The median starting salary is $182,000 a year, measured on the 19 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Measured September 2026. Compare with AI salaries by field.
Kafka jobs in Sunnyvale: 25 open roles (Sep 2026)
Live postings that name Kafka in the job title or description, located in Sunnyvale, United States. Each one is rated AI Level 1–4 for how much AI is in the daily work.
- open roles
- 25
- AI Level 3+ (AI in the daily work)
- 10
- remote
- 1
- median starting salary
- $182,000
$153k-$204kBellevue, WA / Sunnyvale, CA / San Francisco, CA / Livingston, NJ / Manhattan, NY / Philadelphia, PA / Dallas, TX2w
langgraphtypescriptreact+4
$233k-$280kHQ - Sunnyvale (Office)3w
awsazuregcp
$188k-$275kBellevue, WA / Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / San Francisco, CA / Sunnyvale, CA5mo
$182k-$242kLivingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / San Francisco, CA / Bellevue, WA2mo
chatgptopenaiclaude+13
$182k-$242kLivingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / San Francisco, CA / Bellevue, WA2mo
pythonscalarust+8
Sunnyvale, California, United States of America1mo
copilot
$215k-$254kLivingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / San Francisco, CA / Bellevue, WARemote2mo
gopythontypescript+7
Sunnyvale, California, United States of America3mo
$207k-$275kLivingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / San Francisco, CA / Bellevue, WA2mo
kubernetessparkairflow+4
Sunnyvale, California, United States of America4d
databricks
$182k-$242kLivingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / Bellevue, WA10h ago
$165k-$242kSunnyvale, CA / Bellevue, WA5mo
Sunnyvale, California1w
AI level of Kafka jobs in Sunnyvale
- AI Level 42 (8%)
- AI Level 38 (32%)
- AI Level 21 (4%)
- AI Level 114 (56%)
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Common questions
How much do Kafka jobs in Sunnyvale pay?
How much AI work do Kafka jobs in Sunnyvale involve?
Of the 25 live postings: AI Level 4: 2 (8%); AI Level 3: 8 (32%); AI Level 2: 1 (4%); AI Level 1: 14 (56%). See what each level means. Counted September 2026.
Which companies are hiring for Kafka jobs in Sunnyvale?
By number of live postings: CoreWeave (9), Applied Intuition (5), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (5), Illumio (5), Cerebras (1). Counted September 2026.
Which other cities have Kafka jobs?
Cities with their own list, by number of live postings: San Francisco (130), New York (108), Seattle (39), Bellevue (26), Boston (25). Counted September 2026.
Which skills come up most in Kafka jobs in Sunnyvale?
Named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: Python (21), Kubernetes (20), Spark (11), Java (10), AWS (9). Counted September 2026.
Which roles are open in Kafka jobs in Sunnyvale?
By number of live postings: AI engineer (1), AI product manager (1), Data engineer (1), Machine learning engineer (1). 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.