Platform Engineer LinkedIn profile for San Francisco

If you are applying for Platform Engineer roles in San Francisco, the hard part is not finding one listing. The hard part is making each application look specific enough to pass the recruiter screen and the ATS scan.

158 live listings right now.

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Live Platform Engineer jobs in San Francisco

158 open listings match Platform Engineer in San Francisco right now. The newest:

Skills employers ask for

Terms that keep coming up in the newest Platform Engineer listings in San Francisco, and how many listings use each.
  1. software90 posts
  2. staff software21 posts
  3. reliable23 posts
  4. infrastructure36 posts
  5. layer18 posts
  6. staff28 posts
  7. workloads13 posts
  8. group19 posts
  9. engineering31 posts
  10. engineers23 posts
  11. safe18 posts
  12. data41 posts
  13. train9 posts
  14. power22 posts
  15. engineering manager14 posts
  16. stack15 posts
  17. built21 posts
  18. systems32 posts
  19. models15 posts
  20. frontier12 posts

Who's hiring

Employers with the most open Platform Engineer listings in San Francisco.
  1. Anthropic15 open jobs
  2. Google11 open jobs
  3. Crusoe10 open jobs
  4. Openai10 open jobs
  5. DoorDash USA9 open jobs
  6. Mercor6 open jobs
  7. Baseten5 open jobs
  8. Figma5 open jobs
  9. Langchain5 open jobs
  10. IBM4 open jobs

Advertised pay

From listings that state pay. Many don't, so treat it as a range, not a promise.

$115,000 to $500,000 a year, median $255,000.

What recruiters search first in San Francisco

Recruiters scan for role fit, recent proof, and keywords. For Platform Engineer, your resume should show the tools you used, the problem you solved, and the result. A vague project line does not help. A specific line with numbers, users, revenue, cost, speed, quality, or risk reduction works much better.

Check this before sending another application.

  • Headline
  • Search terms
  • Proof
  • Put the exact job title and adjacent titles in your summary.
  • Mirror the top skills from the job description naturally.
  • Use 3 to 5 achievement bullets that show measurable outcomes.
  • Keep formatting simple so ATS software can parse every section.

Resume keywords for Platform Engineer

Do not stuff keywords. Put them where they belong: skills, project bullets, work experience, and certifications. For Platform Engineer jobs in San Francisco, start with these clusters.

Core skills

role-specific tools, workflows, and delivery methods

Business impact

cost, revenue, speed, quality, risk, retention, or conversion

Collaboration

stakeholders, product, engineering, sales, security, or operations

Proof

portfolio links, shipped work, dashboards, case studies, or GitHub

A practical application plan

Tune your headline, about section, skills, and featured proof so recruiters can find the profile before you apply.
  1. Pick 10 active Platform Engineer listings in San Francisco and save the job descriptions.
  2. Group repeated skills and phrases. Those are your ATS keywords.
  3. Rewrite your resume summary for this exact market and role.
  4. Run the resume and JD through the JobRise ATS checker.
  5. Only apply after your resume clearly matches the must-have requirements.

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Before you apply

Paste the job description into JobRise, check the ATS score, then fix the missing keywords before you send the application. One focused application beats ten generic ones.
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