E-3 Visa Api Engineer Jobs
API Engineer roles qualify for E-3 visa sponsorship as specialty occupations under the DOL's prevailing wage framework, requiring a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field. Australian engineers with REST, GraphQL, or backend integration experience are well-positioned to secure sponsorship from U.S. employers who have already navigated the LCA certification process.
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Note: if you are an intern, new grad, staff, front-end, or full-stack applicant, please do not apply using this link and visit our jobs page for those specific postings.
ABOUT STRIPE
Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world's largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.
ABOUT THE TEAM
MaaS sub-organizations include Accounts and Connect, Money Movement and Storage (MMS), Banking as a Service (BaaS), and Crypto. Money as a Service (MaaS) oversees a diverse portfolio of core Stripe products and platforms. These offerings facilitate the global movement and management of funds for users. The teams that fall under the MaaS umbrella include Accounts and Connect, Money Movement and Storage (MMS), Crypto, and Banking as a Service (BaaS). Together, these teams work to ensure Stripe users have the robust financial infrastructure and tools they need to power their businesses on a global scale. Exact team matching for one of the subteams begins during final stages. Please note we may also consider you for different orgs based on your experience, location, etc. Find more information on our team matching process here.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
We're looking for Backend Engineers who want to make an impact on managing money at a global scale with a passion for building ergonomic APIs. You'll play a key role in extending our balance management platform and in building out a new funds accessibility platform that enterprises and SMBs use. Our team collaborates with many cross-functional teams—from Infrastructure to Product—at Stripe to deliver innovative solutions that address evolving user needs.
- Scope, design, build, and maintain APIs, services, and large-scale systems that reliably and efficiently handle billions of money movement requests
- Debug and solve critical production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
- Mentor engineers to help them grow
- Collaborate with stakeholders across the company to build new features at large-scale, while improving internal engineering standards, tooling, and processes
- Collaborate effectively in a distributed and hybrid team, maintaining open communication and strong connections with colleagues
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- 2–12+ years of industry software engineering experience (does not include internships or co-ops)
- Strong coding skills in any programming language (we understand new languages can be learned on the job, so our interview process is language-agnostic)
- Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work across workstreams within your team and contribute to your peers' success
- Ability to thrive with a high level of autonomy and responsibility, with an entrepreneurial mindset
- Interest in working as a generalist across varying technologies and stacks to solve problems and delight both internal and external users
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with large-scale financial tracking systems
- Good understanding and practical knowledge in cloud-based services (e.g., gRPC, GraphQL, Docker and Kubernetes, cloud services such as AWS, etc.)
HYBRID WORK AT STRIPE
This role is available either in an office or a remote location (35+ miles or 56+ km from a Stripe office).
IN-OFFICE EXPECTATIONS
Office-assigned Stripes spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This hits a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility about how to do this in a way that makes sense for individuals and their teams.
WORKING REMOTELY AT STRIPE
A remote location is defined as being 35 miles (56 kilometers) or more from one of our offices. While you would be welcome to come into the office for team/business meetings, on-sites, meet-ups, and events, our expectation is you would regularly work from home rather than a Stripe office. Stripe does not cover the cost of relocating to a remote location. We encourage you to apply for roles that match the location where you currently live or plan to live.
PAY AND BENEFITS
The annual US base salary range for this role is $190,400 - $285,600. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the US may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.
Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends.
INTRODUCTION
Note: if you are an intern, new grad, staff, front-end, or full-stack applicant, please do not apply using this link and visit our jobs page for those specific postings.
ABOUT STRIPE
Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world's largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.
ABOUT THE TEAM
MaaS sub-organizations include Accounts and Connect, Money Movement and Storage (MMS), Banking as a Service (BaaS), and Crypto. Money as a Service (MaaS) oversees a diverse portfolio of core Stripe products and platforms. These offerings facilitate the global movement and management of funds for users. The teams that fall under the MaaS umbrella include Accounts and Connect, Money Movement and Storage (MMS), Crypto, and Banking as a Service (BaaS). Together, these teams work to ensure Stripe users have the robust financial infrastructure and tools they need to power their businesses on a global scale. Exact team matching for one of the subteams begins during final stages. Please note we may also consider you for different orgs based on your experience, location, etc. Find more information on our team matching process here.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
We're looking for Backend Engineers who want to make an impact on managing money at a global scale with a passion for building ergonomic APIs. You'll play a key role in extending our balance management platform and in building out a new funds accessibility platform that enterprises and SMBs use. Our team collaborates with many cross-functional teams—from Infrastructure to Product—at Stripe to deliver innovative solutions that address evolving user needs.
- Scope, design, build, and maintain APIs, services, and large-scale systems that reliably and efficiently handle billions of money movement requests
- Debug and solve critical production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
- Mentor engineers to help them grow
- Collaborate with stakeholders across the company to build new features at large-scale, while improving internal engineering standards, tooling, and processes
- Collaborate effectively in a distributed and hybrid team, maintaining open communication and strong connections with colleagues
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- 2–12+ years of industry software engineering experience (does not include internships or co-ops)
- Strong coding skills in any programming language (we understand new languages can be learned on the job, so our interview process is language-agnostic)
- Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work across workstreams within your team and contribute to your peers' success
- Ability to thrive with a high level of autonomy and responsibility, with an entrepreneurial mindset
- Interest in working as a generalist across varying technologies and stacks to solve problems and delight both internal and external users
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with large-scale financial tracking systems
- Good understanding and practical knowledge in cloud-based services (e.g., gRPC, GraphQL, Docker and Kubernetes, cloud services such as AWS, etc.)
HYBRID WORK AT STRIPE
This role is available either in an office or a remote location (35+ miles or 56+ km from a Stripe office).
IN-OFFICE EXPECTATIONS
Office-assigned Stripes spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This hits a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility about how to do this in a way that makes sense for individuals and their teams.
WORKING REMOTELY AT STRIPE
A remote location is defined as being 35 miles (56 kilometers) or more from one of our offices. While you would be welcome to come into the office for team/business meetings, on-sites, meet-ups, and events, our expectation is you would regularly work from home rather than a Stripe office. Stripe does not cover the cost of relocating to a remote location. We encourage you to apply for roles that match the location where you currently live or plan to live.
PAY AND BENEFITS
The annual US base salary range for this role is $190,400 - $285,600. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the US may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.
Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends.
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Verify your degree maps to the role
Australian three-year bachelor's degrees are generally accepted as equivalent to U.S. four-year degrees for E-3 visa purposes, but your degree field must align with API engineering. A degree in IT or information systems may require a credential evaluation if USCIS scrutinises the specialty occupation match.
Target employers with active LCA filings
Search the DOL's Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) for companies with recent LCA certifications for software engineer or API-related job titles. Employers who have filed LCAs before understand the process and are far less likely to withdraw an offer when sponsorship comes up.
Raise E-3 sponsorship before the technical rounds end
Bring up your need for E-3 sponsorship before the final offer stage, not after. Employers who learn about it late sometimes stall because their legal team needs to engage. Framing it early as a straightforward LCA plus consulate appointment removes the element of surprise.
Prepare a sponsorship one-pager for hiring managers
Most U.S. hiring managers outside major tech companies don't know what an E-3 is. A brief written summary explaining it's an Australian-only visa with no lottery, a short LCA filing step, and no cost to the candidate can move a hesitant employer to a yes faster than a verbal explanation.
Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service after your offer
Once you have a signed offer letter, use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to handle your LCA and visa paperwork end-to-end, including consulate preparation. This removes the burden from your employer's HR team, which is often the reason sponsorship stalls at the offer stage.
Confirm your role meets specialty occupation criteria
The E-3 requires the job to normally require a bachelor's degree in a specific field. If your job description uses vague language like 'degree preferred' instead of 'required,' ask the employer to update it before the LCA is filed with DOL, otherwise USCIS may question the specialty occupation classification at the consulate.
E-3 Visa Api Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find API Engineer jobs that offer E-3 visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for this search. It filters API Engineer and related software roles by employers with E-3 and broader visa sponsorship history, so you're not cold-applying to companies that have never sponsored before. Searching through a general job board gives you no visibility into which employers are actually willing to file an LCA for an Australian candidate.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does an API Engineer role qualify as a specialty occupation for the E-3 visa?
Yes, provided the job description requires a bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, software engineering, or a closely related field. The DOL and USCIS look at whether the role normally requires a specific degree, not just any degree. If the description is vague or lists a degree as preferred rather than required, the employer should tighten the language before filing the LCA.
How does the E-3 visa compare to the H-1B for API Engineer roles?
The E-3 has no annual lottery, no numerical cap that affects availability, and no registration fee for the employer. H-1B visa selection is random and capped at 85,000 per year, meaning most applicants don't get selected. For Australian API engineers, the E-3 means you can apply for a role in any month, receive an offer, and move to the consulate appointment stage without waiting on a lottery result.
Can I change employers on an E-3 if I move to a new API engineering role?
Yes, but the process starts fresh with each new employer. Your new employer must file a new LCA with the DOL, and you'll need to attend a new consulate appointment or apply for a change of status if you're already in the U.S. on E-3. There's no portability provision like the one available under H-1B, so plan your transition timeline accordingly to avoid a gap in work authorisation.