# AI Engineer Jobs in San Francisco

Source: https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/ai-engineer/in/california/san-francisco
Live roles, 15 November 2026. Real Analyst Jobs.

111 AI engineer roles in San Francisco are open on Real Analyst Jobs as of 15 November 2026, at 37 companies. 86 (77%) 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). 90 of the 111 roles list yearly pay in US dollars; the median midpoint of the listed ranges is $265K, and the middle half runs from $238K to $306K. 3 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 | 111 |
| Companies | 37 |
| At employers with a USCIS H-1B record | 86 |
| Postings that say they sponsor | 14 |
| Postings that say they will not sponsor | 3 |
| Fully remote | 0 |
| Entry level | 1 |
| State pay in the posting | 90 |
| List yearly pay in US dollars | 90 |
| Median midpoint of listed pay | $265K |
| Middle half of listed pay | $238K to $306K |

## 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 |
| [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 |
| Clera | 3 | No match |
| [Faire](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/faire) | 3 | No match |
| [Okta](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/okta) | 3 | 123 |
| 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 |
| [Glean](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/glean) | 2 | 58 |
| [Midi Health](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/midi-health) | 2 | No match |
| [6sense](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/6sense) | 1 | No match |
| [Accenture](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/accenture) | 1 | 2,005 |
| AKASA | 1 | 3 |
| [Brex](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/brex) | 1 | 44 |
| 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 |
| Furtherai | 1 | 5 |
| [Gusto](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/gusto) | 1 | 114 |
| [Hinge Health](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/hinge-health) | 1 | 29 |
| Hockeystack | 1 | 6 |
| [Klaviyo](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/klaviyo) | 1 | 86 |
| [Lyft](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/lyft) | 1 | 191 |
| Maintainx | 1 | 4 |
| Socure | 1 | 19 |
| Sphere | 1 | No match |
| [Suno](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/suno) | 1 | 8 |
| [Udacity](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/udacity) | 1 | 3 |

## 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 |
| [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 |
| [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 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 |
| [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 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 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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [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 (Mid-Level)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/ai-engineer-mid-level-clera-01f6d077) | Clera | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [AI Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/ai-engineer-hockeystack-e4cbedd2) | Hockeystack | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 6 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [AI Application Engineer (Contractor role)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/ai-application-engineer-contractor-role-ema-13d380c7) | Ema | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [AI Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/ai-engineer-socure-0e7f400c) | Socure | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 19 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Lead AI Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/lead-ai-engineer-sphere-99e092b0) | Sphere | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [AI Engineer, Workbench](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/ai-engineer-workbench-brex-ec1ac975) | [Brex](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/brex) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 44 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [AI Engineer, Internal Tools](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/ai-engineer-internal-tools-figma-6708fecc) | [Figma](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/figma) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 116 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Staff Applied AI/ML Scientist, Acquisition](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-applied-ai-ml-scientist-acquisition-faire-0508c985) | [Faire](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/faire) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Staff Applied AI/ML Scientist](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-applied-ai-ml-scientist-faire-1a844305) | [Faire](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/faire) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Staff Applied AI Inference Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-applied-ai-inference-engineer-crusoe-dc638a3e) | [Crusoe](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/crusoe) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 205 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Sr. AI Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/sr-ai-engineer-6sense-2941ffb6) | [6sense](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/6sense) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Sr. AI Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/sr-ai-engineer-docusign-0735991b) | [DocuSign](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/docusign) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 279 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Sr Director, Head of Enterprise Applied AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/sr-director-head-of-enterprise-applied-ai-sofi-930d8ba2) | [SoFi](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/sofi) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Software Engineer, Enterprise Applied AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineer-enterprise-applied-ai-mercor-04687bae) | Mercor | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Software Engineer, Applied AI- Evals](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineer-applied-ai-evals-mercor-1edf6c8b) | Mercor | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Software Engineer, Applied AI - Systems](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineer-applied-ai-systems-mercor-6f1045d9) | Mercor | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Software Engineer, Applied AI - Frontier Engineering](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineer-applied-ai-frontier-engineering-mercor-f1105384) | Mercor | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Software Engineer, Applied AI - Environments Platform](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineer-applied-ai-environments-platform-mercor-c9278131) | Mercor | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Software Engineer, Applied AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineer-applied-ai-akasa-23978944) | AKASA | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 3 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Software Engineer, Applied AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineer-applied-ai-fluidstack-074c2cb7) | [Fluidstack](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/fluidstack) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 33 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Software Engineer - Applied AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineer-applied-ai-deepgram-d1f1699a) | [Deepgram](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/deepgram) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 1 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Snowflake Advanced AI Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/snowflake-advanced-ai-engineer-accenture-6d471e29) | [Accenture](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/accenture) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 2,005 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Senior Staff Software Engineer, AI Developer Experience](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-staff-software-engineer-ai-developer-experience-sofi-87426292) | [SoFi](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/sofi) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Senior Staff Applied AI Inference Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-staff-applied-ai-inference-engineer-crusoe-7dd44a7f) | [Crusoe](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/crusoe) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 205 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Senior Software Engineer, Applied AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-software-engineer-applied-ai-okta-33f2a983) | [Okta](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/okta) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 123 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Senior Software Engineer, AI Developer Tools](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-software-engineer-ai-developer-tools-docker-93433781) | [Docker](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/docker) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 7 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Senior Software Engineer - Applied AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-software-engineer-applied-ai-deepgram-49096a03) | [Deepgram](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/deepgram) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 1 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 111; 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 San Francisco?

111 AI engineer roles in San Francisco are open on Real Analyst Jobs as of 15 November 2026, at 37 companies. 86 (77%) 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). 90 of the 111 roles list yearly pay in US dollars; the median midpoint of the listed ranges is $265K, and the middle half runs from $238K to $306K. 3 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 San Francisco open?

Today: OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity, Scale AI, Okta and Crusoe. 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?

90 of the 111 roles (81%) state pay in the posting, in the employer's own words and currency.

### How much do AI engineer roles in San Francisco pay?

By the postings themselves: 90 of the 111 roles list yearly pay in US dollars. The median midpoint of the listed ranges is $265K, and the middle half runs from $238K to $306K. 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. Nothing is estimated.

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