Cloud Engineer Jobs

Which levels are hiring

• Junior 3% · 16
• Middle 11% · 58
• Senior 69% · 381
• Lead+ 17% · 95

Few Junior roles — 3%; the usual way in is an adjacent role

Of 550 postings that name a level, Junior — 3%, Middle — 11%, Senior — 69%, Lead+ — 17%.

What postings ask for

• ✔ AWS41%
• ✔ Azure38%
• ○ Terraform17%
• ○ Kubernetes15%
• ○ GCP11%
• ○ Python10%
• ○ Docker10%
• ○ Ansible8%

✔ — in 25%+ of postings, ○ — often listed as a plus

Share of open postings that mention each skill: AWS — 41%, Azure — 38%, Terraform — 17%, Kubernetes — 15%, GCP — 11%, Python — 10%.

Where the openings are

• 🇺🇸 the US222
• 🇵🇱 Poland156
• 🇸🇬 Singapore154
• 🇬🇧 the UK116
• 🇩🇪 Germany87
• 🇮🇳 India72

Open positions by employer country; remote roles are often open to other countries too.

Where to apply

• Company career sites — your application goes straight to the team52%
• Job boards — aggregators and job sites45%
• Telegram channels — job channels2%

Where the openings come from: 52% from company career sites (direct apply), 45% from job boards, 2% from Telegram channels.