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Kafka Jobs in San Francisco

130 open positions · Updated 1 week ago

Average salary (USD/year): 198.5k–278.4k/yr
130 roles Senior 61, Staff 44, Mid 16, Lead 5, Junior 3, Vp 1 1–12 yrs experience Bellevue, WA / Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / San Francisco, CA / Sunnyvale, CA +43 more Full-time newest 4 hours ago

130 Kafka roles across 58 companies, most in Backend; 6% fully remote; typical advertised salary $193.4k

Work arrangement: 8 fully remote · 66 hybrid · 18 on-site · 38 not stated

Advertised salaries: p25 $177.2k · median $193.4k · p75 $225k (from 81 disclosed annual salaries, USD)

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Hedra

Design and scale backend systems for Hedra’s developer platform, focusing on Python services and cloud infrastructure.

Hedra San Francisco Published 3 months ago
Exa

Join Exa as a Data Engineer to build massive-scale data infrastructure for a revolutionary AI-powered search engine.

Exa San Francisco, California Published 8 months ago
Flexible on stack
Decagon

Design and operate data systems that power Decagon's AI products, ensuring high reliability and performance.

Decagon San Francisco $200k–$400k/yr Published 2 weeks ago
Flexible on stack
Sleeper

Join Sleeper as a Backend Software Engineer to build scalable systems for millions of sports fans in a fast-growing startup.

Sleeper San Francisco $140k–$185k/yr Published 4 months ago
Flexible on stack
Sleeper

Join Sleeper as a Staff Software Engineer to scale backend systems for millions of sports fans in a remote-friendly environment.

Sleeper San Francisco $225k–$300k/yr Published 5 months ago
Flexible on stack
Sleeper

Join Sleeper as a Senior Backend Engineer to build scalable systems for millions of sports fans in a fast-growing startup.

Sleeper San Francisco $170k–$220k/yr Published 4 months ago
Flexible on stack
Very Good Security

Lead the Payments Acceptance engineering team at VGS, driving technical strategy and pioneering AI-native engineering management.

Very Good Security San Francisco Bay Area Published 3 months ago
Flexible on stack Heavy meetings
Very Good Security

Join VGS as a Senior Software Engineer to design and optimize high-availability payment systems for global commerce.

Very Good Security San Francisco Bay Area Published 10 months ago
Flexible on stack 70% coding
Gamma

Own the operational health of Gamma's backend platform while building automation and tooling to improve reliability for millions of users.

Gamma San Francisco $230k–$310k/yr Published 10 months ago
Flexible on stack
Gamma

Join Gamma as a Trust & Safety Engineer to protect millions of users from fraud and abuse while leveraging AI technologies.

Gamma San Francisco $180k–$310k/yr Published 1 month ago
Flexible on stack
Gamma

Architect and scale trust infrastructure to protect 70M+ users while fostering a creative environment at Gamma.

Gamma San Francisco $180k–$310k/yr Published 1 month ago
Flexible on stack
Atoms

Lead strategy for internal infrastructure teams at Atoms, focusing on developer velocity and system reliability.

Atoms San Francisco, CA $224k–$284k/yr Published 2 months ago
Instabase

Lead the design and development of the Agent Harness for SuperApp, enabling secure and scalable AI agent execution.

Instabase San Francisco, CA $230k–$315k/yr Published 1 month ago
70% coding
Faire

Own the technical vision of Faire’s ML platform, leading cross-functional initiatives to enhance data science velocity at scale.

Faire Remote - US; San Francisco, CA $295k–$405.5k/yr Published 3 weeks ago
Flexible on stack
Ambience Healthcare

Join Ambience as a Staff Software Engineer to design and maintain AI-driven infrastructure that enhances healthcare provider experiences.

Ambience Healthcare San Francisco $250k–$300k/yr Published 3 years ago
Flexible on stack
Fastly

Lead the design and development of scalable billing infrastructure and usage APIs at Fastly.

Fastly San Francisco, CA $211.4k–$253.6k/yr Published 2 months ago
Flexible on stack AI-first team
Coreweave

Join CoreWeave as a Staff Software Engineer to own the reliability and performance of our Kubernetes-based data platform.

Coreweave Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / San Francisco, CA / Bellevue, WA $207k–$275k/yr Published 1 month ago
Flexible on stack
Coreweave

Own the strategy and execution for CoreWeave's data services portfolio, shaping the future of data in AI cloud environments.

Coreweave Bellevue, WA / Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / San Francisco, CA / Sunnyvale, CA $188k–$275k/yr Published 5 months ago
Coreweave

Take end-to-end ownership of the reliability and performance of our Kubernetes-based data platform at CoreWeave.

Coreweave Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / San Francisco, CA / Bellevue, WA $182k–$242k/yr Published 1 month ago
Flexible on stack
Coreweave

Join CoreWeave as a Senior Engineer I to design and optimize large-scale data systems for AI/ML in a fully remote environment.

Coreweave Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / San Francisco, CA / Bellevue, WA $215k–$254k/yr Published 2 months ago