What is Kafka and how common is it in AI job postings?

Kafka is a skill in the "Data Engineering" category. It currently appears in 107 active AI roles across 43 companies in our index.

Which companies are hiring for Kafka?

The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Kafka are: Visa (8), Adobe (7), Walmart (6), Reddit (6), Apple (6).

Is demand for Kafka growing?

Over the last 12 weeks, 75 new AI postings mentioned Kafka. Demand is rising — up 100% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.

At which stage of AI development is Kafka used?

Roles requiring Kafka are concentrated in: agents (64%), serving infrastructure (13%), application (10%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.

What skills are commonly paired with Kafka?

Job postings that mention Kafka most often also require: Python, Spark, Distributed Systems, Machine Learning, Data Pipelines.

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Kafka

107 active AI roles across 43 companies mention Kafka. Category: Data Engineering.

Demand trend

New AI postings mentioning Kafka per week — 75 total over 12 weeks.

Sector

All Enterprise · 26 Big Tech · 14 Fintech · 12 Consumer · 12 Retail · 8 Media · 8 Banking · 6 Insurance · 4 Industrial · 4 Data AI · 4 Semiconductors · 3 Telecom · 2 Auto · 2 Vertical AI · 1 Robotics · 1 Multimodal · 1

Function

All Engineering · 106 Research · 1 Product · 1

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106 AI roles requiring this skill.

Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Stage
Uber	Software Engineer II ML, Merchant Intel 8	Consumer	7	L4
Uber	Machine Learning Engineer II	Consumer	7	L6
Apple	Staff Machine Learning Engineer – Ads Platform	Big Tech	7	L6
Uber	Senior AI/ML Engineer	Consumer	7	L4
Walmart	(USA) Staff, Software Engineer	Retail	7	L4
Apptronik	Integration Engineer - Connect	Robotics	7	L4
ByteDance	LLM AIOps Development Engineer - Data Center Networking	Big Tech	7	L4
ByteDance	LLM AIOps Development Engineer - Data Center Networking	Big Tech	7	L4
ZoomInfo	Principal Software Engineer	Enterprise	7	L4
Walmart	(USA) Senior Manager, Data Engineering	Retail	7	L4
Twilio	Staff Machine Learning Engineer (L4)	Enterprise	7	L3
MongoDB	Software Engineer, Code Generation	Enterprise	7	L4
MongoDB	Software Engineer, Code Generation	Enterprise	7	L4
Upstart	Principal Software Engineer, Machine Learning Simulations	Fintech	7	L3
Cognite	Senior Principal Architect	Industrial	7	L4
Walmart	Principal, Software Engineer	Retail	7	L4

Frequently asked questions

What is Kafka and how common is it in AI job postings?
Kafka is a skill in the "Data Engineering" category. It currently appears in 107 active AI roles across 43 companies in our index.
Which companies are hiring for Kafka?
The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Kafka are: Visa (8), Adobe (7), Walmart (6), Reddit (6), Apple (6).
Is demand for Kafka growing?
Over the last 12 weeks, 75 new AI postings mentioned Kafka. Demand is rising — up 100% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.
At which stage of AI development is Kafka used?
Roles requiring Kafka are concentrated in: agents (64%), serving infrastructure (13%), application (10%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.
What skills are commonly paired with Kafka?
Job postings that mention Kafka most often also require: Python, Spark, Distributed Systems, Machine Learning, Data Pipelines.

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