# AI Jobs in Washington DC Source: https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/in/washington-dc Live roles, 15 November 2026. Real Analyst Jobs. 33 AI and machine learning roles in Washington, DC are open on Real Analyst Jobs as of 15 November 2026, at 11 companies. 31 (94%) 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 SpaceX (8), Palantir (7) and OpenAI (6). 28 of the 33 roles list yearly pay in US dollars; the median midpoint of the listed ranges is $213K, and the middle half runs from $164K to $261K. 19 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 Architect, Public Sector (GovTech)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-architect-public-sector-govtech-anthropic-83102230). Counted as says it sponsors. > … and Engineering teams Minimum qualifications • Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph • Prior experience working within US intelligence community agencies as a government civilian or … Anthropic, careers page posting for [Applied AI Engineer, Public Sector](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-engineer-public-sector-anthropic-022a825e). Counted as says it will not sponsor, and listed last. ## The numbers | Fact | Count | | --- | --- | | Open roles | 33 | | Companies | 11 | | At employers with a USCIS H-1B record | 31 | | Postings that say they sponsor | 1 | | Postings that say they will not sponsor | 19 | | Fully remote | 0 | | Entry level | 4 | | State pay in the posting | 28 | | List yearly pay in US dollars | 28 | | Median midpoint of listed pay | $213K | | Middle half of listed pay | $164K to $261K | ## Companies hiring | Company | Open roles | New H-1B workers (USCIS) | | --- | --- | --- | | [SpaceX](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/spacex) | 8 | 56 | | [Palantir](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/palantir) | 7 | 226 | | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | 6 | 597 | | [Anduril Industries](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anduril-industries) | 3 | 0 | | [Anthropic](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anthropic) | 3 | 276 | | [Applied Intuition](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/applied-intuition) | 1 | 267 | | ASI Government | 1 | No match | | [Deepgram](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/deepgram) | 1 | 1 | | Helsing | 1 | No match | | [Scale AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/scale-ai) | 1 | 147 | | TRM Labs | 1 | 14 | ## The roles | Role | Company | Location | Employer H-1B record | Posting says | First seen | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Applied AI Architect, Public Sector (GovTech)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-architect-public-sector-govtech-anthropic-83102230) | [Anthropic](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anthropic) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 276 new H-1B workers | Says it sponsors | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Enablement Engineer - Customer Success](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-enablement-engineer-customer-success-palantir-f4b35f2b) | [Palantir](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/palantir) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 226 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Agentic AI Developer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/agentic-ai-developer-asi-government-dc564255) | ASI Government | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Architect, Government](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-architect-government-openai-71eb34df) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer - US National Security](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-us-national-security-trm-labs-c51da4be) | TRM Labs | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 14 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [DevSecOps Engineer - Physical AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/devsecops-engineer-physical-ai-applied-intuition-7e2d589d) | [Applied Intuition](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/applied-intuition) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 267 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [AI Support Engineer, Government - Washington, D.C.](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/ai-support-engineer-government-washington-d-c-openai-9d7d4102) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Security Engineer - US Government](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-security-engineer-us-government-palantir-05b60cb4) | [Palantir](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/palantir) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 226 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Sr. Software Engineer, AI Infrastructure (Starshield)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/sr-software-engineer-ai-infrastructure-starshield-spacex-f7f36830) | [SpaceX](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/spacex) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 56 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Sr. Network Engineer, AI Infrastructure (Starshield)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/sr-network-engineer-ai-infrastructure-starshield-spacex-aaee5024) | [SpaceX](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/spacex) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 56 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Software Engineer, AI Platform](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-software-engineer-ai-platform-anduril-industries-c80d0805) | [Anduril Industries](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anduril-industries) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 0 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Product Manager, Forward Deployed](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-product-manager-forward-deployed-anduril-industries-b1817361) | [Anduril Industries](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anduril-industries) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 0 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Forward-Deployed Engineer, Federal](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-forward-deployed-engineer-federal-deepgram-7e1939e2) | [Deepgram](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/deepgram) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 1 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Computer Vision Engineer, Space](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-computer-vision-engineer-space-anduril-industries-3a242aa9) | [Anduril Industries](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anduril-industries) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 0 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Engineer, Public Sector](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-engineer-public-sector-anthropic-022a825e) | [Anthropic](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anthropic) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 276 new H-1B workers | Says it will not sponsor | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Engineer, Government](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-engineer-government-openai-9fb263bf) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Says it will not sponsor | 2026-11-15 | | [AI Security Software Engineer (Starshield)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/ai-security-software-engineer-starshield-spacex-66ea1ce0) | [SpaceX](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/spacex) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 56 new H-1B workers | Says it will not sponsor | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Engineer, Cyber, Government](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-engineer-cyber-government-openai-1521d9ac) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Says it will not sponsor | 2026-11-15 | | [Applied AI Architect, Public Sector](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-architect-public-sector-anthropic-eec89c8f) | [Anthropic](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anthropic) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 276 new H-1B workers | Says it will not sponsor | 2026-11-15 | | [Engineering Manager, Frontier AI Infrastructure - Public Sector](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/engineering-manager-frontier-ai-infrastructure-public-sector-scale-ai-cda39044) | [Scale AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/scale-ai) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 147 new H-1B workers | Says it will not sponsor | 2026-11-15 | | [Network Engineer, AI Infrastructure (Starshield)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/network-engineer-ai-infrastructure-starshield-spacex-1566bb80) | [SpaceX](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/spacex) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 56 new H-1B workers | Says it will not sponsor | 2026-11-15 | | [Machine Learning Engineer, Detection and Tracking](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/machine-learning-engineer-detection-and-tracking-helsing-35b24b73) | Helsing | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | No match | Says it will not sponsor | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Engineer - Mixed Reality](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-engineer-mixed-reality-palantir-7a08eac8) | [Palantir](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/palantir) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 226 new H-1B workers | Says it will not sponsor | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - US Government](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-infrastructure-engineer-us-government-palantir-d5c8b979) | [Palantir](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/palantir) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 226 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-f6583a56) | [Palantir](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/palantir) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 226 new H-1B workers | Says it will not sponsor | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Security Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-security-engineer-openai-67be33cf) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Says it will not sponsor | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Site Reliability Engineer - US Government](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-site-reliability-engineer-us-government-palantir-dead02b1) | [Palantir](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/palantir) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 226 new H-1B workers | Says it will not sponsor | 2026-11-15 | | [Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Gov](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/forward-deployed-software-engineer-gov-openai-87032b38) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Says it will not sponsor | 2026-11-15 | | [Sr. Site Reliability Engineer, AI Infrastructure (Starshield)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/sr-site-reliability-engineer-ai-infrastructure-starshield-spacex-d9e4d8cc) | [SpaceX](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/spacex) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 56 new H-1B workers | Says it will not sponsor | 2026-11-15 | | [Sr. AI Security Software Engineer (Starshield)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/sr-ai-security-software-engineer-starshield-spacex-261555e8) | [SpaceX](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/spacex) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 56 new H-1B workers | Says it will not sponsor | 2026-11-15 | | [Software Engineer, AI Infrastructure (Starshield)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineer-ai-infrastructure-starshield-spacex-6034cbe4) | [SpaceX](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/spacex) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 56 new H-1B workers | Says it will not sponsor | 2026-11-15 | | [Software Engineer - Applied AI, Defense Applications](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineer-applied-ai-defense-applications-palantir-4aeb886e) | [Palantir](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/palantir) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 226 new H-1B workers | Says it will not sponsor | 2026-11-15 | | [Site Reliability Engineer, AI Infrastructure (Starshield)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/site-reliability-engineer-ai-infrastructure-starshield-spacex-68ab33c4) | [SpaceX](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/spacex) | Washington District Of Columbia, USA (On-site) | 56 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 are hiring for AI jobs in Washington DC? 33 AI and machine learning roles in Washington, DC are open on Real Analyst Jobs as of 15 November 2026, at 11 companies. 31 (94%) 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 SpaceX (8), Palantir (7) and OpenAI (6). 28 of the 33 roles list yearly pay in US dollars; the median midpoint of the listed ranges is $213K, and the middle half runs from $164K to $261K. 19 postings say they will not sponsor a visa; they stay on the list, last. ### Which companies with an H-1B record have AI and machine learning roles in Washington, DC open? Today: SpaceX, Palantir, OpenAI, Anduril Industries, Anthropic and Applied Intuition. 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 33 roles (85%) state pay in the posting, in the employer's own words and currency. ### How much do AI and machine learning roles in Washington, DC pay? By the postings themselves: 28 of the 33 roles list yearly pay in US dollars. The median midpoint of the listed ranges is $213K, and the middle half runs from $164K to $261K. 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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