend Engineer (Growth Engineering)
[E]grind
$160,000 - $230,000
Haskell Software Engineer, Senior Frontend Engineer
[E]stable
$150,000 - $225,000
Senior Backend Systems Engineer
[E]grind
$150,000 - $200,000
Software Engineer (full-stack) and Machine Learning Engineer
[E]grind
$150,000 - $210,000
Sr/Principal DevOps Engineer
[E]grind
$150,000 - $175,000
Haskell Software Engineer, Senior Frontend Engineer
[E]grind
$150,000 - $225,000
Haskell Software Engineer, Senior Frontend Engineer
[E]grind
$150,000 - $225,000
Haskell Software Engineer and Senior Frontend Engineer
[E]grind
$150,000 - $225,000
Systems Engineer & Design Engineer
[F]grind
$150,000 - $220,000
Senior Platform/DevOps Engineer
[E]grind
$150,000 - $230,000
Senior Platform/DevOps Engineer
[E]grind
$150,000 - $230,000
Senior Platform/DevOps Engineer
[E]grind
$150,000 - $230,000
Infrastructure Software Engineer
[E]grind
$150,000 - $200,000
Senior Software Engineer, AI Team
[F]grind
$150,000 - $200,000
Senior Full Stack Engineer
[E]grind
$150,000 - $200,000
Senior Full Stack Engineer
[E]grind
$150,000 - $200,000
Full-stack Software Engineer
[F]grind
$140,000 - $290,000
Frontend Engineer, Backend Engineer
[E]stable
$140,000 - $250,000
Staff Software Engineer (Frontend, Backend)
[E]CRUNCH
$140,000 - $180,000
DevOps Engineer
[E]grind
$140,000 - $155,000
Full-time Software Engineer - Open Source
[E]grind
$140,000 - $180,000
DevOps Engineer
[E]grind
$140,000 - $155,000
Frontend Engineer, Backend Engineer
[E]grind
$140,000 - $250,000
Staff Software Engineer (Frontend, Backend, Platform)
[E]grind
$140,000 - $180,000
Senior/Staff Backend Engineer - Query Compiler
[E]grind
$140,000 - $200,000
Frontend Engineer, Backend Engineer
[E]grind
$140,000 - $250,000
Senior Software Engineer
[E]grind
$130,000 - $250,000
Senior Software Engineer
@HRstable
$130,000 - $215,000
Senior Full Stack Engineer
@HRstable
$130,000 - $215,000
Senior Software Engineer
[E]stable
$130,000 - $250,000
Senior Software Engineers
[E]stable
$130,000 - $250,000
Senior Software Engineer
[E]grind
$130,000 - $215,000
Senior Software Engineer
[E]stable
$130,000 - $250,000
Senior Software Engineer (backend focused)
[F]grind
$130,000 - $190,000
Senior Software Engineers
[E]grind
$130,000 - $250,000
Senior Software Engineer
[E]grind
$130,000 - $215,000
Full-Stack Engineers
[E]grind
$130,000 - $180,000
Senior Site Reliability Engineer, DevOps
[E]grind
$130,000 - $142,000
Senior Software Engineer, Mobile
[E]stable
$130,000 - $215,000
Senior Software Engineer (backend focused)
[E]grind
$130,000 - $190,000
Software Engineer (full-stack)
[F]grind
$130,000 - $190,000
Senior Mobile Engineer
@HRstable
$130,000 - $215,000
Senior Full Stack Engineer
@HRstable
$130,000 - $215,000
Senior DevOps Engineer
[E]grind
$125,000 - $150,000
Senior Backend Engineer
[E]grind
$120,000 - $200,000
Senior Backend Engineer
[E]grind
$120,000 - $200,000
Backend Engineer, Front-End Engineer, Data Scientist/ML Engineer
@HRgrind
$120,000 - $150,000
Devops/Infrastructure/Software Engineer
[F]grind
$120,000 - $160,000
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Commonly Paired With
## Market Signal (December 2025)
Top Hirers: Spacelift leads hiring for Terraform roles with 16 active posts, followed by Peregrine Technologies.
### 🌍 Location & Remote Dynamics
Remote-Friendly: Terraform is highly remote-friendly, with 65% of roles open to remote work. Parity: Remote and onsite compensation for Terraform is effectively equal, with less than 5% variance in median pay.
### 💡 Tech Stack Context
Common Stack: 76% of Terraform jobs also require AWS, and 50% mention Kubernetes.
### 💰 Compensation Analysis
The median base salary for Terraform developers is $140,000, with top-tier roles (P75) reaching $150,000.
Top Hirers: Spacelift leads hiring for Terraform roles with 16 active posts, followed by Peregrine Technologies.
### 🌍 Location & Remote Dynamics
Remote-Friendly: Terraform is highly remote-friendly, with 65% of roles open to remote work. Parity: Remote and onsite compensation for Terraform is effectively equal, with less than 5% variance in median pay.
### 💡 Tech Stack Context
Common Stack: 76% of Terraform jobs also require AWS, and 50% mention Kubernetes.
### 💰 Compensation Analysis
The median base salary for Terraform developers is $140,000, with top-tier roles (P75) reaching $150,000.