🇺🇸Kubernetes jobs in California
1,449 open roles mentioning Kubernetes in California as of Nov 14, 2026. CoreWeave, SpaceX, Anduril Industries, Crusoe and Anthropic have the most. 64 are remote and the median advertised salary is $220K.
- Software Engineer, Cloud PlatformBaseten · 🇺🇸San Francisco$165K - $330KGoTerraformMachine Learning
- Principal Sofware Engineer, Applied AIPure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$203K - $275KLeadKubernetesAI
- Senior Software Engineer, Platform FullstackAirbyte · 🇺🇸San Francisco$196K - $235KSeniorTypeScriptReactJava
- Senior Software Engineer, Release EngineeringAgility Robotics · 🇺🇸Hybrid- Any Office (Fremont, CA, Salem, OR, or Pittsburgh…$175K - $274KSeniorPythonLinuxKubernetes
- Senior Software Engineer II, InferenceCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA / Bellevue, WA$182K - $242KSeniorGoPythonC++
- Senior Database AdministratorBraze · 🇺🇸San Francisco$129K - $232KSeniorPythonPostgreSQLTerraform
- Senior Mission Software EngineerVarda Space Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States$169K - $216KSeniorPythonC++Docker
- Senior Network Software Engineer I - Secret ClearanceRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$132K - $198KSeniorDockerJiraAgile
- Senior Network Software Engineer II - Secret ClearanceRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$151K - $227KSeniorDockerJiraAgile
- Principal Network Software Engineer - TS/SCIRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$173K - $259KLeadDockerJiraAgile
- Software Engineer III, Software Services (Applications)Agility Robotics · 🇺🇸Hybrid- Any Office (Fremont, CA, Salem, OR, or Pittsburgh…$144K - $225KRustGoPython
- Engineering Manager, Kubernetes Platform (LKS)Lambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$297K - $440KMachine LearningKubernetes
- Staff Product ManagerAstronomer · 🇺🇸San Francisco or New York (Hybrid)$230K - $300KLeadAirflowKubernetesDatadog
- High Performance Computing Systems Engineer (HPC)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$125K - $160KPythonDockerLinux
- Senior Software Engineer – Backend Platforms and Agentic & ML SystemsSocure · 🇺🇸Hub - San Francisco$230K - $270KSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Staff Software EngineerSocure · 🇺🇸Hub - San Francisco$225K - $280KLeadGoPythonTypeScript
- Staff Software Engineer, (DEM)Crusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$215K - $260KLeadRustGoKubernetes
- Senior Storage EngineerLambda · 🇺🇸San Jose Office (Zanker)$250K - $370KSeniorTerraformMachine LearningKubernetes
- Senior Infrastructure EngineerTrm Labs · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$205K - $245KSeniorGoPythonPostgreSQL
- Platform Engineer, BiotechClera · 🇺🇸San Francisco$180K - $240KGoPythonSQL
- Senior System AdministratorSambaNova · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$160K - $190KSeniorDockerLinuxKubernetes
- Engineering Manager, Security InfrastructureCoreWeave · 🇺🇸New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA$182K - $242KKubernetesPrometheusGrafana
- Senior Production Engineer ICoreWeave · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA$153K - $204KSeniorPythonTerraformGCP
- Staff Software EngineerOverjet · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA—LeadPythonSQLDocker
- Software Developer, CarrierTextNow, Inc. · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$136K - $274KGoPHPCI/CD
- Staff/Principal Fullstack Software EngineerWitnessai · 🇺🇸Bay Area$216K - $274KLeadRustGoTypeScript
- Senior Staff Security Architect (Digital Assets)SoFi · 🇺🇸WA - Seattle; UT - Cottonwood Heights; CA - San Francisco…—LeadCI/CDKubernetesAWS
- Engineering Manager, InfrastructureSentry · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$220K - $400KRustGoPython
- Government Cloud Security EngineerxAI · 🇺🇸Austin, TX; New York, NY; Palo Alto, CA; Washington, DC$100K - $198KTerraformAzureLinux
- Engineering Manager (Security)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$300K - $405KLLMCI/CDKubernetes
- Senior Backend/Full Stack EngineerClera · 🇺🇸San Francisco$100K - $200KSeniorRustGoTypeScript
- Senior Site Reliability EngineerAirbyte · 🇺🇸San Francisco$196K - $235KSeniorGoPythonJava
- Site Reliability Engineer, Data PlatformRevel · 🇺🇸North America | Los Angeles | San Francisco—TerraformCI/CDKubernetes
- Security EngineerCartesia · 🇺🇸*HQ - San Francisco, CA$200K - $240KPythonTypeScriptTerraform
- Senior Software Engineer, AI/ML PlatformAgility Robotics · 🇺🇸Hybrid- Any Office (Fremont, CA, Salem, OR, or Pittsburgh…$197K - $307KSeniorTerraformGCPAzure
- Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure (Mid-Senior level)Zip · 🇺🇸San Francisco$165K - $240KSeniorRedisKubernetesAWS
- Software Engineer, Backend (All Levels)Zip · 🇺🇸San Francisco$160K - $280KPythonJavaScriptReact
- Senior Software Engineer, ML Serving PlatformDoorDash USA · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale, CA; Seattle, WA$168K - $247KSeniorGoPythonJava
- Senior Staff Incident Response EngineerSoFi · 🇺🇸WA - Seattle; CA - San Francisco—LeadGoPythonSQL
- Senior Staff Lead Site Reliability Engineer (R5803)Shield AI · 🇺🇸San Diego, CA, US—LeadGoPythonKubernetes
- Sr. Staff Lead Site Reliability Engineer (R5803)Shield AI · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, US—LeadGoPythonKubernetes
- Staff Cloud Engineer (R5801)Shield AI · 🇺🇸San Diego, CA, US · +1 more location—LeadTerraformKubernetesAWS
- Full-Stack Software Engineer, Reinforcement LearningClera · 🇺🇸San Francisco$130K - $225KPythonTypeScriptReact
- Threat Detection and Response Engineering ManagerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$401K - $510KKubernetes
- Security Incident Response Team ManagerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$401K - $510KKubernetes
- Application Security EngineerLangChain · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$175K - $215KGoPythonTypeScript
- Software Engineer, Frontend (All Levels)Zip · 🇺🇸San Francisco$150K - $220KPythonTypeScriptReact
- Partner Applied AI Engineer, Google CloudOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$197K - $278KPythonGCPLLM
- Senior Ground Software Engineer IIRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$151K - $227KSeniorRustGoPython
- Senior Ground Software Engineer IRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$132K - $198KSeniorRustGoPython
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Questions about Kubernetes jobs in California
- How many Kubernetes jobs in California are open right now?
- There are 1,449 open Kubernetes jobs in California at 319 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 102 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
- Which companies have the most Kubernetes jobs in California?
- Right now the most openings are at CoreWeave (90), SpaceX (67), Anduril Industries (51), Crusoe (37) and Anthropic (36). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote Kubernetes jobs in California?
- 64 of the 1,449 open Kubernetes jobs in California (4%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
- What do Kubernetes jobs in California pay?
- The median advertised salary is $220K, based on 1,236 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $188K and $258K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.
- How do I apply for Kubernetes jobs in California?
- Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Hiring Right Now needs no account and charges nothing for applying.





















