# LLM and Generative AI Engineer Jobs in California with Visa Sponsorship

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

87 LLM and generative AI 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 33 companies. 87 (100%) 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 ServiceNow (18), TikTok (15) and Databricks (5). By location: Mountain View (29), San Francisco (18) and San Jose (17). 41 of the 87 roles list yearly pay in US dollars; the median midpoint of the listed ranges is $212K, and the middle half runs from $178K to $246K. 5 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: We do sponsor visas!

Anthropic, careers page posting for [Software Engineer, Tokens and Prompt Structures](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineer-tokens-and-prompt-structures-anthropic-402b8214). Counted as says it sponsors.

> … This position is not eligible for Qualcomm immigration sponsorship.*** We are seeking an experienced Machine Learning Engineer specializing in Agentic AI to join our Core …

Qualcomm, careers page posting for [#Machine Learning Engineer – Agentic AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/machine-learning-engineer-agentic-ai-qualcomm-96972a70). Counted as says it will not sponsor, and listed last.

## The numbers

| Fact | Count |
| --- | --- |
| Open roles | 87 |
| Companies | 33 |
| At employers with a USCIS H-1B record | 87 |
| Postings that say they sponsor | 1 |
| Postings that say they will not sponsor | 5 |
| Fully remote | 0 |
| Entry level | 9 |
| State pay in the posting | 41 |
| List yearly pay in US dollars | 41 |
| Median midpoint of listed pay | $212K |
| Middle half of listed pay | $178K to $246K |

## Companies hiring

| Company | Open roles | New H-1B workers (USCIS) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | 18 | 853 |
| [TikTok](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/tiktok) | 15 | 1,559 |
| [Databricks](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/databricks) | 5 | 808 |
| [Airwallex](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/airwallex) | 4 | 26 |
| [Esri](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/esri) | 4 | 213 |
| [Waymo](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/waymo) | 4 | 376 |
| [Scale AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/scale-ai) | 3 | 147 |
| [Accenture](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/accenture) | 2 | 2,005 |
| [AMD](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/amd) | 2 | 1,041 |
| [C3 AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/c3-ai) | 2 | 175 |
| [DoorDash](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/doordash) | 2 | 891 |
| [EchoStar](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/echostar) | 2 | 14 |
| Plaud | 2 | 16 |
| [Roblox](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/roblox) | 2 | 382 |
| [Vercel](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/vercel) | 2 | 15 |
| [Anduril Industries](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anduril-industries) | 1 | 0 |
| [Anthropic](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anthropic) | 1 | 276 |
| [Applied Materials](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/applied-materials) | 1 | 887 |
| [Atomic Machines](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/atomic-machines) | 1 | 14 |
| [DocuSign](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/docusign) | 1 | 279 |
| [Fractal Analytics](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/fractal-analytics) | 1 | 112 |
| [Glean](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/glean) | 1 | 58 |
| [Ingram Micro](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/ingram-micro) | 1 | 124 |
| [KLA](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/kla) | 1 | 431 |
| [Nebius](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/nebius) | 1 | 7 |
| [Nvidia](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/nvidia) | 1 | 3,591 |
| [Qualcomm](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/qualcomm) | 1 | 1,758 |
| [Rubrik](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/rubrik) | 1 | 168 |
| Skylo Technologies | 1 | 19 |
| Socure | 1 | 19 |
| [Sony Interactive Entertainment](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/sony-interactive-entertainment) | 1 | 167 |
| [Trulioo](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/trulioo) | 1 | 4 |
| Writer | 1 | 13 |

## The roles

| Role | Company | Location | Employer H-1B record | Posting says | First seen |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Software Engineer, Tokens and Prompt Structures](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineer-tokens-and-prompt-structures-anthropic-402b8214) | [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 |
| [Senior Agentic Insights Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-agentic-insights-engineer-nvidia-53b91624) | [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 |
| [Full Stack Agentic AI Senior Engineer - AIaaS](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/full-stack-agentic-ai-senior-engineer-aiaas-accenture-77c07ca6) | [Accenture](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/accenture) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 2,005 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Full Stack Agentic AI Engineer Manager/Senior Manager](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/full-stack-agentic-ai-engineer-manager-senior-manager-accenture-7ce53900) | [Accenture](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/accenture) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 2,005 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Research Engineer Graduate (Agentic Arch) - 2027 Start (PhD)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/research-engineer-graduate-agentic-arch-2027-start-phd-tiktok-5dabfb21) | [TikTok](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/tiktok) | San Jose California, USA (On-site) | 1,559 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Staff Research Engineer, LLM - TikTok Ads Core ML, Ranking](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-research-engineer-llm-tiktok-ads-core-ml-ranking-tiktok-e54a08ff) | [TikTok](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/tiktok) | San Jose California, USA (On-site) | 1,559 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Tech Lead Machine Learning Engineer - Multimodal/LLM, Trust and Safety](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/tech-lead-machine-learning-engineer-multimodal-llm-trust-and-safety-tiktok-b9fcce6c) | [TikTok](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/tiktok) | San Jose California, USA (On-site) | 1,559 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Machine Learning Software Engineer (LLM & Agentic AI - TikTok - Content Ecology Local Services)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/machine-learning-software-engineer-llm-and-agentic-ai-tiktok-content-ecology-loc-3d906d95) | [TikTok](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/tiktok) | San Jose California, USA (On-site) | 1,559 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (E-Commerce Supply Chain & Logistics - LLM/Agent) - 2027 Start (PhD)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/machine-learning-engineer-graduate-e-commerce-supply-chain-and-logistics-llm-age-47ffb4c8) | [TikTok](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/tiktok) | San Jose California, USA (On-site) | 1,559 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Machine Learning Engineer (CV/NLP/Multimodal/LLM) -E-commerce Governance](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/machine-learning-engineer-cv-nlp-multimodal-llm-e-commerce-governance-tiktok-49ca94b8) | [TikTok](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/tiktok) | San Jose California, USA (On-site) | 1,559 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [AI Systems Engineer Graduate (AI Code Infrastructure-Agentic Ops US) - 2027 Start](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/ai-systems-engineer-graduate-ai-code-infrastructure-agentic-ops-us-2027-start-ti-e56632f1) | [TikTok](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/tiktok) | San Jose California, USA (On-site) | 1,559 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [LLM Post-Training Engineer Graduate (Research & Product) - 2027 Start](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/llm-post-training-engineer-graduate-research-and-product-2027-start-tiktok-d4d0961f) | [TikTok](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/tiktok) | San Jose California, USA (On-site) | 1,559 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Software Engineer - Recommendation Infrastructure, Agentic Engineering](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineer-recommendation-infrastructure-agentic-engineering-tiktok-560bbb7d) | [TikTok](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/tiktok) | San Jose California, USA (On-site) | 1,559 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Software Engineer - LLM Applications and AI Agents](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineer-llm-applications-and-ai-agents-tiktok-a421833c) | [TikTok](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/tiktok) | San Jose California, USA (On-site) | 1,559 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Senior/Staff LLM Application Engineer - Data Application](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-staff-llm-application-engineer-data-application-tiktok-dc4b33d3) | [TikTok](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/tiktok) | San Jose California, USA (On-site) | 1,559 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Senior Research Scientist/AI Software Engineer, LLM/Agent Platform (TikTok-Content Ecology AI Innovation & Platform) - TikTok Content Ecology](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-research-scientist-ai-software-engineer-llm-agent-platform-tiktok-content-a1b74dfe) | [TikTok](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/tiktok) | San Jose California, USA (On-site) | 1,559 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Senior Machine Learning Engineer, LLM & Agentic AI - TikTok - Content Ecology Local Services - TikTok Content Ecology](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-machine-learning-engineer-llm-and-agentic-ai-tiktok-content-ecology-local-33532588) | [TikTok](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/tiktok) | San Jose California, USA (On-site) | 1,559 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Research Scientist / AI Software Engineer, LLM/Agent Platform - TikTok - Content Ecology AI Innovation & Platform - TikTok Content Ecology](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/research-scientist-ai-software-engineer-llm-agent-platform-tiktok-content-ecolog-6b401b3f) | [TikTok](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/tiktok) | San Jose California, USA (On-site) | 1,559 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Research Engineer, Agentic Video Editing - TikTok](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/research-engineer-agentic-video-editing-tiktok-tiktok-9dd04486) | [TikTok](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/tiktok) | San Jose California, USA (On-site) | 1,559 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Principal Engineer, Efficient GenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/principal-engineer-efficient-genai-amd-44992228) | [AMD](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/amd) | San Jose California, USA (On-site) | 1,041 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Software Engineer, Machine Learning Platform - Gen AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineer-machine-learning-platform-gen-ai-doordash-187d0a55) | [DoorDash](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/doordash) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 891 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Senior Machine Learning Engineer, New Verticals Agentic Foundations](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-machine-learning-engineer-new-verticals-agentic-foundations-doordash-170d9bd2) | [DoorDash](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/doordash) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 891 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [New College Grad - Computational Physics & Agentic AI Engineer, Doctorate Degree (Spring 2027)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/new-college-grad-computational-physics-and-agentic-ai-engineer-doctorate-degree-ae3acb5e) | [Applied Materials](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/applied-materials) | Santa Clara California, USA (On-site) | 887 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic App Platform](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-machine-learning-engineer-agentic-app-platform-servicenow-faf92e23) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Staff Software Engineer, Agentic AI Harness & Quality - Moveworks](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-software-engineer-agentic-ai-harness-and-quality-moveworks-servicenow-f37b18ec) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Staff Software Engineer, Agentic App Platform - Moveworks](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-software-engineer-agentic-app-platform-moveworks-servicenow-960f0578) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Staff Software Engineer, Agentic Systems - Moveworks](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-software-engineer-agentic-systems-moveworks-servicenow-7ac8fc2a) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Agentic AI Harness Architect - Moveworks](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/agentic-ai-harness-architect-moveworks-servicenow-7ffd2062) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Agentic Search Infrastructure Engineer - Moveworks](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/agentic-search-infrastructure-engineer-moveworks-servicenow-eafe3737) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Associate Agentic Search Infrastructure Engineer - Moveworks](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/associate-agentic-search-infrastructure-engineer-moveworks-servicenow-0f8aba50) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Staff AI Engineer, Agentic AI Harness & Quality - Moveworks](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-ai-engineer-agentic-ai-harness-and-quality-moveworks-servicenow-81361971) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Senior Staff Software Engineer, Agentic Systems - Moveworks](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-staff-software-engineer-agentic-systems-moveworks-servicenow-43eda05d) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Senior Staff Software Engineer, Agentic AI Harness & Quality - Moveworks](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-staff-software-engineer-agentic-ai-harness-and-quality-moveworks-servicen-6b6b0a2e) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Senior Staff Software Engineer - Agentic AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-staff-software-engineer-agentic-ai-servicenow-caf340c1) | [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 Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic Systems - Moveworks](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-staff-machine-learning-engineer-agentic-systems-moveworks-servicenow-9d103194) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic Application](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-staff-machine-learning-engineer-agentic-application-servicenow-633aee09) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Senior Staff Agentic Search Infrastructure Engineer - Moveworks](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-staff-agentic-search-infrastructure-engineer-moveworks-servicenow-b1a7e5ff) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Systems - Moveworks](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-software-engineer-agentic-systems-moveworks-servicenow-d9ea6101) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Platform - Moveworks](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-software-engineer-agentic-platform-moveworks-servicenow-03f04bd5) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Senior Software Engineer, Agentic App Platform - Moveworks](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-software-engineer-agentic-app-platform-moveworks-servicenow-bcb00b62) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Senior Software Engineer, Agentic AI Harness & Quality - Moveworks](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-software-engineer-agentic-ai-harness-and-quality-moveworks-servicenow-f91beb72) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Staff Software Engineer - GenAI inference](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-software-engineer-genai-inference-databricks-ddbb7883) | [Databricks](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/databricks) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 808 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Staff Fullstack Engineer, Agentic Applications](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-fullstack-engineer-agentic-applications-databricks-137f7f26) | [Databricks](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/databricks) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 808 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Agentic Applications](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/sr-staff-software-engineer-agentic-applications-databricks-3944caa8) | [Databricks](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/databricks) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 808 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Sr. Staff Fullstack Engineer, Agentic Applications](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/sr-staff-fullstack-engineer-agentic-applications-databricks-07c67e8d) | [Databricks](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/databricks) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 808 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Sr Software Engineer, Agentic Applications](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/sr-software-engineer-agentic-applications-databricks-752de6b1) | [Databricks](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/databricks) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 808 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Agentic AI Software Engineer - Equipment Data Analytics](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/agentic-ai-software-engineer-equipment-data-analytics-kla-45ffee2a) | [KLA](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/kla) | Milpitas California, USA (On-site) | 431 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Principal Software Engineer, GenAI Platform](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/principal-software-engineer-genai-platform-roblox-2af062dd) | [Roblox](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/roblox) | San Mateo California, USA (On-site) | 382 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Staff Machine Learning Engineer – VLM/LLM](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-machine-learning-engineer-vlm-llm-waymo-df99999c) | [Waymo](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/waymo) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 376 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, LLM/VLM Model Architecture & Optimization](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-staff-machine-learning-engineer-llm-vlm-model-architecture-and-optimizati-db2441fc) | [Waymo](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/waymo) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 376 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Senior Staff Engineer, Agentic AI Engineering](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-staff-engineer-agentic-ai-engineering-waymo-a25ec541) | [Waymo](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/waymo) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 376 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Test Systems](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-software-engineer-agentic-test-systems-waymo-f17a4bce) | [Waymo](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/waymo) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 376 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Lead SDET, Agentic AI Architect](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/lead-sdet-agentic-ai-architect-docusign-7ae935e9) | [DocuSign](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/docusign) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 279 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Sr. Software Engineer – Generative AI & Assistants, ArcGIS Pro](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/sr-software-engineer-generative-ai-and-assistants-arcgis-pro-esri-eba6ff6d) | [Esri](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/esri) | Redlands California, USA (On-site) | 213 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Sr. Software Development Engineer - Gen AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/sr-software-development-engineer-gen-ai-esri-f33c710d) | [Esri](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/esri) | Redlands California, USA (On-site) | 213 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Sr. Generative AI Software Developer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/sr-generative-ai-software-developer-esri-aa6feeb1) | [Esri](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/esri) | Redlands California, USA (On-site) | 213 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Product Engineer II - Generative AI, ArcGIS Enterprise](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/product-engineer-ii-generative-ai-arcgis-enterprise-esri-f0e5e0ed) | [Esri](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/esri) | Redlands California, USA (On-site) | 213 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Lead Software Engineer - Generative AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/lead-software-engineer-generative-ai-c3-ai-c2b5f639) | [C3 AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/c3-ai) | Redwood City California, USA (On-site) | 175 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Senior Software Engineer - Generative AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-software-engineer-generative-ai-c3-ai-3800c7f9) | [C3 AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/c3-ai) | Redwood City California, USA (On-site) | 175 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Senior AI Engineer, Agentic Systems](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-ai-engineer-agentic-systems-rubrik-3f2ced90) | [Rubrik](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/rubrik) | Palo Alto California, USA (On-site) | 168 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Senior Software Engineer - AI & Agentic Architecture](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-software-engineer-ai-and-agentic-architecture-sony-interactive-entertainm-9d166639) | [Sony Interactive Entertainment](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/sony-interactive-entertainment) | Aliso Viejo California, USA (On-site) | 167 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Staff Software Engineer, Enterprise GenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-software-engineer-enterprise-genai-scale-ai-978d5f2d) | [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 |
| [Infrastructure Software Engineer, Enterprise GenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/infrastructure-software-engineer-enterprise-genai-scale-ai-de5b0f4a) | [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/Staff Machine Learning Research Engineer, General Agents, Enterprise GenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-staff-machine-learning-research-engineer-general-agents-enterprise-genai-d420b312) | [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 Agentic AI Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-agentic-ai-engineer-ingram-micro-615fd0fa) | [Ingram Micro](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/ingram-micro) | Irvine California, USA (On-site) | 124 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Software Engineer, Agentic Runtime](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineer-agentic-runtime-glean-834e17e2) | [Glean](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/glean) | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 58 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Staff Engineer, Agentic AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-engineer-agentic-ai-airwallex-0965f09d) | [Airwallex](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/airwallex) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 26 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Staff Backend Engineer, Agentic AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-backend-engineer-agentic-ai-airwallex-6b1952c6) | [Airwallex](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/airwallex) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 26 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Software Engineer, Agentic AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineer-agentic-ai-airwallex-060fa57b) | [Airwallex](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/airwallex) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 26 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Senior Backend Engineer, Agentic AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-backend-engineer-agentic-ai-airwallex-4b5f6d6e) | [Airwallex](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/airwallex) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 26 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Applied AI Engineer, Agentic Systems & Identity](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-ai-engineer-agentic-systems-and-identity-skylo-technologies-68e9ca44) | Skylo Technologies | Mountain View California, USA (On-site) | 19 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Senior Software Engineer – Backend Platforms and Agentic & ML Systems](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-software-engineer-backend-platforms-and-agentic-and-ml-systems-socure-607e7782) | Socure | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 19 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Machine Learning Engineer, Speech LLM Training - San Francisco](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/machine-learning-engineer-speech-llm-training-san-francisco-plaud-d6858930) | Plaud | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 16 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Machine Learning Engineer, Inference & Serving (Speech LLM) - San Francisco](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/machine-learning-engineer-inference-and-serving-speech-llm-san-francisco-plaud-f172550b) | Plaud | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 16 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [DevRel Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/devrel-engineer-agentic-infrastructure-vercel-611f92a5) | [Vercel](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/vercel) | San Francisco New York, USA (On-site) | 15 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Software Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineer-agentic-infrastructure-vercel-de6cd503) | [Vercel](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/vercel) | San Francisco New York, USA (On-site) | 15 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Lead Agentic AI Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/lead-agentic-ai-engineer-echostar-38ddce30) | [EchoStar](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/echostar) | San Mateo California, USA (On-site) | 14 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Generative AI CAD Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/generative-ai-cad-engineer-atomic-machines-3acc2cf2) | [Atomic Machines](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/atomic-machines) | Emeryville California, USA (On-site) | 14 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Software engineer, generative AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineer-generative-ai-writer-8161d398) | Writer | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 13 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Senior Machine Learning Engineer, LLM Inference Optimization](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-machine-learning-engineer-llm-inference-optimization-nebius-6191cfe1) | [Nebius](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/nebius) | Palo Alto California, USA (On-site) | 7 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Intermediate Software Engineer (Agentic AI Verification)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/intermediate-software-engineer-agentic-ai-verification-trulioo-059c4b31) | [Trulioo](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/trulioo) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 4 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 |
| [Applied LLM Systems Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-llm-systems-engineer-anduril-industries-77f9dc95) | [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 |
| [#Machine Learning Engineer – Agentic AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/machine-learning-engineer-agentic-ai-qualcomm-96972a70) | [Qualcomm](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/qualcomm) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 1,758 new H-1B workers | Says it will not sponsor | 2026-11-15 |
| [Principal GenAI Inference Optimization Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/principal-genai-inference-optimization-engineer-amd-3d449a6b) | [AMD](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/amd) | San Jose California, USA (On-site) | 1,041 new H-1B workers | Says it will not sponsor | 2026-11-15 |
| [Software Engineer, GenAI Platform](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineer-genai-platform-roblox-0550e87d) | [Roblox](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/roblox) | San Mateo California, USA (On-site) | 382 new H-1B workers | Says it will not sponsor | 2026-11-15 |
| [Lead GenAI Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/lead-genai-engineer-fractal-analytics-9e63965d) | [Fractal Analytics](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/fractal-analytics) | California, USA (On-site) | 112 new H-1B workers | Says it will not sponsor | 2026-11-15 |
| [Senior Agentic AI Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-agentic-ai-engineer-echostar-2aaabd4f) | [EchoStar](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/echostar) | San Mateo California, USA (On-site) | 14 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 LLM engineers in California with visa sponsorship?

87 LLM and generative AI 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 33 companies. 87 (100%) 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 ServiceNow (18), TikTok (15) and Databricks (5). By location: Mountain View (29), San Francisco (18) and San Jose (17). 41 of the 87 roles list yearly pay in US dollars; the median midpoint of the listed ranges is $212K, and the middle half runs from $178K to $246K. 5 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 LLM and generative AI engineer roles in California open?

Today: ServiceNow, TikTok, Databricks, Airwallex, Esri and Waymo. 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?

41 of the 87 roles (47%) state pay in the posting, in the employer's own words and currency.

### How much do LLM and generative AI engineer roles in California pay?

By the postings themselves: 41 of the 87 roles list yearly pay in US dollars. The median midpoint of the listed ranges is $212K, and the middle half runs from $178K to $246K. 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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