# Forward Deployed Engineer Jobs in California Source: https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/forward-deployed-engineer/in/california Live roles, 15 November 2026. Real Analyst Jobs. 79 forward deployed engineer roles in California are open on Real Analyst Jobs as of 15 November 2026, at 50 companies. 61 (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 (7), Snowflake (4) and 6sense (3). By location: San Francisco (39), Menlo Park (5) and Santa Clara (5). 48 of the 79 roles list yearly pay in US dollars; the median midpoint of the listed ranges is $210K, and the middle half runs from $172K to $243K. 5 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 is available. Clera, careers page posting for [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/founding-forward-deployed-engineer-clera-1ab63ced). Counted as says it sponsors. > NOTE: We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role at this time. Oracle, careers page posting for [Lead Principal Application Software Engineer- Forward Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/lead-principal-application-software-engineer-forward-deployed-engineer-oracle-48e6ce38). Counted as says it will not sponsor, and listed last. ## The numbers | Fact | Count | | --- | --- | | Open roles | 79 | | Companies | 50 | | At employers with a USCIS H-1B record | 61 | | Postings that say they sponsor | 1 | | Postings that say they will not sponsor | 5 | | Fully remote | 0 | | Entry level | 4 | | State pay in the posting | 48 | | List yearly pay in US dollars | 48 | | Median midpoint of listed pay | $210K | | Middle half of listed pay | $172K to $243K | ## Companies hiring | Company | Open roles | New H-1B workers (USCIS) | | --- | --- | --- | | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | 7 | 597 | | [Snowflake](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/snowflake) | 4 | 775 | | [6sense](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/6sense) | 3 | No match | | [Avathon](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/avathon) | 3 | 4 | | Clera | 3 | No match | | [Scale AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/scale-ai) | 3 | 147 | | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | 3 | 853 | | [Veeam Software](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/veeam-software) | 3 | 6 | | [Anduril Industries](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anduril-industries) | 2 | 0 | | [Applied Intuition](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/applied-intuition) | 2 | 267 | | [Fluidstack](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/fluidstack) | 2 | 33 | | [Handshake](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/handshake) | 2 | No match | | Intercom | 2 | 20 | | Novita AI | 2 | No match | | Overjet | 2 | 15 | | [Sia](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/sia) | 2 | 15 | | AKASA | 1 | 3 | | [AMD](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/amd) | 1 | 1,041 | | [Amplitude](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/amplitude) | 1 | 48 | | [ATOMS](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/atoms) | 1 | No match | | [AVEVA](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/aveva) | 1 | No match | | Blockstream | 1 | 1 | | [C3 AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/c3-ai) | 1 | 175 | | Campfire | 1 | No match | | [Commure](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/commure) | 1 | 76 | | [CoreWeave](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/coreweave) | 1 | 106 | | [Crunchyroll](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/crunchyroll) | 1 | 49 | | [Databricks](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/databricks) | 1 | 808 | | [Deepgram](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/deepgram) | 1 | 1 | | [Docker](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/docker) | 1 | 7 | | [ElevenLabs](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/elevenlabs) | 1 | No match | | Etched | 1 | 43 | | [Figma](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/figma) | 1 | 116 | | [Glean](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/glean) | 1 | 58 | | [HappyRobot](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/happyrobot) | 1 | 13 | | [Kong](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/kong) | 1 | 6 | | [Notion](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/notion) | 1 | No match | | [Nvidia](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/nvidia) | 1 | 3,591 | | [Oracle](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/oracle) | 1 | 3,153 | | PagerDuty | 1 | 5 | | [Palantir](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/palantir) | 1 | 226 | | Planhat | 1 | No match | | [Pure Storage](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/pure-storage) | 1 | 216 | | Replit | 1 | 40 | | Sentry | 1 | No match | | Socure | 1 | 19 | | Sphere | 1 | No match | | [Vercel](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/vercel) | 1 | 15 | | Zip Co | 1 | 7 | | [Zuora](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/zuora) | 1 | 42 | ## The roles | Role | Company | Location | Employer H-1B record | Posting says | First seen | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Forward Deployed Engineer, New Grad 2027](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-new-grad-2027-c3-ai-18303c99) | [C3 AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/c3-ai) | Redwood City California, USA (On-site) | 175 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Life Sciences - SF](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-fde-life-sciences-sf-openai-9224b7aa) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer \| Americas](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-americas-planhat-10126880) | Planhat | Los Angeles California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Healthcare - SF](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-fde-healthcare-sf-openai-c63b841a) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Cyber - SF](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-fde-cyber-sf-openai-8f3dd2f5) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Technical Program Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering- Applied AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/technical-program-manager-forward-deployed-engineering-applied-ai-servicenow-41d34b24) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | Santa Clara California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - SF](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-fde-sf-openai-9855313c) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Technical Lead Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/technical-lead-manager-forward-deployed-engineering-veeam-software-f1f056c1) | [Veeam Software](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/veeam-software) | San Jose California, USA (On-site) | 6 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Technical Architect - Forward Deployed Engineering](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/technical-architect-forward-deployed-engineering-avathon-5e5a8118) | [Avathon](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/avathon) | Pleasanton California, USA (On-site) | 4 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - AI Infra - SF](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-fde-ai-infra-sf-openai-bd9369ac) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-blockstream-0e90179e) | Blockstream | Menlo Park California, USA (On-site) | 1 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-akasa-8aaa778b) | AKASA | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 3 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-intercom-01173894) | Intercom | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 20 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-veeam-software-acc5faf9) | [Veeam Software](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/veeam-software) | San Jose California, USA (On-site) | 6 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-happyrobot-c109aafe) | [HappyRobot](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/happyrobot) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 13 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-figma-78f004c4) | [Figma](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/figma) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 116 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-sia-103953d3) | [Sia](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/sia) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 15 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Applied AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-forward-deployed-engineer-applied-ai-snowflake-2e45eb14) | [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 Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-frontier-agents-engineer-forward-deployed-engineering-scale-ai-f50bad14) | [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 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer New Grad](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-new-grad-novita-ai-791f2947) | Novita AI | San Mateo California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Systems](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-ai-systems-pure-storage-1e0627cf) | [Pure Storage](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/pure-storage) | Santa Clara California, USA (On-site) | 216 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Engagement Director - Forward Deployed Engineering](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/engagement-director-forward-deployed-engineering-avathon-b4362456) | [Avathon](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/avathon) | Pleasanton California, USA (On-site) | 4 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Associate Forward Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/associate-forward-deployed-engineer-databricks-deaaf6d6) | [Databricks](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/databricks) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 808 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Engineering: Senior Customer Forward Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/engineering-senior-customer-forward-deployed-engineer-amplitude-79c1b0a2) | [Amplitude](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/amplitude) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 48 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Deployment Lead, Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) - Platform](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/deployment-lead-forward-deployed-engineering-fde-platform-openai-5bf10cf3) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Enablement](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-ai-enablement-crunchyroll-8a809bad) | [Crunchyroll](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/crunchyroll) | Los Angeles California, USA (On-site) | 49 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer, Air Defense (FDE)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-air-defense-fde-anduril-industries-42a12a05) | [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 | | [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer I, Frontier Engineering](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/principal-forward-deployed-engineer-i-frontier-engineering-snowflake-ebe55c7e) | [Snowflake](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/snowflake) | Menlo Park California, USA (On-site) | 775 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Principal Forward Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/principal-forward-deployed-engineer-docker-8dbfea9c) | [Docker](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/docker) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 7 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/manager-forward-deployed-engineer-sia-619bbb33) | [Sia](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/sia) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 15 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/frontier-agents-engineer-forward-deployed-engineering-scale-ai-ce5b6960) | [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 | | [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/founding-forward-deployed-engineer-clera-1ab63ced) | Clera | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Says it sponsors | 2026-11-15 | | [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/founding-forward-deployed-engineer-glean-f5f4b5e6) | [Glean](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/glean) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 58 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer - USA](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-software-engineer-usa-elevenlabs-770d4d14) | [ElevenLabs](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/elevenlabs) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer - RiskOS Agents](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-riskos-agents-socure-c6135311) | Socure | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 19 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer - New Grad (2027)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-new-grad-2027-applied-intuition-f23b947a) | [Applied Intuition](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/applied-intuition) | Sunnyvale California, USA (On-site) | 267 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer (SDEV)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-sdev-pagerduty-fd0cce5c) | PagerDuty | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 5 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-sphere-00f38028) | Sphere | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-sentry-7c19210d) | Sentry | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-replit-4fd0afe3) | Replit | Foster City California, USA (On-site) | 40 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-overjet-8731386d) | Overjet | San Mateo California, USA (On-site) | 15 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-novita-ai-c8030bcd) | Novita AI | San Mateo California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-campfire-00f1c583) | Campfire | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer, Business Operations](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-business-operations-fluidstack-a80a560b) | [Fluidstack](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/fluidstack) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 33 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-enterprise-ai-handshake-3fc97116) | [Handshake](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/handshake) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-gtm-kong-7654d0b5) | [Kong](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/kong) | California, USA (On-site) | 6 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-gtm-amer-notion-9130571f) | [Notion](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/notion) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer, Infrastructure Development & Delivery](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-infrastructure-development-and-delivery-fluidstack-4051a905) | [Fluidstack](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/fluidstack) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 33 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineering-manager-overjet-2b170a5a) | Overjet | San Mateo California, USA (On-site) | 15 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-software-engineer-applied-intuition-cce32908) | [Applied Intuition](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/applied-intuition) | Sunnyvale California, USA (On-site) | 267 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Software Engineer - SF](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-software-engineer-sf-openai-e9dbf435) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Solution Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-solution-engineer-aveva-5ab1c4e8) | [AVEVA](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/aveva) | Lake Forest California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Solution Engineer – Applied AI FDE](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-solution-engineer-applied-ai-fde-servicenow-c70113c2) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | Santa Clara California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Systems Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-systems-engineer-etched-dcf06767) | Etched | San Jose California, USA (On-site) | 43 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward-Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-vercel-d2fa43df) | [Vercel](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/vercel) | San Francisco New York, USA (On-site) | 15 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward-Deployed Engineer (FDE), Strategic Accounts](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-fde-strategic-accounts-deepgram-d09b570e) | [Deepgram](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/deepgram) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 1 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Sr. ML Ops Engineer, Forward-Deployed](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/sr-ml-ops-engineer-forward-deployed-6sense-0e8a594e) | [6sense](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/6sense) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Sr. Forward Deployed AI Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/sr-forward-deployed-ai-engineer-amd-6cbee5a5) | [AMD](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/amd) | Santa Clara California, USA (On-site) | 1,041 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Sr Forward Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/sr-forward-deployed-engineer-zuora-4b5975b1) | [Zuora](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/zuora) | Foster City California, USA (On-site) | 42 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Software Engineering Manager, AI Migrations (Forward Deployed)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineering-manager-ai-migrations-forward-deployed-snowflake-61d41926) | [Snowflake](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/snowflake) | Menlo Park California, USA (On-site) | 775 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Software Engineer, Forward Deployed (Mid - Senior Level)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineer-forward-deployed-mid-senior-level-zip-co-95867e0a) | Zip Co | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 7 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Staff Forward Deployed Engineer - Flow](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-staff-forward-deployed-engineer-flow-servicenow-de6c31ca) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Agents](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-forward-deployed-engineer-ai-agents-coreweave-bd647227) | [CoreWeave](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/coreweave) | Sunnyvale California, USA (On-site) | 106 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Frontier Engineering](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-principal-forward-deployed-engineer-frontier-engineering-snowflake-aea4ea67) | [Snowflake](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/snowflake) | Menlo Park California, USA (On-site) | 775 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-frontier-agents-engineer-forward-deployed-engineering-scale-ai-3368311e) | [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 | | [Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Strategic Defense](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-forward-deployed-software-engineer-strategic-defense-anduril-industries-57216ced) | [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 | | [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-forward-deployed-engineer-enterprise-ai-handshake-fd90c2a1) | [Handshake](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/handshake) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-forward-deployed-engineer-veeam-software-dc37b102) | [Veeam Software](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/veeam-software) | San Jose California, USA (On-site) | 6 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-forward-deployed-engineer-commure-a900fa74) | [Commure](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/commure) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 76 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-forward-deployed-engineer-atoms-91951381) | [ATOMS](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/atoms) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior AI Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-ai-engineer-forward-deployed-engineering-nvidia-723bef46) | [Nvidia](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/nvidia) | Santa Clara California, USA (On-site) | 3,591 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Staff Data Scientist, Forward Deployed](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-data-scientist-forward-deployed-6sense-e50bbfa8) | [6sense](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/6sense) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-11 | | [Sr. Data Scientist, Forward-Deployed](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/sr-data-scientist-forward-deployed-6sense-d9cd4b40) | [6sense](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/6sense) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-11 | | [Forward Deployed Data Scientist](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-data-scientist-intercom-8d914287) | Intercom | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 20 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-07 | | [Lead Principal Application Software Engineer- Forward Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/lead-principal-application-software-engineer-forward-deployed-engineer-oracle-48e6ce38) | [Oracle](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/oracle) | Pleasanton California, USA (On-site) | 3,153 new H-1B workers | Says it will not sponsor | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-clera-1aad0bcc) | Clera | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Says it will not sponsor | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed AI Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-ai-engineer-avathon-4e9e4714) | [Avathon](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/avathon) | Pleasanton California, USA (On-site) | 4 new H-1B workers | Says it will not sponsor | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer (Founding Customer Engineer)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-founding-customer-engineer-clera-cdc030ff) | Clera | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Says it will not sponsor | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer, New Grad - US Government](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-infrastructure-engineer-new-grad-us-government-palantir-19db3c6d) | [Palantir](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/palantir) | Palo Alto California, USA (On-site) | 226 new H-1B workers | Says it will not sponsor | 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. Live roles as of 15 November 2026. [Open the AI tab](https://realanalystjobs.com/?mode=ai#jobs). ## Frequently asked ### Which companies hire forward deployed engineers in California? 79 forward deployed engineer roles in California are open on Real Analyst Jobs as of 15 November 2026, at 50 companies. 61 (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 (7), Snowflake (4) and 6sense (3). By location: San Francisco (39), Menlo Park (5) and Santa Clara (5). 48 of the 79 roles list yearly pay in US dollars; the median midpoint of the listed ranges is $210K, and the middle half runs from $172K to $243K. 5 postings say they will not sponsor a visa; they stay on the list, last. ### Which companies with an H-1B record have forward deployed engineer roles in California open? Today: OpenAI, Snowflake, Avathon, Scale AI, ServiceNow and Veeam Software. 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? 48 of the 79 roles (61%) state pay in the posting, in the employer's own words and currency. ### How much do forward deployed engineer roles in California pay? By the postings themselves: 48 of the 79 roles list yearly pay in US dollars. The median midpoint of the listed ranges is $210K, and the middle half runs from $172K to $243K. 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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