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Kafka at a Glance

Active Jobs:
13 positions
Companies Hiring:
13
Salary Range:
$290,700 - $470,625/year
Last Updated:
April 17, 2026
Top Hiring:
Netflix, Fanatics, Halliburton
Sources: Remotive, Adzuna, Greenhouse, Lever
13
Open Positions
13
Companies Hiring
$290,700 - $470,625
Salary Range
2 jobs with salary info

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Senior Principal Engineer (Kotlin, Java, Kafka), Fanatics Markets

Fanatics·$201,400 - $331,250·1 week ago
Remote · United States
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Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure

Canonical·3 weeks ago
Remote · Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
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Top Companies Hiring Kafka Developers

Netflix(1 jobs)
Fanatics(1 jobs)
Halliburton(1 jobs)
Info Way Solutions(1 jobs)
Fundraise Up(1 jobs)

Frequently Asked Questions

There are currently 13 active remote Kafka positions from 13 different companies. These numbers update daily as new positions are posted and filled.

Kafka Market Overview

The Kafka market is heavily skewed toward experienced professionals, with 100% of positions requiring senior-level expertise or above.

Hiring pace for Kafka has slowed recently, with 0 postings last week versus an average of 3.3.

Most Kafka positions are for Full-stack roles (69%), followed by Data Engineering (23%).

Kafka Compensation

The median salary range for remote Kafka positions is $290,700 to $470,625 per year (USD). The full range spans from $246,050 (25th percentile) to $540,313 (75th percentile).

Kafka salaries are above the remote market average, reflecting high demand for this specialization. 15% of listings disclose salary information.

Kafka Ecosystem

Technologies most commonly paired with Kafka: Python (54%), Redis (39%), Spark (39%), AWS (39%).

The Kafka ecosystem is startup-dominated (77%), signaling a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment.

Nearly all Kafka positions are fully remote (100%).

Most common job titles: Senior Data Engineer, Data Engineer 5 - Privacy, Engineering Team Leader, DX Platform.

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Related Technologies

Developers who work with Kafka also look for jobs in:

Python(7 jobs)AWS(5 jobs)Redis(5 jobs)Java(5 jobs)Spark(5 jobs)MongoDB(4 jobs)PostgreSQL(4 jobs)GCP(3 jobs)
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