The median starting salary is $170,000 a year, measured on the 2,295 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Measured September 2026. Compare with AI salaries by field.
Singapore, RemoteRemote1w
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Kubernetes jobs: 5,947 open roles (Sep 2026)
Live postings that name Kubernetes in the job title or description. Each one is rated AI Level 1–4 for how much AI is in the daily work.
- open roles
- 5,947
- AI Level 3+ (AI in the daily work)
- 1,723
- remote
- 1,577
- median starting salary
- $170,000
$264k-$310kMenlo Park, CA; New York, NY1w
bazelpythongo+2
CAD 181k-CAD 241kRemote CanadaRemote1w
openaianthropiccopilot+3
$184k-$288kUS, CA, Santa Clara1w
kubernetesslurmhelm+9
$164k-$205kMountain View, CaliforniaRemote1w
kubernetesdockerfirecracker+7
$170k-$235kUS, RemoteRemote1w
pythonkubernetesdocker
$177k-$239kUS, CA, Santa Clara1w
vllmpytorchjax+5
$270k-$298kSan Francisco, California, United StatesRemote2w
zapier-ain8nterraform+5
$182k-$242kSan Francisco. CA / Sunnyvale, CA / Bellevue, WA2w
kuberneteshpc
$180k-$385kCanadaRemote2w
threat-modelingsecurity-testing
$184k-$288kUS, DC, RemoteRemote2w
gpunetworkingkubernetes
$184k-$288kUS, CA, RemoteRemote2w
kubernetespythongo+3
$200k-$322kUS, CA, Santa Clara2w
reactnext-jstypescript+2
$149k-$365kVirginia - Herndon2w
claudecopilotdatabricks+9
Hungary > Budapest2w
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AI level of Kubernetes jobs
- AI Level 4944 (16%)
- AI Level 3779 (13%)
- AI Level 2285 (5%)
- AI Level 13,939 (66%)
Companies hiring for Kubernetes
Kubernetes jobs by city
Roles that ask for it
Common questions
How much do Kubernetes jobs pay?
How much AI work do Kubernetes jobs involve?
Of the 5,947 live postings: AI Level 4: 944 (16%); AI Level 3: 779 (13%); AI Level 2: 285 (5%); AI Level 1: 3,939 (66%). See what each level means. Counted September 2026.
Which companies are hiring for Kubernetes jobs?
By number of live postings: NVIDIA (337), Capital One (329), Cisco (214), SpaceX (186), Thales (166). Counted September 2026.
Where are Kubernetes jobs located?
Cities with their own list, by number of live postings: San Francisco (489), New York (417), Bengaluru (370), London (199), Sunnyvale (174). Counted September 2026.
Which skills come up most in Kubernetes jobs?
Named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: Python (3,678), AWS (3,372), Docker (2,601), Google Cloud (2,380), Azure (2,276). Counted September 2026.
Which roles are open in Kubernetes jobs?
By number of live postings: Solutions architect (209), Machine learning engineer (121), AI engineer (107), Forward deployed engineer (77), Data engineer (68). Counted September 2026.
A posting counts when it names Kubernetes in its title or description. Counted September 2026 on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.