# MLOps and AI Platform Jobs in San Francisco Source: https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/mlops-engineer/in/california/san-francisco Live roles, 15 November 2026. Real Analyst Jobs. 37 MLOps and AI platform roles in San Francisco are open on Real Analyst Jobs as of 15 November 2026, at 24 companies. 29 (78%) 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 (5), Sentry (3) and ATOMS (2). 30 of the 37 roles list yearly pay in US dollars; the median midpoint of the listed ranges is $255K, and the middle half runs from $223K to $300K. 1 posting says it will not sponsor a visa; it stays 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 [Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer, Safeguards Research](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/machine-learning-infrastructure-engineer-safeguards-research-anthropic-02c64fdd). Counted as says it sponsors. > Must have: • At least an active secret clearance and the ability & willingness to up level to TS/SCI with CI Poly. Scale AI, careers page posting for [Software Engineer, Frontier AI Infrastructure](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineer-frontier-ai-infrastructure-scale-ai-7183c071). Counted as says it will not sponsor, and listed last. ## The numbers | Fact | Count | | --- | --- | | Open roles | 37 | | Companies | 24 | | At employers with a USCIS H-1B record | 29 | | Postings that say they sponsor | 1 | | Postings that say they will not sponsor | 1 | | Fully remote | 0 | | Entry level | 1 | | State pay in the posting | 30 | | List yearly pay in US dollars | 30 | | Median midpoint of listed pay | $255K | | Middle half of listed pay | $223K to $300K | ## Companies hiring | Company | Open roles | New H-1B workers (USCIS) | | --- | --- | --- | | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | 5 | 597 | | Sentry | 3 | No match | | [ATOMS](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/atoms) | 2 | No match | | [DoorDash](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/doordash) | 2 | 891 | | [Figma](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/figma) | 2 | 116 | | [Harvey](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/harvey) | 2 | 29 | | [Hinge Health](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/hinge-health) | 2 | 29 | | [Okta](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/okta) | 2 | 123 | | [SoFi](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/sofi) | 2 | No match | | [AlphaSense](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/alphasense) | 1 | 13 | | [Anthropic](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/anthropic) | 1 | 276 | | [Braze](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/braze) | 1 | 25 | | [Databricks](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/databricks) | 1 | 808 | | [DocuSign](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/docusign) | 1 | 279 | | [Fluidstack](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/fluidstack) | 1 | 33 | | Maintainx | 1 | 4 | | Mercor | 1 | No match | | [Nscale](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/nscale) | 1 | 12 | | Paraform | 1 | 15 | | Plasmidsaurus | 1 | 5 | | [Scale AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/scale-ai) | 1 | 147 | | Semgrep | 1 | 10 | | [Suno](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/suno) | 1 | 8 | | Sysdig | 1 | 16 | ## The roles | Role | Company | Location | Employer H-1B record | Posting says | First seen | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Support Engineer, AI Infrastructure & Tooling](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/support-engineer-ai-infrastructure-and-tooling-figma-7281c3e8) | [Figma](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/figma) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 116 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Staff Machine Learning Engineer, ML Platform](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-machine-learning-engineer-ml-platform-braze-dba6ff87) | [Braze](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/braze) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 25 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Staff Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-machine-learning-infrastructure-engineer-atoms-e22a919c) | [ATOMS](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/atoms) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Technical Lead Manager, AI Platform](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/technical-lead-manager-ai-platform-paraform-0b53d630) | Paraform | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 15 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Staff Software Engineer, AI Platform](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-software-engineer-ai-platform-harvey-13f0bb10) | [Harvey](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/harvey) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 29 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Staff Software Engineer, AI Platform](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-software-engineer-ai-platform-sentry-3525a8dc) | Sentry | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Staff Software Engineer, AI Platform & Infrastructure](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-software-engineer-ai-platform-and-infrastructure-okta-44e371b1) | [Okta](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/okta) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 123 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Supply Chain Operations Program Manager, AI Infrastructure](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/supply-chain-operations-program-manager-ai-infrastructure-openai-f044dcaf) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Supply Chain Program Manager (SCPM) - AI Infrastructure](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/supply-chain-program-manager-scpm-ai-infrastructure-openai-a599e304) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Engineering Manager, AI Platform](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/engineering-manager-ai-platform-harvey-b4a461bb) | [Harvey](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/harvey) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 29 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Chief of Staff, AI Infrastructure](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/chief-of-staff-ai-infrastructure-nscale-86dcdad5) | [Nscale](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/nscale) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 12 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Platform Engineering Lead \| AI Infra](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/platform-engineering-lead-ai-infra-plasmidsaurus-d4121429) | Plasmidsaurus | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 5 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer, Safeguards Research](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/machine-learning-infrastructure-engineer-safeguards-research-anthropic-02c64fdd) | [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 | | [Lead Software Engineer, AI Platform & Agent Infrastructure](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/lead-software-engineer-ai-platform-and-agent-infrastructure-docusign-09b702e9) | [DocuSign](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/docusign) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 279 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [AI Infrastructure Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/ai-infrastructure-engineer-mercor-97483ff0) | Mercor | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior / Staff AI Platform Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-staff-ai-platform-engineer-suno-5f2f84f3) | [Suno](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/suno) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 8 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Staff Backend Software Engineer- (AI Platform)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-backend-software-engineer-ai-platform-databricks-0b3a46f3) | [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 AI Platform Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-ai-platform-engineer-sysdig-2f13fc4e) | Sysdig | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 16 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Staff AI Platform Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-ai-platform-engineer-alphasense-4eb29dd9) | [AlphaSense](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/alphasense) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 13 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Sr. Software Engineer, AI Platform & Infrastructure](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/sr-software-engineer-ai-platform-and-infrastructure-okta-053205f1) | [Okta](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/okta) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 123 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Software Engineering Manager, AI Platform Engineering](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineering-manager-ai-platform-engineering-sofi-f7bbb5d2) | [SoFi](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/sofi) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Software Engineer, Monetization ML Infrastructure](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineer-monetization-ml-infrastructure-openai-a2eecdd7) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Software Engineer, ML Infrastructure (MDX)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineer-ml-infrastructure-mdx-doordash-d722afb8) | [DoorDash](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/doordash) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 891 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Software Engineer, Data and AI Platform](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineer-data-and-ai-platform-doordash-9d64815e) | [DoorDash](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/doordash) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 891 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Software Engineer, CI/CD & ML Infrastructure](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineer-ci-cd-and-ml-infrastructure-openai-11970091) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Technical Program Manager, AI Platform](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-technical-program-manager-ai-platform-sentry-7dfec3ca) | Sentry | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Staff Data Engineer - Data & ML Platform](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-staff-data-engineer-data-and-ml-platform-hinge-health-5f2e9f63) | [Hinge Health](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/hinge-health) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 29 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Software Engineer, AI Platform - Prism](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-software-engineer-ai-platform-prism-sofi-1ee9ae22) | [SoFi](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/sofi) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Software Engineer, AI Platform](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-software-engineer-ai-platform-sentry-4bca5e10) | Sentry | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Software Engineer - Machine Learning Infrastructure](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-software-engineer-machine-learning-infrastructure-atoms-48ee1423) | [ATOMS](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/atoms) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Software Engineer - AI Platform](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-software-engineer-ai-platform-hinge-health-f3c526ba) | [Hinge Health](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/hinge-health) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 29 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Engineering Manager, AI Platform](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-engineering-manager-ai-platform-semgrep-af5cffd1) | Semgrep | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 10 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior AI Platform Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-ai-platform-engineer-maintainx-9341ae34) | Maintainx | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 4 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Manager, Software Engineering - AI Infrastructure](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/manager-software-engineering-ai-infrastructure-figma-3c17fc94) | [Figma](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/figma) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 116 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Security Architect, AI Infrastructure](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/security-architect-ai-infrastructure-fluidstack-de9405d8) | [Fluidstack](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/fluidstack) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 33 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Product Cost Management Lead - AI Infrastructure](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/product-cost-management-lead-ai-infrastructure-openai-f478d5b8) | [OpenAI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/openai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 597 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Software Engineer, Frontier AI Infrastructure](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/software-engineer-frontier-ai-infrastructure-scale-ai-7183c071) | [Scale AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/scale-ai) | San Francisco California, USA (On-site) | 147 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 MLOps engineers in San Francisco? 37 MLOps and AI platform roles in San Francisco are open on Real Analyst Jobs as of 15 November 2026, at 24 companies. 29 (78%) 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 (5), Sentry (3) and ATOMS (2). 30 of the 37 roles list yearly pay in US dollars; the median midpoint of the listed ranges is $255K, and the middle half runs from $223K to $300K. 1 posting says it will not sponsor a visa; it stays on the list, last. ### Which companies with an H-1B record have MLOps and AI platform roles in San Francisco open? Today: OpenAI, DoorDash, Figma, Harvey, Hinge Health and Okta. 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? 30 of the 37 roles (81%) state pay in the posting, in the employer's own words and currency. ### How much do MLOps and AI platform roles in San Francisco pay? By the postings themselves: 30 of the 37 roles list yearly pay in US dollars. The median midpoint of the listed ranges is $255K, and the middle half runs from $223K to $300K. 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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