The median starting salary is $182,750 a year, measured on the 95 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Measured September 2026. Compare with AI salaries by field.
Kafka jobs in New York: 108 open roles (Sep 2026)
Live postings that name Kafka in the job title or description, located in New York, United States. Each one is rated AI Level 1–4 for how much AI is in the daily work.
- open roles
- 108
- AI Level 3+ (AI in the daily work)
- 23
- remote
- 23
- median starting salary
- $182,750
$215k-$254kLivingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / San Francisco, CA / Bellevue, WARemote2mo
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$160k-$220kBellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; San Francisco, California; Washington, DC4mo
$198k-$210kNew York, New York, United States of America1d
$207k-$275kLivingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / San Francisco, CA / Bellevue, WA2mo
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$195k-$275kNew York, New York, United States of America2w
$175k-$210kNew York, New York, United States of America5d
$115k-$225kNew York, New York, United States of America1w
$405k-$485kSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY3d
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AI level of Kafka jobs in New York
- AI Level 46 (6%)
- AI Level 317 (16%)
- AI Level 25 (5%)
- AI Level 180 (74%)
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Common questions
How much do Kafka jobs in New York pay?
How much AI work do Kafka jobs in New York involve?
Of the 108 live postings: AI Level 4: 6 (6%); AI Level 3: 17 (16%); AI Level 2: 5 (5%); AI Level 1: 80 (74%). See what each level means. Counted September 2026.
Which companies are hiring for Kafka jobs in New York?
By number of live postings: Morgan Stanley (11), CoreWeave (9), Headway (9), Justworks (9), Amazon (8). Counted September 2026.
Which other cities have Kafka jobs?
Cities with their own list, by number of live postings: San Francisco (130), Seattle (39), Bellevue (26), Boston (25), San Jose (25). Counted September 2026.
Which skills come up most in Kafka jobs in New York?
Named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: Python (63), AWS (61), SQL (41), Spark (38), Kubernetes (37). Counted September 2026.
Which roles are open in Kafka jobs in New York?
By number of live postings: Data engineer (7), Forward deployed engineer (5), AI engineer (4), Machine learning engineer (4), AI product manager (2). Counted September 2026.
A posting counts when it names Kafka in its title or description. Counted September 2026 on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.