# Forward Deployed Engineer Jobs in California with Visa Sponsorship Source: https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/forward-deployed-engineer/in/california/visa-sponsorship Live roles, 15 November 2026. Real Analyst Jobs. 62 forward deployed engineer roles in California at employers with an H-1B record or postings that say they sponsor are open on Real Analyst Jobs as of 15 November 2026, at 39 companies. 61 (98%) are at employers with approved H-1B workers on 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 Avathon (3). By location: San Francisco (27), Menlo Park (5) and Santa Clara (5). 37 of the 62 roles list yearly pay in US dollars; the median midpoint of the listed ranges is $218K, and the middle half runs from $172K to $243K. 3 postings say they will not sponsor a visa; they stay on the list, last. 1 posting says in its own text that it sponsors. 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 | 62 | | Companies | 39 | | At employers with a USCIS H-1B record | 61 | | Postings that say they sponsor | 1 | | Postings that say they will not sponsor | 3 | | Fully remote | 0 | | Entry level | 3 | | State pay in the posting | 37 | | List yearly pay in US dollars | 37 | | Median midpoint of listed pay | $218K | | 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 | | [Avathon](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/avathon) | 3 | 4 | | [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 | | Intercom | 2 | 20 | | 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 | | Blockstream | 1 | 1 | | [C3 AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/c3-ai) | 1 | 175 | | Clera | 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 | | 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 | | [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 | | [Pure Storage](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/pure-storage) | 1 | 216 | | Replit | 1 | 40 | | Socure | 1 | 19 | | [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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [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 | | [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 | | [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 | | [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 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 | | [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 | | [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 | | [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 | | [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 | | [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 | | [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 | | [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 | | [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 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 - 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 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 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 | | [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 | | [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 | | [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 | | [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 | | [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 | | [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 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 | | [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, 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 | | [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 | | [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 | | [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 | | [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, 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, 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 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 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 - 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](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 | | [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 | | [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 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 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](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 | | [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 | | [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 | | [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 | | [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, 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 | | [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 | | [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 | | [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 | | [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 | | [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-blockstream-0e90179e) | Blockstream | Menlo Park California, USA (On-site) | 1 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 | | [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 | | [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 | | [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 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 | | [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 | 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 with visa sponsorship? 62 forward deployed engineer roles in California at employers with an H-1B record or postings that say they sponsor are open on Real Analyst Jobs as of 15 November 2026, at 39 companies. 61 (98%) are at employers with approved H-1B workers on 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 Avathon (3). By location: San Francisco (27), Menlo Park (5) and Santa Clara (5). 37 of the 62 roles list yearly pay in US dollars; the median midpoint of the listed ranges is $218K, and the middle half runs from $172K to $243K. 3 postings say they will not sponsor a visa; they stay on the list, last. 1 posting says in its own text that it sponsors. ### 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? 37 of the 62 roles (60%) 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: 37 of the 62 roles list yearly pay in US dollars. The median midpoint of the listed ranges is $218K, 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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