Which roles ask for Kafka at tech companies · 106 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
106 roles counted that list Kafka, one per company, title and level; 301 postings in the window.
In short
Kafka: listed in 106 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 61 and preferred in 45. The largest group is software engineer roles: 63 of 106 (59%).
- Required
- 61 of 106 (58%)
- Of the roles that list Kafka
- Preferred
- 45 of 106 (42%)
- Of the roles that list Kafka
- Largest group
- 63 of 106 (59%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for Kafka
Roles listing Kafka, by title family. Where the role has a page, the count is also out of that role's roles whose requirements we read.
| Role | Roles | Of the role's roles we read |
|---|---|---|
| Software engineer | 63 | 63 of 719 (9%) |
| Data engineer | 19 | 19 of 99 (19%) |
| Machine learning engineer | 6 | 6 of 79 (8%) |
| Site reliability engineer | 4 | 4 of 70 (6%) |
| Data architect | 3 | 3 of 11 |
| DevOps engineer | 3 | 3 of 58 (5%) |
| Platform engineer | 3 | 3 of 57 (5%) |
| Analytics engineer | 1 | 1 of 28 |
| Data scientist | 1 | 1 of 112 (1%) |
| QA engineer | 1 | 1 of 63 (2%) |
Companies that ask for it most
- Airbnb3 roles
- CoreWeave3 roles
- SecurityScorecard3 roles
- Be | Shaping the Future2 roles
- Caliberly2 roles
- Coalition, Inc.2 roles
- Okta2 roles
- Sinch2 roles
- SpaceXAI2 roles
- Vantor2 roles
Asked alongside
Out of the 106 Kafka roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 47 of 106 (44%) |
| AWS | 41 of 106 (39%) |
| SQL | 38 of 106 (36%) |
| Java | 35 of 106 (33%) |
| Data Modeling | 34 of 106 (32%) |
| PostgreSQL | 31 of 106 (29%) |
| Distributed Systems | 30 of 106 (28%) |
| Kubernetes | 30 of 106 (28%) |
| CI/CD | 29 of 106 (27%) |
| Git | 28 of 106 (26%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Kubernetes | 22 of 106 (21%) |
| AWS | 18 of 106 (17%) |
| Docker | 18 of 106 (17%) |
| Stream Processing | 15 of 106 (14%) |
| Azure | 13 of 106 (12%) |
| CI/CD | 13 of 106 (12%) |
| RabbitMQ | 12 of 106 (11%) |
| Event-Driven Architecture | 11 of 106 (10%) |
| GCP | 11 of 106 (10%) |
| Identity and Access Management | 10 of 106 (9%) |
Experience
Of the 60 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 60 of 60 (100%)
- 2+ years
- 59 of 60 (98%)
- 3+ years
- 57 of 60 (95%)
- 5+ years
- 43 of 60 (72%)
- 8+ years
- 12 of 60 (20%)
- 10+ years
- 3 of 60 (5%)
Degree
Of the 71 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 8 of 71 (11%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 17 of 71 (24%)
- Preferred
- 0 of 71 (0%)
- Not mentioned
- 46 of 71 (65%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 106 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Roles stating pay
- 40 of 106 (38%)
- Remote roles
- 80 of 106 (75%)
How we count: 106 roles from 91 employers in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Skills are counted out of the roles whose requirements we read. Roles are not filtered by country. Methodology