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Apache Kafka jobs
Open-source distributed event streaming platform for high-throughput, fault-tolerant real-time data pipelines and messaging. Official docs ↗
- Open roles mentioning it
- 2,232
- Companies hiring for it
- 649
- Remote share
- 17%
- Median base pay
- $198K 254 postings state a yearly range
LIVE ROLES
Newest openings that ask for Apache Kafka
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Companies with open roles mentioning Apache Kafka
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Where Apache Kafka roles sit
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Technologies mentioned in the same job posts
COMMON ROLES
Job titles that ask for Apache Kafka
- Senior Software Engineer72
- Staff Software Engineer33
- Senior Data Engineer32
- Senior Backend Engineer23
- Data Engineer16
- Staff Data Engineer15
- Software Engineer15
- Solutions Architect13
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Frequently asked questions
- How many jobs ask for Apache Kafka?
- 2,232 open roles at 649 companies mention Apache Kafka in the job description itself — extracted from the posting, not from the company's marketing. 17% of them are marked remote by the employer.
- What do Apache Kafka roles pay?
- The median posted base pay is $198K, computed over the 254 Apache Kafka roles whose posting states a yearly range we could parse with high confidence. Roles that list no pay, or hourly pay, are excluded.
- Is this the company's whole tech stack?
- No. Each count is a job posting that names the technology. A company's aggregate stack, built from all its open roles, is on its company page.