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Skills demand · updated 2026-09-28

Kafka jobs at AI companies: 215 open roles name it

215 of 14,908 open job descriptions at 286 AI companies mention Kafka (1.4%), across 61 companies. From the companies' own careers feeds, refreshed every 6 hours.

Roles naming Kafka, by function
Engineering85
Infrastructure71
Go-to-market32
Data16
Research8
Product & Design2
Operations1

Companies asking for Kafka most

CompanyRolesShare of their roles
Databricks415%
Palantir144%
CoreWeave103%
Together AI1013%
Abnormal AI810%
Harvey83%
OpenAI71%
Nebius72%
xAI72%
Otter.ai626%
Ema512%
Hebbia525%
PathAI425%
Mercor44%
Crusoe41%

All 61 companies naming Kafka, and the same for every tracked skill, as a table and CSV in AI Hiring Index Pro. Vendors: this is where your category is being hired for.

Open roles that name Kafka 215

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See also: all skills in demand · posted salary ranges · Software Engineer jobs · Solutions Engineer jobs · Infrastructure Engineer jobs.

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