How many cloud engineer jobs are open right now?

There are 1,196 open cloud engineer jobs at 301 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 63 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.

Which companies have the most cloud engineer jobs?

Right now the most openings are at SpaceX (98), OpenAI (57), Palantir (37), Anthropic (30) and CoreWeave (23). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.

Are there remote cloud engineer jobs?

248 of the 1,196 open cloud engineer jobs (21%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.

What do cloud engineer jobs pay?

The median advertised salary is $230K, based on 645 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $195K and $275K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.

How do I apply for cloud engineer jobs?

Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Hiring Right Now needs no account and charges nothing for applying.

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Q: What is a cloud engineer job?

In a cloud engineer job, a person sets up and runs software on rented servers at Amazon, Google or Microsoft, and keeps the bill and the uptime in check. 1,196 such roles are open on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026.

Cloud engineer: a person in this job sets up and runs software on rented servers at Amazon, Google or Microsoft, and keeps the bill and the uptime in check. SpaceX, OpenAI, Palantir, Anthropic and CoreWeave have the most open roles with “Cloud engineer” or a close variant in the title right now.

1,196 open roles · 63 posted in the last 7 days · 21% remote · 301 companies hiring · $230K median advertised salary · checked Nov 14 against employer career pages

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Skills asked for in cloud engineer roles

Python584 · 49%Kubernetes576 · 48%AWS484 · 40%Terraform411 · 34%Go373 · 31%CI/CD345 · 29%GCP316 · 26%

Bars show the share of these 1,196 roles; one role can count in several rows.

Newest cloud engineer jobs

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Where cloud engineer roles are

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What cloud engineer roles pay, by level

Level in the title	Median advertised salary	Roles counted
No level in the title	$228K	284
Senior	$212K	185
Lead	$252K	173

Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.

Questions about cloud engineer jobs

What is a cloud engineer job?: In a cloud engineer job, a person sets up and runs software on rented servers at Amazon, Google or Microsoft, and keeps the bill and the uptime in check. 1,196 such roles are open on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026.
How many cloud engineer jobs are open right now?: There are 1,196 open cloud engineer jobs at 301 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 63 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
Which companies have the most cloud engineer jobs?: Right now the most openings are at SpaceX (98), OpenAI (57), Palantir (37), Anthropic (30) and CoreWeave (23). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
Are there remote cloud engineer jobs?: 248 of the 1,196 open cloud engineer jobs (21%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
What do cloud engineer jobs pay?: The median advertised salary is $230K, based on 645 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $195K and $275K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.
How do I apply for cloud engineer jobs?: Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Hiring Right Now needs no account and charges nothing for applying.

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