Cloud Infrastructure
Hyperscalers, cloud-native vendors, and the developer-tools layer.
Over the Jan 04 to May 17 window, Cloud Infrastructure carried 5993 postings from 245 unique companies, with the verdict cooling at growth of ~-21% between halves.
Hiring is cooling at ~-21% between halves of the window, peaking at Jan 18.
Cloud Infrastructure
Systems & Embedded Engineering leads at ~21%, followed by Backend Development at ~18% and DevOps & Platform Engineering at ~12%. Others account for ~23%.
| Rank | Profile | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Systems & Embedded Engineering | 1,252 | ~21% |
| 2 | Backend Development | 1,057 | ~18% |
| 3 | DevOps & Platform Engineering | 717 | ~12% |
| 4 | AI & LLM Applications | 507 | ~8% |
| 5 | Fullstack Development | 427 | ~7% |
| 6 | QA & Testing | 328 | ~5% |
| 7 | Generalist Software Engineer | 298 | ~5% |
| — | Others (aggregate of remaining roles) | 1,381 | ~23% |
Systems & Embedded Engineering is the dominant profile at ~21% of Cloud Infrastructure postings.
Cloud Infrastructure
Cloud Infrastructure runs roughly in line with the market average, with about 10% of postings at entry or junior seniority. The market baseline sits at about 8%, so the fresher pipeline on this industry mirrors broader hiring.
Roughly in line with the market at about 10% entry or junior postings.
Cloud Infrastructure
Cloud Infrastructure hiring is established-firm-dominated: More Established at ~91% and Unicorns at ~4% lead the mix.
More Established account for ~91% of Cloud Infrastructure postings.
Cloud Infrastructure
Cloud Infrastructure hiring is led by Bangalore at ~56% of postings. Hyderabad over-indexes notably relative to its national share at ~22% of the industry's postings. Mumbai region under-indexes notably relative to its national share at ~1% of the industry's postings.
Bangalore dominates at ~56%, with Hyderabad notably over-indexing.