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Development Engineer roles in the U.S. qualify for E-3 visa sponsorship when the position requires a bachelor's degree in engineering or a closely related field. The E-3 has no lottery and no annual cap, making it a reliable path for Australian engineers targeting roles in product development, R&D, and systems engineering across U.S. employers.
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What if the system you built today was used by hundreds of millions of people - not hypothetically, but literally?
Amazon Selection & Catalog Systems (ASCS) is the engine behind the world's largest product catalog. Billions of products. Hundreds of millions of real-time updates daily. Every price change, every new listing, every inventory shift, our systems make it happen, 24/7/365, at a scale where textbook solutions simply don't apply.
We're hiring a Software Development Engineer (L5) to join our Selection & Curation Systems team in Seattle, and this isn't your typical SDE role.
What Makes This Different
This team is early-stage by Amazon standards. We're building brand-new services and tools from scratch, no legacy baggage, minimal operational burden, and a roadmap packed with greenfield projects scaling to worldwide customers this year.
You won't just write code. You'll drive technical design across organizational boundaries, own end-to-end solutions, and tackle problems that sit at the intersection of massive scale and real ambiguity:
- Ensuring product identity and traceability at global scale.
- Processing and normalizing standardized product data from trading partners worldwide.
- Extracting structured data from unstructured content using LLMs
- Automatic classification of items and data at catalog scale
- Big data visualization and analytics pipelines
- Massively distributed systems that push the limits of scale and performance
If you've ever wanted to work on problems where the answer doesn't exist yet and build it, this is that opportunity.
Who You Are
You have strong technical design instincts and can architect systems that work reliably at extreme scale.
You're comfortable leading across team boundaries — aligning with business owners, senior developers, and principals.
You're energized by ambiguity and greenfield work, not intimidated by it.
You ship, you learn, you iterate.
Why This Team, Why Now
Direct impact on hundreds of millions of customers and sellers worldwide, your work shows up in the shopping experience, every day.
Ground floor of a new technology stack with a clear scaling trajectory.
Cutting-edge problem space: LLMs, distributed systems, big data, applied to real products at real scale.
A team that's fast-moving, collaborative, and genuinely fun to work with.
Interested?
Reach out to amolsola@ to learn more or start a conversation. We'd love to tell you more about what we're building.
Key job responsibilities
As a software development engineer on this team, you will play a pivotal role in the following:
- Work with the team to help drive business decisions
- Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain innovative software solutions to drive services optimizations, cost, and security.
- Use software engineering best practices to ensure a high standard of quality for all of the team deliverables
- Write high quality distributed system software
- Work in an agile, startup-like development environment, where you are always working on the most important stuff.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
LOCATION
USA, WA, Seattle
COMPENSATION
- Salary Range: $143,700.00 - $194,400.00 USD annually
DESCRIPTION
What if the system you built today was used by hundreds of millions of people - not hypothetically, but literally?
Amazon Selection & Catalog Systems (ASCS) is the engine behind the world's largest product catalog. Billions of products. Hundreds of millions of real-time updates daily. Every price change, every new listing, every inventory shift, our systems make it happen, 24/7/365, at a scale where textbook solutions simply don't apply.
We're hiring a Software Development Engineer (L5) to join our Selection & Curation Systems team in Seattle, and this isn't your typical SDE role.
What Makes This Different
This team is early-stage by Amazon standards. We're building brand-new services and tools from scratch, no legacy baggage, minimal operational burden, and a roadmap packed with greenfield projects scaling to worldwide customers this year.
You won't just write code. You'll drive technical design across organizational boundaries, own end-to-end solutions, and tackle problems that sit at the intersection of massive scale and real ambiguity:
- Ensuring product identity and traceability at global scale.
- Processing and normalizing standardized product data from trading partners worldwide.
- Extracting structured data from unstructured content using LLMs
- Automatic classification of items and data at catalog scale
- Big data visualization and analytics pipelines
- Massively distributed systems that push the limits of scale and performance
If you've ever wanted to work on problems where the answer doesn't exist yet and build it, this is that opportunity.
Who You Are
You have strong technical design instincts and can architect systems that work reliably at extreme scale.
You're comfortable leading across team boundaries — aligning with business owners, senior developers, and principals.
You're energized by ambiguity and greenfield work, not intimidated by it.
You ship, you learn, you iterate.
Why This Team, Why Now
Direct impact on hundreds of millions of customers and sellers worldwide, your work shows up in the shopping experience, every day.
Ground floor of a new technology stack with a clear scaling trajectory.
Cutting-edge problem space: LLMs, distributed systems, big data, applied to real products at real scale.
A team that's fast-moving, collaborative, and genuinely fun to work with.
Interested?
Reach out to amolsola@ to learn more or start a conversation. We'd love to tell you more about what we're building.
Key job responsibilities
As a software development engineer on this team, you will play a pivotal role in the following:
- Work with the team to help drive business decisions
- Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain innovative software solutions to drive services optimizations, cost, and security.
- Use software engineering best practices to ensure a high standard of quality for all of the team deliverables
- Write high quality distributed system software
- Work in an agile, startup-like development environment, where you are always working on the most important stuff.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
LOCATION
USA, WA, Seattle
COMPENSATION
- Salary Range: $143,700.00 - $194,400.00 USD annually
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Verify your degree maps to the role
A Development Engineer position must require a specific bachelor's degree field, not just any degree. If your Australian three-year engineering degree covers the core discipline, it's generally accepted as equivalent to a U.S. four-year bachelor's for E-3 visa purposes.
Target employers with LCA filing history
Search the DOL's Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data for companies that have filed LCAs for engineering roles. Prior filings signal that the employer understands the E-3 process and has internal HR infrastructure to support sponsorship.
Address specialty occupation in your application
Development Engineer roles can face scrutiny if the job posting says a degree is preferred rather than required. Request that your offer letter specify the degree field as a strict requirement before your employer submits the LCA to the DOL.
Get your LCA certified before booking your consulate appointment
The DOL must certify your Labor Condition Application before you can apply for the E-3 at a U.S. consulate. Standard LCA certification runs about seven business days, so factor that into your start date timeline when negotiating with your employer.
Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service for end-to-end processing
Development Engineer cases often involve technical job duty descriptions that must satisfy specialty occupation standards. Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service handles your LCA preparation, visa paperwork, and consulate appointment preparation so nothing falls through on the employer's side.
Prepare your engineering credentials before your interview
Bring certified copies of your academic transcripts and your engineering degree to the consulate appointment. If your degree is from an Australian institution not widely recognized by U.S. consular officers, a credential evaluation from a USCIS-accepted evaluation service strengthens your application.
E-3 Visa Development Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I find Development Engineer jobs with E-3 visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for Australian professionals searching for U.S. roles that include E-3 visa sponsorship. It filters opportunities by visa type so you're not sorting through listings from employers unfamiliar with the E-3 or unwilling to file. Standard job boards don't surface sponsorship eligibility at the role level, which makes the search significantly less efficient.
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 a Development Engineer role qualify as a specialty occupation for the E-3?
Yes, provided the position requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific engineering discipline, such as mechanical, electrical, software, or systems engineering. The key is that the degree must be a genuine requirement of the role, not a preference. If the job description lists multiple unrelated degree fields as acceptable, USCIS may question whether the role meets the specialty occupation standard.
How does the E-3 compare to the H-1B for Development Engineer roles?
The E-3 is available year-round with no lottery, while the H-1B visa is capped at 85,000 per fiscal year and selected by random draw. For a Development Engineer, this means your employer can file your E-3 petition and have you working within weeks of your offer, rather than waiting up to a year for an H-1B selection result. The E-3 also renews indefinitely in two-year increments as long as you maintain qualifying employment.
Can I switch Development Engineer employers while on an E-3?
Yes, but your new employer must file a fresh LCA with the DOL and you'll need to obtain a new E-3 visa stamp, which typically requires a return trip to a U.S. consulate in Australia. There is no portability provision for the E-3 equivalent to what H-1B holders have under AC21. Plan the transition carefully to avoid a gap in authorized employment status.