Live postings that name Kafka in the job title or description, located in San Francisco, United States. Each one is rated AI Level 1–4 for how much AI is in the daily work.
The median starting salary is $190,000 a year, measured on the 114 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Measured September 2026. Compare with AI salaries by field.
Of the 130 live postings: AI Level 4: 19 (15%); AI Level 3: 33 (25%); AI Level 2: 3 (2%); AI Level 1: 75 (58%). See what each level means. Counted September 2026.
By number of live postings: Orb (13), Salesforce (8), Harvey (7), OpenAI (7), CoreWeave (6). Counted September 2026.
Named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: Python (86), AWS (72), Kubernetes (59), Spark (59), PostgreSQL (52). Counted September 2026.
By number of live postings: Data engineer (9), Solutions architect (3), AI engineer (2), AI product manager (2), Machine learning engineer (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.
