How many Kafka jobs in Chicago are open right now?

There are 24 open Kafka jobs in Chicago at 16 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 1 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 Kafka jobs in Chicago?

Right now the most openings are at Databricks (3), Braze (3), DriveWealth (3), Adyen (2) and Crypto.com (2). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.

Are there remote Kafka jobs in Chicago?

4 of the 24 open Kafka jobs in Chicago (17%) 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 Kafka jobs in Chicago pay?

The median advertised salary is $202K, based on 19 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $154K and $225K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.

How do I apply for Kafka jobs in Chicago?

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.

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🇺🇸Kafka jobs in Chicago

24 open roles mentioning Kafka in Chicago as of Nov 14, 2026. Braze, Databricks, DriveWealth, Crypto.com and Adyen have the most. 4 are remote and the median advertised salary is $202K.

Sr. Solutions EngineerDatabricks · 🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois; Remote - California; Remote - New York…—RemoteSeniorPythonSQLGCP4d
Senior Solutions Architect (Pre-Sales)MongoDB · 🇺🇸Chicago$104K - $204KSeniorPythonNode.jsJava9d
Senior Software Engineer (CCC Auto / Agentic)EvolutionIQ · 🇺🇸New York, Chicago, or Remote$180K - $225KRemoteSeniorRustGoPython11d
Solution Architect-North CentralClickHouse · 🇺🇸Chicago—RemoteGCPAzureKafka12d
Senior Data Engineer (P1754) (P1752)84.51° · 🇺🇸Cincinnati, OH; Chicago, IL$121K - $169KSeniorPythonJavaAzure2w
Senior Software Engineer II, Decisioning Studio Integrations TeamBraze · 🇺🇸Chicago$156K - $280KSeniorPythonSQLGCP3w
Senior DevOps EngineerDV Trading · 🇺🇸Chicago$200K - $250KSeniorGoPythonTerraform3w
Engineering Manager - Financial ProductsAdyen · 🇺🇸Chicago—JavaPostgreSQLKafka3w
Solutions EngineerDatabricks · 🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois—PythonJavaSQL4w
Consulting Field Solutions Architect - AI/Analytics - North Central EnterprisePure Storage · 🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Indianapolis, India…$172K - $258KGCPAzurePyTorch5w
Director of EngineeringDriveWealth · 🇺🇸Office - Chicago; Office - NYC$250K - $280KLeadJavaSQLDocker5w
Staff Quantitative DeveloperDriveWealth · 🇺🇸Austin, Texas, United States; Dallas, Texas, United State…$220K - $240KLeadKafkaPandas7w
Manager, Site Reliability EngineeringDriveWealth · 🇺🇸Austin, Texas, United States; Dallas, Texas, United State…$150K - $170KGoPythonTerraform7w
Senior Software Engineer IBraze · 🇺🇸Chicago$140K - $232KSeniorReactJavaKotlin7w
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, ML PlatformBraze · 🇺🇸Chicago$184K - $314KLeadPythonRubyMachine Learning8w
Trading Analytics Developer, Quantitative TradingCrypto.com · 🇺🇸Chicago,IL$100K - $120KPythonJavaSQL2mo
Engineering Manager - IssuingAdyen · 🇺🇸Chicago—JavaPostgreSQLKafka2mo
Senior Manager, Reliability & Platform EngineeringMcMaster-Carr · 🇺🇸Chicago, IL (Elmhurst)$270K - $310KSeniorPythonTypeScriptJavaScript2mo
Solutions Integration Engineer IVSamsara · 🇺🇸Remote - Austin; Remote - CA; Remote - Chicago; Remote -…$106K - $160KRemotePythonSQLGCP3mo
Senior Forward Deployed Engineerproject44 · 🇺🇸Chicago$130K - $190KSeniorDockerKafkaKubernetes3mo
Solutions Architect - Financial Services (Banking and Payments)Databricks · 🇺🇸Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas, Texas; Denve…$180K - $248KPythonJavaSQL3mo
Application Support Engineer (US)Crypto.com · 🇺🇸Chicago,IL$70K - $110KPythonSQLKafka4mo
AI/ML EngineerChime · 🇺🇸Chicago, IL, USA; New York, NY, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA$125K - $292KPythonSQLMachine Learning5mo
Senior Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE)Okta · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New Yo…$143K - $220KSeniorGoPythonSQL6mo

Questions about Kafka jobs in Chicago

How many Kafka jobs in Chicago are open right now?: There are 24 open Kafka jobs in Chicago at 16 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 1 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 Kafka jobs in Chicago?: Right now the most openings are at Databricks (3), Braze (3), DriveWealth (3), Adyen (2) and Crypto.com (2). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
Are there remote Kafka jobs in Chicago?: 4 of the 24 open Kafka jobs in Chicago (17%) 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 Kafka jobs in Chicago pay?: The median advertised salary is $202K, based on 19 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $154K and $225K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.
How do I apply for Kafka jobs in Chicago?: 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.