Terraform Engineers own the infrastructure-as-code layer — Terraform modules, state management, multi-account / multi-region patterns, drift detection, policy-as-code, and the CI/CD pipelines that apply infrastructure changes safely. Often overlaps with Platform / DevOps / Cloud Architect.
Salary by Experience Level
Junior
$95,000 – $130,000
per year
Mid-Level
$135,000 – $195,000
per year
Senior
$200,000 – $295,000
per year
Required Skills
Terraform 1.x (HCL, modules, workspaces)Terragrunt or Spacelift / Terraform CloudAWS / GCP / Azure provider depthOPA / Sentinel (policy-as-code)State management at scaleCI/CD with Atlantis or GitHub ActionsDrift detectionMigration patterns (import, refactor)
Common Interview Topics
Module design and versioning
State management (S3 backend, locking, isolation)
Multi-account / multi-region patterns
Policy-as-code with OPA or Sentinel
Migrating from CloudFormation / manual provisioning