What jobs is Kernel hiring for right now?

As of Oct 31, 2026, Kernel has 9 open jobs on Alion. 8 of them state a salary (89%). They are posted in 4 cities. Its postings score B on the Alion truth index.

Source: Alion Coverage: open vacancies from the employer's own careers board Oct 31, 2026
Open jobs
9
With salary
8 (89%)
Cities
4
Posted in 30 days
1
Median age
78 days

How Kernel hires

Truth index
B 75/100
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
100%
Reposted roles
0%

Kernel scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 4 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 100% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

What Kernel posted in the last two weeks

Posted in 14 days
1
Busiest day
1 Oct 20, 2026
Days with postings
1 / 14
Oct 18, 2026: 0 posted Oct 19, 2026: 0 posted Oct 20, 2026: 1 posted Oct 21, 2026: 0 posted Oct 22, 2026: 0 posted Oct 23, 2026: 0 posted Oct 24, 2026: 0 posted Oct 25, 2026: 0 posted Oct 26, 2026: 0 posted Oct 27, 2026: 0 posted Oct 28, 2026: 0 posted Oct 29, 2026: 0 posted Oct 30, 2026: 0 posted Oct 31, 2026: 0 posted
Oct 18, 2026 weekend Oct 31, 2026

Which roles Kernel is hiring for

9 Jobs
Product 3 33.3%
Security 1 11.1%
Backend 1 11.1%
DevOps 1 11.1%
Solutions 1 11.1%
Other roles 2 22.2%

Where Kernel is hiring

Kernel hires from 4 offices across 1 countries, holding 31 of its open vacancies between them.

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How the work at Kernel is set up

Work format
In office 9 100%
Level
Middle 1 50%
Lead 1 50%
Employment
Full-Time 9 100%

Salaries in Kernel vacancies

8 of 9 vacancies state a salary (89%). The range below is built from those 8 stated figures only, never from an estimate.

Lower quartile
$235k
Median
$235k
Upper quartile
$250k
$230k$250k

All salaries at Kernel

Open vacancies at Kernel

$150k – $230k per year · In office · Full-Time · San Francisco · New York · Seattle · Cincinnati
AI Agents
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DevOps
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Design
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QA
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≈ $147k – $314k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · San Francisco · New York
Model Context Protocol
AI Agents
LLM
Human-in-the-Loop
DevOps
Vercel
Docker
GitHub
Design
Framer
QA
Sentry
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$220k – $265k per year · In office · Full-Time · 4+ years exp · San Francisco · New York
AI Agents
DevOps
Vercel
Apply
$200k – $235k per year · In office · Full-Time · San Francisco · New York · Cincinnati
Model Context Protocol
AI Agents
LLM
Browser Agents
DevOps
Vercel
QA
Playwright
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$225k – $250k per year · In office · Full-Time · San Francisco · New York · Seattle · Cincinnati
AI Agents
DevOps
Vercel
Linux
TCP/IP
DNS
Design
Framer
Apply
$175k – $235k per year · In office · Full-Time · San Francisco · New York · Seattle · Cincinnati
Supabase
AI/ML
AI Agents
Human-in-the-Loop
DevOps
Vercel
Docker
GitHub
Design
Framer
QA
Sentry
Apply
$175k – $235k per year · In office · Full-Time · San Francisco · New York · Seattle · Cincinnati
Supabase
AI/ML
AI Agents
Human-in-the-Loop
DevOps
Vercel
Docker
GitHub
Design
Framer
QA
Sentry
Apply
$175k – $250k per year · In office · Full-Time · San Francisco · New York · Seattle · Cincinnati
AI Agents
LLM
DevOps
Vercel
Apply
$175k – $250k per year · In office · Full-Time · San Francisco · New York · Seattle · Cincinnati
AI Agents
LLM
DevOps
Vercel
Apply

Questions about jobs at Kernel

Is Kernel hiring right now?

Yes. As of Oct 31, 2026, Kernel has 9 open jobs on Alion.

What roles does Kernel hire for?

Kernel is hiring mostly for Product, Security, Backend. The largest group is Product with 3 open vacancies.

How much does Kernel pay?

89% of vacancies at Kernel state a salary. Across those 8 stated figures the range runs from $235k to $250k, with a median of $235k.

Where does Kernel hire?

Kernel has open vacancies in 4 places, most of all in New York, San Francisco, Cincinnati. Kernel is run from San Francisco.

How long have Kernel vacancies been open?

Half have been on Alion for 78 days or less. 4 vacancies at Kernel have been listed for more than 90 days, and postings of that age are far more often out of date.

How reliable are Kernel job postings?

Kernel scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 4 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 100% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again.

How do you apply to Kernel?

Kernel accepts applications through Ashby, so the form opens on that system rather than on Alion.

How to cite this page

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