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Software Engineer jobs at Intel span chip architecture, firmware, compiler development, and cloud infrastructure, disciplines where deep technical specialization is the norm. Intel has an established visa sponsorship process for this function, supporting candidates through H-1B visa, E-3 visa, Green Card, and OPT pathways across its U.S. engineering sites.
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Job Description:
Our Mission At Intel, our journey is to transform AI into something safer, more trustworthy, and respectful of human privacy by design. We believe transformative AI should have a positive impact on people—powerful in capability, yet honest about its limits and protective of the data and resources it touches. To get there, we build agentic AI that combines the best of local and cloud intelligence — private, affordable, and sustainable by design. Small, efficient models run directly on the user's machine (AI PC, edge, on-prem, and beyond), keeping data private and token costs low, while powerful cloud models handle the hardest work: planning, reasoning, and complex problem-solving. Today, neither approach can deliver this alone. Together, they give people real capability without compromise—data stays private, spend stays predictable, and energy use stays in check. We're building intelligence that scales without sacrificing trust, cost, or the planet—because the future of AI should belong to the people it serves.
Role Summary
The model is only half an agent; the harness is the other half. You build everything around the model that makes it act — context management, tool and function calling, file and terminal execution, scheduling, memory, and the agent loop itself. This is core product engineering on an agent framework comparable to well-known AI models, but built to run hybrid (local + cloud) and with efficiency.
What You’ll Do
- Design and build the agent loop: planning, tool invocation, observation handling, retries, termination
- Implement tool integrations — file I/O, terminal / shell execution, web, MCP servers, message apps
- Build context management: what goes in the window, when to summarize, how to use long / cross-session memory
- Implement scheduling and automatic / background task execution
- Keep the harness model-agnostic so local and cloud models are swappable behind one abstraction
- Design agent security mechanisms through different approaches
- Make the loop observable, debuggable: tracing, replay, and reproducible agent sessions
This role builds the harness. Shipping and running it reliably in production is owned by the SRE / Production squad — you partner with them; you don’t carry the pager.
What you’ll learn / grow into
Curiosity Is Required. You Will Develop
- How frontier agent harnesses are architected — and how to do it efficiently.
- hybrid model routing and graceful degradation
- The hard parts: context-window economics, tool-call reliability, and multi-agent orchestration
- Interest in LLM agents and how they actually work under the hood
Important
Please be informed that Intel is proactively trying to find candidates for this position which is frequently available at Intel. Please note that the position may not be available at this time. If you would be interested in this position should it become available, we would encourage you to apply, and our hiring team will be glad to contact you when/if relevant.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
You must possess the minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position.
Required Qualifications
- BS/MS in CS, EE, Math or related STEM field
- 8+ years software development background
- Strong command of Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, C++
- Expertise with async, concurrency, and process / subprocess management
- Experience with projects that call external tools or APIs in a loop and handled the failure modes
- Experienced at reading unfamiliar codebases and someone else’s runtime
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with agent frameworks, tool / function calling, or MCP
- Built developer tooling, CLIs, or IDE-adjacent products
- Familiarity with sandboxing, containerization, and safe code execution
- Contributions to open-source agent / LLM tooling
- Experience with agent security
Requirements listed would be obtained through a combination of industry relevant job experience, internship experiences and or schoolwork/classes/research.
Benefits At Intel
Our total rewards package goes above and beyond just a paycheck. Whether you're looking to build your career, improve your health, or protect your wealth, we offer generous benefits to help you achieve your goals. Go to Intel Benefits | Intel Careers for details of benefits available to you. Intel reserves the right to modify, change or discontinue benefit plans at any time in its sole discretion.
Shift
Job Type: Shift 1 (United States of America)
Primary Location:
US, California, Santa Clara
Additional Locations:
US, Arizona, Phoenix
US, California, Folsom
US, Oregon, Hillsboro
Posting Statement
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.
Position of Trust N/A
Benefits
We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock bonuses, and benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find out more about the benefits of working at Intel.
Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US: $195,200.00 - 361,200.00 USD
The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Work Model for this Role
This role will be eligible for our hybrid work model which allows employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site.
Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Intel is committed to Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) compliance and ethical hiring practices. We do not charge any fees during our hiring process. Candidates should never be required to pay recruitment fees, medical examination fees, or any other charges as a condition of employment. If you are asked to pay any fees during our hiring process, please report this immediately to your recruiter.
Job Details
Job Description:
Our Mission At Intel, our journey is to transform AI into something safer, more trustworthy, and respectful of human privacy by design. We believe transformative AI should have a positive impact on people—powerful in capability, yet honest about its limits and protective of the data and resources it touches. To get there, we build agentic AI that combines the best of local and cloud intelligence — private, affordable, and sustainable by design. Small, efficient models run directly on the user's machine (AI PC, edge, on-prem, and beyond), keeping data private and token costs low, while powerful cloud models handle the hardest work: planning, reasoning, and complex problem-solving. Today, neither approach can deliver this alone. Together, they give people real capability without compromise—data stays private, spend stays predictable, and energy use stays in check. We're building intelligence that scales without sacrificing trust, cost, or the planet—because the future of AI should belong to the people it serves.
Role Summary
The model is only half an agent; the harness is the other half. You build everything around the model that makes it act — context management, tool and function calling, file and terminal execution, scheduling, memory, and the agent loop itself. This is core product engineering on an agent framework comparable to well-known AI models, but built to run hybrid (local + cloud) and with efficiency.
What You’ll Do
- Design and build the agent loop: planning, tool invocation, observation handling, retries, termination
- Implement tool integrations — file I/O, terminal / shell execution, web, MCP servers, message apps
- Build context management: what goes in the window, when to summarize, how to use long / cross-session memory
- Implement scheduling and automatic / background task execution
- Keep the harness model-agnostic so local and cloud models are swappable behind one abstraction
- Design agent security mechanisms through different approaches
- Make the loop observable, debuggable: tracing, replay, and reproducible agent sessions
This role builds the harness. Shipping and running it reliably in production is owned by the SRE / Production squad — you partner with them; you don’t carry the pager.
What you’ll learn / grow into
Curiosity Is Required. You Will Develop
- How frontier agent harnesses are architected — and how to do it efficiently.
- hybrid model routing and graceful degradation
- The hard parts: context-window economics, tool-call reliability, and multi-agent orchestration
- Interest in LLM agents and how they actually work under the hood
Important
Please be informed that Intel is proactively trying to find candidates for this position which is frequently available at Intel. Please note that the position may not be available at this time. If you would be interested in this position should it become available, we would encourage you to apply, and our hiring team will be glad to contact you when/if relevant.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
You must possess the minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position.
Required Qualifications
- BS/MS in CS, EE, Math or related STEM field
- 8+ years software development background
- Strong command of Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, C++
- Expertise with async, concurrency, and process / subprocess management
- Experience with projects that call external tools or APIs in a loop and handled the failure modes
- Experienced at reading unfamiliar codebases and someone else’s runtime
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with agent frameworks, tool / function calling, or MCP
- Built developer tooling, CLIs, or IDE-adjacent products
- Familiarity with sandboxing, containerization, and safe code execution
- Contributions to open-source agent / LLM tooling
- Experience with agent security
Requirements listed would be obtained through a combination of industry relevant job experience, internship experiences and or schoolwork/classes/research.
Benefits At Intel
Our total rewards package goes above and beyond just a paycheck. Whether you're looking to build your career, improve your health, or protect your wealth, we offer generous benefits to help you achieve your goals. Go to Intel Benefits | Intel Careers for details of benefits available to you. Intel reserves the right to modify, change or discontinue benefit plans at any time in its sole discretion.
Shift
Job Type: Shift 1 (United States of America)
Primary Location:
US, California, Santa Clara
Additional Locations:
US, Arizona, Phoenix
US, California, Folsom
US, Oregon, Hillsboro
Posting Statement
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.
Position of Trust N/A
Benefits
We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock bonuses, and benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find out more about the benefits of working at Intel.
Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US: $195,200.00 - 361,200.00 USD
The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Work Model for this Role
This role will be eligible for our hybrid work model which allows employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site.
Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Intel is committed to Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) compliance and ethical hiring practices. We do not charge any fees during our hiring process. Candidates should never be required to pay recruitment fees, medical examination fees, or any other charges as a condition of employment. If you are asked to pay any fees during our hiring process, please report this immediately to your recruiter.
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Align your credentials to Intel's engineering stack
Intel's Software Engineer postings consistently signal preference for systems-level work: compilers, drivers, embedded firmware, or silicon validation software. Tailor your resume to surface those specializations explicitly, not just general software development experience.
Target Intel's campus and early-career pipelines
Intel recruits heavily through university programs for roles that convert OPT candidates to H-1B sponsorship. Applying through Intel's university recruiting channel, rather than general postings, puts your application in front of teams already expecting to sponsor.
Verify your visa type matches the role's location
Intel operates engineering sites in Oregon, California, Arizona, and Texas, and sponsored visa eligibility can depend on work site. Confirm which visa types a specific role supports before accepting an offer, since E-3 and TN filings are site-specific and employer-certified.
Request H-1B filing before the April lottery deadline
If you're transitioning off OPT, your employer must register you with USCIS by mid-March for the April H-1B lottery. Clarify Intel's internal HR timeline for new hires well before your OPT expiration to avoid a gap in work authorization.
Understand Intel's PERM sponsorship expectations for Green Cards
Intel sponsors EB-2 and EB-3 Green Cards for Software Engineers after a period of employment. DOL requires a PERM labor certification showing no qualified U.S. workers are available, so your role's job description at hire directly affects your future Green Card eligibility.
Use Migrate Mate to filter Intel openings by visa type
Intel posts Software Engineer roles across multiple business units with different sponsorship profiles. Use Migrate Mate to filter open positions by the visa categories that apply to your situation, so you're only pursuing roles where your authorization pathway is already supported.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Intel sponsor H-1B visas for Software Engineers?
Yes, Intel sponsors H-1B visas for Software Engineers and is one of the more active H-1B sponsors in the semiconductor and hardware industry. Sponsorship typically begins after an offer is accepted, with Intel's immigration team managing the USCIS petition. If you're on OPT, Intel will generally initiate H-1B registration before the April lottery window closes.
How do I apply for Software Engineer jobs at Intel?
You can apply directly through Intel's careers portal or browse Intel's open Software Engineer roles filtered by visa type on Migrate Mate. Intel's Software Engineer postings span hardware-adjacent disciplines like firmware, silicon software, and compiler engineering, so filtering by team or product area helps identify roles aligned to your specialization and sponsorship needs.
Which visa types does Intel commonly sponsor for Software Engineers?
Intel sponsors H-1B, E-3 (for Australian citizens), TN visa (for Canadian and Mexican nationals), F-1 OPT and CPT, J-1 visa, and immigrant visas including EB-2 and EB-3 Green Cards. The visa type Intel pursues for a given candidate depends on nationality, role location, and career stage. Australian candidates in particular have a strong pathway through the E-3, which has no lottery.
What qualifications does Intel expect for sponsored Software Engineer roles?
Intel's Software Engineer roles typically require a bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, electrical engineering, or a closely related field. Many roles in chip software, firmware, and compiler development expect graduate-level credentials or equivalent specialized experience. For H-1B sponsorship specifically, USCIS requires the role to qualify as a specialty occupation, meaning the degree requirement must be specific to the position.
How do I time my application to avoid gaps in work authorization?
If you're on F-1 OPT, apply to Intel with enough lead time for your H-1B registration to be submitted before the mid-March USCIS deadline. A cap-gap extension protects your authorization through September 30 if your OPT expires before your H-1B takes effect on October 1. Coordinating your offer acceptance timeline with Intel's HR and immigration team is the most reliable way to avoid an authorization gap.