As of November 10, 2026, the median starting salary is $197,650 a year, measured on the 430 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Compare with AI salaries by field.
$220k-$485kSan Francisco7mo
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Kubernetes jobs in San Francisco: 507 open roles
Updated Nov 10, 2026
Live postings that name Kubernetes in the job title or description, located in San Francisco, United States. Each one is rated from Little AI to Builds AI for how much AI is in the daily work.
- open roles
- 507
- Build or work on AI (AI Level 3–4)
- 280
- remote
- 162
Median starting salary: $197,650.
$250k-$300kSan Francisco2mo
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$400k-$500kSan Francisco3mo
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$200k-$290kSan Francisco14mo
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$200k-$325kSan Francisco Office1w
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San Francisco, California, US1mo
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$200k-$275kSan FranciscoRemote7mo
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$500k-$850kSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY19mo
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$160k-$280kSan Francisco3mo
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$250k-$330kSan Francisco5mo
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$200k-$290kSan Francisco 16mo
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$220k-$270kSan Francisco17mo
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$190k-$270kSan Francisco5mo
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$165k-$330kSan FranciscoRemote9mo
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Principal Member of Technical Staff (PMTS) / Staff Software Engineer – AI Platform (Agentic Systems)
$197k-$314kCalifornia - San Francisco4d
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$500k-$850kFriendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NYRemote1w
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$250k-$320kSan FranciscoRemote2w
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$260k-$300kSan Francisco1mo
$220k-$330kHouston; New York; San Francisco; Seattle1mo
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$231k-$340kSan FranciscoRemote2mo
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$199k-$270kNew York City, New York; San Francisco, California5mo
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$165k-$330kSan FranciscoRemote6mo
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$165k-$330kSan FranciscoRemote20mo
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$200k-$280kSan Francisco12mo
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$165k-$330kSan FranciscoRemote14mo
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AI level of Kubernetes jobs in San Francisco
- ●●●● Builds AI150 (30%)
- ●●●○ Works on AI130 (26%)
- ●●○○ Uses AI21 (4%)
- ●○○○ Little AI206 (41%)
Companies hiring for Kubernetes in San Francisco
Kubernetes jobs in other cities
Roles that ask for it
Common questions
How much do Kubernetes jobs in San Francisco pay?
How much AI work do Kubernetes jobs in San Francisco involve?
As of November 10, 2026, of the 507 live postings: Builds AI ●●●●: 150 (30%); Works on AI ●●●○: 130 (26%); Uses AI ●●○○: 21 (4%); Little AI ●○○○: 206 (41%). See what each level means.
Which companies are hiring for Kubernetes jobs in San Francisco?
As of November 10, 2026, by number of live postings: Anthropic (37), OpenAI (33), CoreWeave (29), Salesforce (25), Scale AI (25).
Which other cities have Kubernetes jobs?
As of November 10, 2026, cities with their own list, by number of live postings: New York (458), Santa Clara (186), Sunnyvale (174), Seattle (158), Bellevue (141).
Which skills come up most in Kubernetes jobs in San Francisco?
As of November 10, 2026, named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: Python (311), AWS (272), Google Cloud (212), Azure (161), Terraform (159).
Which roles are open in Kubernetes jobs in San Francisco?
As of November 10, 2026, by number of live postings: Software engineer (232), Cybersecurity (39), Forward deployed engineer (14), Solutions architect (11), Sales (8).
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.