# AI Engineer Jobs in California Source: https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/ai-engineer/in/california Live roles, 15 November 2026. Real Analyst Jobs. 183 AI engineer roles in California are open on Real Analyst Jobs as of 15 November 2026, at 84 companies. 148 (81%) are at employers with a USCIS H-1B record (USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, FY2023 to FY2026, data as of 2026-09-30). An H-1B record is the employer's history, not a promise for this role. The most are at OpenAI (27), Anthropic (21) and Mercor (8). By location: San Francisco (111), San Jose (16) and Los Angeles (7). 123 of the 183 roles list yearly pay in US dollars; the median midpoint of the listed ranges is $255K, and the middle half runs from $229K to $295K. 7 postings say they will not sponsor a visa; they stay on the list, last. Sources: roles from the employers' own career pages; [USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub](https://www.uscis.gov/tools/reports-and-studies/h-1b-employer-data-hub) (data as of 2026-09-30). ## In the postings' own words > Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! Anthropic, careers page posting for [Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-engineer-enterprise-anthropic-7421857f). Counted as says it sponsors. > #li-ps1 At this time, Midi is unable to provide visa sponsorship. Midi Health, careers page posting for [Staff Software Engineer, AI Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-software-engineer-ai-engineer-midi-health-b00a9747). Counted as says it will not sponsor, and listed last. ## The numbers | Fact | Count | | --- | --- | | Open roles | 183 | | Companies | 84 | | At employers with a USCIS H-1B record | 148 | | Postings that say they sponsor | 14 | | Postings that say they will not sponsor | 7 | | Fully remote | 0 | | Entry level | 6 | | State pay in the posting | 123 | | List yearly pay in US dollars | 123 | | Median midpoint of listed pay | $255K | | Middle half of listed pay | $229K to $295K | ## Companies hiring | Company | Open roles | New H-1B workers (USCIS) | | --- | --- | --- | | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | 27 | 597 | | [Anthropic](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anthropic) | 21 | 276 | | Mercor | 8 | No match | | [TikTok](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/tiktok) | 7 | 1,559 | | [Perplexity](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/perplexity) | 4 | 29 | | [Scale AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/scale-ai) | 4 | 147 | | [SoFi](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/sofi) | 4 | No match | | [AMD](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/amd) | 3 | 1,041 | | [Apple](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/apple) | 3 | 6,872 | | [Avathon](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/avathon) | 3 | 4 | | Clera | 3 | No match | | [Faire](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/faire) | 3 | No match | | [Okta](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/okta) | 3 | 123 | | [Rivian](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/rivian) | 3 | 902 | | [Snowflake](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/snowflake) | 3 | 775 | | [Anduril Industries](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anduril-industries) | 2 | 0 | | Campfire | 2 | No match | | [Crusoe](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/crusoe) | 2 | 205 | | [Deepgram](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/deepgram) | 2 | 1 | | [Docker](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/docker) | 2 | 7 | | [Everlaw](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/everlaw) | 2 | 30 | | [Genentech](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/genentech) | 2 | 285 | | [Glean](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/glean) | 2 | 58 | | [Midi Health](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/midi-health) | 2 | No match | | [OKX](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/okx) | 2 | No match | | [Publicis Groupe](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/publicis-groupe) | 2 | 92 | | Roboforce | 2 | 15 | | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | 2 | 853 | | [SpaceX](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/spacex) | 2 | 56 | | [Zoox](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/zoox) | 2 | 547 | | [6sense](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/6sense) | 1 | No match | | [Accenture](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/accenture) | 1 | 2,005 | | AKASA | 1 | 3 | | [Amgen](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/amgen) | 1 | 505 | | [Brex](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/brex) | 1 | 44 | | Capsule | 1 | No match | | [CoreWeave](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/coreweave) | 1 | 106 | | [Coupang](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/coupang) | 1 | No match | | [Crunchyroll](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/crunchyroll) | 1 | 49 | | [Databricks](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/databricks) | 1 | 808 | | Demandbase | 1 | 10 | | [DocuSign](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/docusign) | 1 | 279 | | [DoorDash](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/doordash) | 1 | 891 | | Drata | 1 | 13 | | Ema | 1 | No match | | [Figma](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/figma) | 1 | 116 | | [Fluidstack](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/fluidstack) | 1 | 33 | | [Fuel Cycle](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/fuel-cycle) | 1 | 1 | | Furtherai | 1 | 5 | | [Gilead Sciences](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/gilead-sciences) | 1 | 250 | Showing the 50 with the most roles of 84 companies. ## The roles | Role | Company | Location | Employer H-1B record | Posting says | First seen | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Applied AI Scientist](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-scientist-demandbase-2cd9e5e8) | Demandbase | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 10 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Engineer, Startups (Physical AI)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-engineer-startups-physical-ai-anthropic-cb803d53) | [Anthropic](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anthropic) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 276 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Engineer, Startups (Life Sciences)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-engineer-startups-life-sciences-anthropic-56d2b7a6) | [Anthropic](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anthropic) | San Francisco New York, USA (On-site) | 276 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Engineer, Startups](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-engineer-startups-openai-5daa1a77) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Engineer, Sign in with ChatGPT](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-engineer-sign-in-with-chatgpt-openai-40924911) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Engineer, Plugins](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-engineer-plugins-openai-cd103278) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise - EDU](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-engineer-enterprise-edu-openai-971d2cd2) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Enterprise Application AI Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/enterprise-application-ai-engineer-gusto-a6b01f8d) | [Gusto](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/gusto) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 114 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Technical Program Manager, Global Programs — Applied AI Engineering](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/technical-program-manager-global-programs-applied-ai-engineering-openai-2c7a8383) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Staff Engineer, Applied AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-engineer-applied-ai-match-group-6ed06efa) | [Match Group](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/match) | Palo Alto California, USA (On-site) | 41 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [AI Software Engineer (Vehicle Engineering)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/ai-software-engineer-vehicle-engineering-spacex-1c61bec0) | [SpaceX](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/spacex) | Hawthorne California, USA (On-site) | 56 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [AI Software Engineer - Code Intelligence & Quality Validation](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/ai-software-engineer-code-intelligence-and-quality-validation-tiktok-cc3f1bae) | [TikTok](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/tiktok) | San Jose California, USA (On-site) | 1,559 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Tech Talk: AI Fundamentals & Applied AI Mentor](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/tech-talk-ai-fundamentals-and-applied-ai-mentor-udacity-a7ae188a) | [Udacity](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/udacity) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 3 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [AI Software Engineer Graduate (TikTok-PGC-OGC&Creator Strategy) - 2027 Start - Graduate (TikTok PGC) - 2027 Start](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/ai-software-engineer-graduate-tiktok-pgc-ogc-and-creator-strategy-2027-start-gra-91ba6719) | [TikTok](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/tiktok) | San Jose California, USA (On-site) | 1,559 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-engineer-enterprise-openai-7e7bf5ac) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-engineer-enterprise-anthropic-7421857f) | [Anthropic](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anthropic) | San Francisco New York, USA (On-site) | 276 new H-1B workers | Says it sponsors | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Engineer, Codex Core Agent](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-engineer-codex-core-agent-openai-f13fe7f9) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Engineer, Codex](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-engineer-codex-openai-37623cb3) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Engineer, API Platform, Digital Natives](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-engineer-api-platform-digital-natives-openai-2887cb8f) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Engineer (Matching & Search)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-engineer-matching-and-search-clera-6ddd2890) | Clera | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-engineer-maintainx-e7eb6d87) | Maintainx | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 4 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-engineer-apple-a7577eb4) | [Apple](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/apple) | Cupertino, USA (On-site) | 6,872 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Demo Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-demo-engineer-anthropic-ff728cce) | [Anthropic](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anthropic) | San Francisco New York, USA (On-site) | 276 new H-1B workers | Says it sponsors | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Delivery Lead - Mountain View](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-delivery-lead-mountain-view-openai-edf3af07) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Staff Data and AI Engineer - Enterprise](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-data-and-ai-engineer-enterprise-riot-games-c61af847) | [Riot Games](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/riot-games) | Los Angeles California, USA (On-site) | 139 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Delivery Lead](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-delivery-lead-openai-c04268a0) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Architect, Strategic Enterprise Tech](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-architect-strategic-enterprise-tech-anthropic-908bf925) | [Anthropic](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anthropic) | San Francisco Washington, USA (On-site) | 276 new H-1B workers | Says it sponsors | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Architect, Startups](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-architect-startups-anthropic-c088b693) | [Anthropic](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anthropic) | San Francisco New York, USA (On-site) | 276 new H-1B workers | Says it sponsors | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Architect, Retail](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-architect-retail-openai-7edfcce8) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Architect, Public Sector (State & Local Government)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-architect-public-sector-state-and-local-government-anthropic-24f88239) | [Anthropic](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anthropic) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 276 new H-1B workers | Says it sponsors | 2026-11-15 | | [Staff Software AI Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-software-ai-engineer-rivian-399c5ddd) | [Rivian](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/rivian) | Palo Alto California, USA (On-site) | 902 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Staff Software Engineer, AI Developer Experience](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-software-engineer-ai-developer-experience-sofi-494bc9ae) | [SoFi](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/sofi) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Staff Software Engineer, AI Developer Productivity, Autonomy](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-software-engineer-ai-developer-productivity-autonomy-rivian-bb7af360) | [Rivian](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/rivian) | Palo Alto California, USA (On-site) | 902 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Staff Software Engineer, AI Developer Tooling](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-software-engineer-ai-developer-tooling-scale-ai-7f0269da) | [Scale AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/scale-ai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 147 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Staff Software Engineer, AI Developer Tools](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-software-engineer-ai-developer-tools-docker-11817160) | [Docker](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/docker) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 7 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Tech Lead, Applied AI - Search](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/tech-lead-applied-ai-search-mercor-268ca64a) | Mercor | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Tech Lead, Applied AI - Evals](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/tech-lead-applied-ai-evals-mercor-535b4d68) | Mercor | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [BioMedical AI Research Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/biomedical-ai-research-engineer-xaira-therapeutics-701eda50) | Xaira Therapeutics | South San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 4 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Architect, Public Sector (Federal Civilan)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-architect-public-sector-federal-civilan-anthropic-dd7477af) | [Anthropic](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anthropic) | San Francisco New York, USA (On-site) | 276 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-frontier-agents-engineer-applied-ai-scale-ai-f8e8f5d0) | [Scale AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/scale-ai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 147 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [AIML - Applied AI Scientist, Image Autograder Systems, Evaluation](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/aiml-applied-ai-scientist-image-autograder-systems-evaluation-apple-7c6160e2) | [Apple](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/apple) | Cupertino, USA (On-site) | 6,872 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Architect, Perplexity Computer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-architect-perplexity-computer-perplexity-ea09ec79) | [Perplexity](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/perplexity) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 29 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Architect, Partnerships](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-architect-partnerships-anthropic-979a3652) | [Anthropic](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anthropic) | San Francisco Washington, USA (On-site) | 276 new H-1B workers | Says it sponsors | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Architect, International Policy](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-architect-international-policy-anthropic-39ed8e6f) | [Anthropic](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anthropic) | San Francisco New York, USA (On-site) | 276 new H-1B workers | Says it sponsors | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Architect, Healthcare & Life Sciences](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-architect-healthcare-and-life-sciences-openai-1d84ffa5) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-software-engineer-applied-ai-okta-b155806f) | [Okta](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/okta) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 123 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Architect, Enterprise Tech](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-architect-enterprise-tech-anthropic-edd9e999) | [Anthropic](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anthropic) | San Francisco Washington, USA (On-site) | 276 new H-1B workers | Says it sponsors | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Architect, Enterprise](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-architect-enterprise-openai-0359e734) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Architect, Digital Natives (Strategics)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-architect-digital-natives-strategics-openai-4c52cae1) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Architect, Digital Natives](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-architect-digital-natives-openai-331860ec) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Architect, Democratic Partnerships](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-architect-democratic-partnerships-anthropic-148da9c2) | [Anthropic](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anthropic) | San Francisco New York, USA (On-site) | 276 new H-1B workers | Says it sponsors | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Architect, Cyber Specialist](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-architect-cyber-specialist-anthropic-e65277ab) | [Anthropic](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anthropic) | San Francisco New York, USA (On-site) | 276 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Architect, Cyber](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-architect-cyber-openai-a689404a) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Architect, Commercial](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-architect-commercial-anthropic-301f2e33) | [Anthropic](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anthropic) | San Francisco New York, USA (On-site) | 276 new H-1B workers | Says it sponsors | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Architect, Beneficial Deployments (Global & Public Health)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-architect-beneficial-deployments-global-and-public-health-anthropic-8da830de) | [Anthropic](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anthropic) | San Francisco New York, USA (On-site) | 276 new H-1B workers | Says it sponsors | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Architect, Beneficial Deployments (Life Sciences Community & Enablement)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-architect-beneficial-deployments-life-sciences-community-and-enableme-48892cee) | [Anthropic](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anthropic) | San Francisco New York, USA (On-site) | 276 new H-1B workers | Says it sponsors | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Architect](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-architect-openai-7209a2c0) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Staff Voice AI Engineer – SRE/DevOps](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-voice-ai-engineer-sre-devops-servicenow-41393c87) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | Santa Clara California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Application Software Engineer, Applied AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/application-software-engineer-applied-ai-spacex-5ed7a780) | [SpaceX](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/spacex) | Hawthorne California, USA (On-site) | 56 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Tech Lead AI Software Engineer - Creative AI Agents (TikTok)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/tech-lead-ai-software-engineer-creative-ai-agents-tiktok-tiktok-1b49e3be) | [TikTok](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/tiktok) | San Jose California, USA (On-site) | 1,559 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Staff AI Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-staff-ai-engineer-sofi-359be55e) | [SoFi](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/sofi) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Staff AI Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-staff-ai-engineer-zscaler-07fd2da1) | [Zscaler](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/zscaler) | Santa Clara California, USA (On-site) | 301 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Staff/Principal AI Software Engineer - Snowflake CoWork](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-principal-ai-software-engineer-snowflake-cowork-snowflake-53ace23f) | [Snowflake](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/snowflake) | Menlo Park California, USA (On-site) | 775 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Staff/Sr. Staff AI Engineer - Enterprise AI Solutions](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-sr-staff-ai-engineer-enterprise-ai-solutions-palo-alto-networks-f979ec08) | [Palo Alto Networks](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/palo-alto-networks) | Headquarters California, USA (On-site) | 925 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Engineering Manager, Applied AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/engineering-manager-applied-ai-mercor-1c211100) | Mercor | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Principal Software Engineer, Applied AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/principal-software-engineer-applied-ai-okta-75eb99bf) | [Okta](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/okta) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 123 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Principal AI Software Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/principal-ai-software-engineer-amd-24cb52c2) | [AMD](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/amd) | San Jose California, USA (On-site) | 1,041 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Principal AI Engineer, Chatbot Development](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/principal-ai-engineer-chatbot-development-okx-fb46394b) | [OKX](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/okx) | San Jose California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Principal AI Engineer, AI Agent Development](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/principal-ai-engineer-ai-agent-development-okx-00787471) | [OKX](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/okx) | San Jose California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Partner Applied AI Engineer, Oracle and Cloud ISV](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/partner-applied-ai-engineer-oracle-and-cloud-isv-openai-c6bab962) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Partner Applied AI Engineer, Google Cloud](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/partner-applied-ai-engineer-google-cloud-openai-026fa16c) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Partner Applied AI Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/partner-applied-ai-engineer-openai-1d8848e1) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Optical AI Software Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/optical-ai-software-engineer-nokia-9be04e1e) | [Nokia](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/nokia) | San Jose California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Member of Technical Staff - Applied AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/member-of-technical-staff-applied-ai-doordash-1b4012b1) | [DoorDash](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/doordash) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 891 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Applied AI)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/member-of-technical-staff-software-engineer-applied-ai-perplexity-afd0ee8b) | [Perplexity](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/perplexity) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 29 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Member of Technical Staff (Applied AI Engineer, Agent Capabilities)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/member-of-technical-staff-applied-ai-engineer-agent-capabilities-perplexity-2a2d6ac1) | [Perplexity](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/perplexity) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 29 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Member of Technical Staff (AI Software Engineer, Agent Engine)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/member-of-technical-staff-ai-software-engineer-agent-engine-perplexity-93f1bf7b) | [Perplexity](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/perplexity) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 29 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Manager, Cyber - Applied AI Architect](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/manager-cyber-applied-ai-architect-openai-b7bcab46) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Startups)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/manager-applied-ai-engineering-startups-openai-e1314817) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Megas)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/manager-applied-ai-engineering-megas-anthropic-b2d70144) | [Anthropic](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anthropic) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 276 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Digital Natives)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/manager-applied-ai-engineering-digital-natives-openai-8cae4cc7) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Codex)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/manager-applied-ai-engineering-codex-openai-7539d76f) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Manager, Applied AI Cyber Specialists](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/manager-applied-ai-cyber-specialists-anthropic-ff79f479) | [Anthropic](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anthropic) | San Francisco New York, USA (On-site) | 276 new H-1B workers | Says it sponsors | 2026-11-15 | | [Manager, Applied AI Architect](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/manager-applied-ai-architect-openai-a2fe06e3) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Manager of Applied AI Architecture, Startups](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/manager-of-applied-ai-architecture-startups-anthropic-56206de3) | [Anthropic](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anthropic) | San Francisco New York, USA (On-site) | 276 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Manager of Applied AI Architecture, Commercial](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/manager-of-applied-ai-architecture-commercial-anthropic-14e47a1d) | [Anthropic](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anthropic) | San Francisco New York, USA (On-site) | 276 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/frontier-agents-engineer-applied-ai-scale-ai-44b5e450) | [Scale AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/scale-ai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 147 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Associate AI Engineer, Physical AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/associate-ai-engineer-physical-ai-avathon-12b44c71) | [Avathon](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/avathon) | Pleasanton California, USA (On-site) | 4 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Associate AI Engineer, OI&A](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/associate-ai-engineer-oi-and-a-amgen-5e93141b) | [Amgen](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/amgen) | Thousand Oaks California, USA (On-site) | 505 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Associate AI Engineer (Onsite in Los Angeles)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/associate-ai-engineer-onsite-in-los-angeles-fuel-cycle-60bae2d0) | [Fuel Cycle](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/fuel-cycle) | Los Angeles California, USA (On-site) | 1 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI, Research Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-research-engineer-anthropic-4f44dd5c) | [Anthropic](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anthropic) | San Francisco New York, USA (On-site) | 276 new H-1B workers | Says it sponsors | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Software Engineer, GTM Growth Engineering](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-software-engineer-gtm-growth-engineering-openai-8750fdf2) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Scientist - Multimodal Intelligence](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-scientist-multimodal-intelligence-apple-7ea746af) | [Apple](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/apple) | Sunnyvale California, USA (On-site) | 6,872 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [AI Solutions Engineer, Talent Acquisition](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/ai-solutions-engineer-talent-acquisition-anduril-industries-74bab9dd) | [Anduril Industries](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anduril-industries) | Costa Mesa California, USA (On-site) | 0 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Hiring \| AI Engineer – Agent Evaluation Specialist \| C2C/W2 \| 14+ Years Experience \| Remote](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/hiring-ai-engineer-agent-evaluation-specialist-c2c-w2-14-years-experience-remote-03c44ba8) | [TMS LLC](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/tms) | Los Angeles California, USA (On-site) | 3 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [AI Engineer - Research](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/ai-engineer-research-campfire-00d32331) | Campfire | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [AI Engineer - Quality and Post-Training](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/ai-engineer-quality-and-post-training-glean-01ce3aa0) | [Glean](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/glean) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 58 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [AI Engineer - Data and Evals](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/ai-engineer-data-and-evals-glean-d2e9b6e6) | [Glean](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/glean) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 58 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [AI Engineer - Agents](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/ai-engineer-agents-campfire-d977196b) | Campfire | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [AI Engineer (Natural Language Processing)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/ai-engineer-natural-language-processing-skyryse-0f3814fa) | Skyryse | El Segundo California, USA (On-site) | 4 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | An H-1B record here means the employer has approved H-1B workers on file with USCIS (FY2023 to FY2026). An H-1B record is the employer's history, not a promise for this role. No match means we could not tie the company to a USCIS record by name, not that it never sponsors. Showing 100 of 183; every role is on the AI tab of the job board. Live roles as of 15 November 2026. [Open the AI tab](https://realanalystjobs.com/?mode=ai#jobs). ## Frequently asked ### Which companies hire AI engineers in California? 183 AI engineer roles in California are open on Real Analyst Jobs as of 15 November 2026, at 84 companies. 148 (81%) are at employers with a USCIS H-1B record (USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, FY2023 to FY2026, data as of 2026-09-30). An H-1B record is the employer's history, not a promise for this role. The most are at OpenAI (27), Anthropic (21) and Mercor (8). By location: San Francisco (111), San Jose (16) and Los Angeles (7). 123 of the 183 roles list yearly pay in US dollars; the median midpoint of the listed ranges is $255K, and the middle half runs from $229K to $295K. 7 postings say they will not sponsor a visa; they stay on the list, last. ### Which companies with an H-1B record have AI engineer roles in California open? Today: OpenAI, Anthropic, TikTok, Perplexity, Scale AI and AMD. An H-1B record here means the employer has approved H-1B workers on file with USCIS (FY2023 to FY2026). An H-1B record is the employer's history, not a promise for this role. ### Does an H-1B record mean this role will sponsor a visa? No. An H-1B record here means the employer has approved H-1B workers on file with USCIS (FY2023 to FY2026). An H-1B record is the employer's history, not a promise for this role. Where a posting says it will not sponsor, believe the posting. ### How many of these roles list pay? 123 of the 183 roles (67%) state pay in the posting, in the employer's own words and currency. ### How much do AI engineer roles in California pay? By the postings themselves: 123 of the 183 roles list yearly pay in US dollars. The median midpoint of the listed ranges is $255K, and the middle half runs from $229K to $295K. This is pay the employers list, not an offer: what one hire is paid depends on level, location and the employer. ### Which roles count as AI jobs here? Roles whose title names AI or machine learning work: ML engineer, AI engineer, LLM and generative AI engineer, MLOps and AI platform, applied and research scientist in AI, forward deployed engineer, AI product manager, AI infrastructure and AI data engineer. Front-end, mobile, design and sales roles are left out even when the team works on AI. Analyst roles with AI in the title stay on the analyst board. ### Where does the data come from? Roles are read daily from the employers' own career pages and the page updates every hour. H-1B approvals come from the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub (data as of 2026-09-30), matched by company name. What a posting says about sponsorship is read from its own text. Reposting sites are left out. 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