# Forward Deployed Engineer Jobs in San Francisco Source: https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/forward-deployed-engineer/in/california/san-francisco Live roles, 15 November 2026. Real Analyst Jobs. 39 forward deployed engineer roles in San Francisco are open on Real Analyst Jobs as of 15 November 2026, at 23 companies. 26 (67%) 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), 6sense (3) and Clera (3). 28 of the 39 roles list yearly pay in US dollars; the median midpoint of the listed ranges is $224K, and the middle half runs from $184K to $243K. 2 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. > new visa sponsorship is not available. Clera, careers page posting for [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-clera-1aad0bcc). Counted as says it will not sponsor, and listed last. ## The numbers | Fact | Count | | --- | --- | | Open roles | 39 | | Companies | 23 | | At employers with a USCIS H-1B record | 26 | | Postings that say they sponsor | 1 | | Postings that say they will not sponsor | 2 | | Fully remote | 0 | | Entry level | 2 | | State pay in the posting | 28 | | List yearly pay in US dollars | 28 | | Median midpoint of listed pay | $224K | | Middle half of listed pay | $184K to $243K | ## Companies hiring | Company | Open roles | New H-1B workers (USCIS) | | --- | --- | --- | | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | 7 | 597 | | [6sense](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/6sense) | 3 | No match | | Clera | 3 | No match | | [Scale AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/scale-ai) | 3 | 147 | | [Fluidstack](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/fluidstack) | 2 | 33 | | [Handshake](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/handshake) | 2 | No match | | Intercom | 2 | 20 | | [Sia](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/sia) | 2 | 15 | | AKASA | 1 | 3 | | [Amplitude](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/amplitude) | 1 | 48 | | Campfire | 1 | No match | | [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 | | [Figma](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/figma) | 1 | 116 | | [HappyRobot](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/happyrobot) | 1 | 13 | | [Notion](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/notion) | 1 | No match | | PagerDuty | 1 | 5 | | Sentry | 1 | No match | | Socure | 1 | 19 | | Sphere | 1 | No match | | [Vercel](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/vercel) | 1 | 15 | | Zip Co | 1 | 7 | ## The roles | Role | Company | Location | Employer H-1B record | Posting says | First seen | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [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 (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 | | [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 | | [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-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-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 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 | | [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 | | [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 | | [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 (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-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, 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 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 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 | | [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 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 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 | | [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 | | [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 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 | 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 San Francisco? 39 forward deployed engineer roles in San Francisco are open on Real Analyst Jobs as of 15 November 2026, at 23 companies. 26 (67%) 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), 6sense (3) and Clera (3). 28 of the 39 roles list yearly pay in US dollars; the median midpoint of the listed ranges is $224K, and the middle half runs from $184K to $243K. 2 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 San Francisco open? Today: OpenAI, Scale AI, Fluidstack, Intercom, Sia and AKASA. 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? 28 of the 39 roles (72%) state pay in the posting, in the employer's own words and currency. ### How much do forward deployed engineer roles in San Francisco pay? By the postings themselves: 28 of the 39 roles list yearly pay in US dollars. The median midpoint of the listed ranges is $224K, and the middle half runs from $184K 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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