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Hire devops and platform engineers, shortlisted in 48 hours
Key facts
Shortlist
48 hours
Typical time to hire
18–35 days
Talent availability
Moderate supply
Our screen
Skills we vet for devops and platform engineers
We look for engineers who have been on call for what they built. Infrastructure as code, observability and incident ownership matter more than a list of tools.
| Skill | How we evidence it |
|---|---|
| Kubernetes | Production cluster operations: upgrades, scaling and a real incident |
| Infrastructure as code | Terraform or Pulumi module design and state management |
| CI/CD | Pipelines they built and how they cut build or deploy times |
| Observability | Metrics, logs, traces and how alerts were tuned |
| Cloud cost and security | Concrete savings or hardening they delivered |
Salary bands
DevOps and platform engineers salaries by city
Fixed annual CTC by experience. Use these to sanity-check your budget before you brief us.
Junior
1–3 yrs
Mid
3–6 yrs
Senior
6–10 yrs
Lead
10+ yrs
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| Level | Pune | Bengaluru | Hyderabad |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior (1–3 yrs) | ₹7–13 LPA | ₹8–15 LPA | ₹7–14 LPA |
| Mid (3–6 yrs) | ₹13–27 LPA | ₹15–30 LPA | ₹14–28 LPA |
| Senior (6–10 yrs) | ₹25–46 LPA | ₹28–52 LPA | ₹26–48 LPA |
| Lead (10+ yrs) | ₹40–67 LPA | ₹45–76 LPA | ₹42–70 LPA |
Indicative ranges compiled by Emplyify from market data, Q4 2026. They are a starting point for budgeting, not an offer benchmark; our Talent Index will replace them with pipeline data.
Sample interview loop
A loop that respects candidates' time
1. Recruiter screen · 30 min
Motivation, notice period, CTC, must-have skills
2. Technical deep-dive · 60 min
Past systems, trade-offs, depth on core skills
3. Practical exercise · 60–90 min
Live problem or take-home review, never unpaid multi-day work
4. Hiring manager · 45 min
Team fit, ownership, communication
Screening questions we ask
- “Describe the worst production incident you handled end to end.”
- “How have you structured Terraform across many environments?”
- “What did you change to make deployments safer?”
- “Where did you save the most cloud cost, and how did you measure it?”
Hiring devops and platform engineers: questions
Do you cover SRE roles with on-call?
Yes. We confirm on-call expectations and compensation on the first call so there are no surprises at offer stage.
Which clouds do you hire for?
AWS, Azure and GCP. We note certifications but weight hands-on production experience more heavily.
Two-minute brief
Hiring devops and platform engineers?
We've pre-filled the role. A recruiter replies within 4 business hours; your shortlist follows within 48 hours.