Updated Nov 10, 2026
Live postings that name Kubernetes in the job title or description, located in New York, United States. Each one is rated from Little AI to Builds AI for how much AI is in the daily work.
Median starting salary: $170,000.
As of November 10, 2026, the median starting salary is $170,000 a year, measured on the 349 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Compare with AI salaries by field.
As of November 10, 2026, of the 458 live postings: Builds AI ●●●●: 74 (16%); Works on AI ●●●○: 88 (19%); Uses AI ●●○○: 23 (5%); Little AI ●○○○: 273 (60%). See what each level means.
As of November 10, 2026, by number of live postings: CoreWeave (63), Capital One (58), Anthropic (31), Scale AI (24), Nscale (21).
As of November 10, 2026, cities with their own list, by number of live postings: San Francisco (504), Santa Clara (186), Sunnyvale (175), Seattle (158), Bellevue (141).
As of November 10, 2026, named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: Python (280), AWS (277), Google Cloud (213), Azure (196), Docker (140).
As of November 10, 2026, by number of live postings: Software engineer (189), Cybersecurity (38), Sales (15), Forward deployed engineer (12), Machine learning engineer (12).
A posting counts when it names Kubernetes in its title or description. Counted on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.
