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Engineering Team Lead roles qualify for E-3 visa sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring a relevant bachelor's degree or higher. The E-3 has no lottery and no annual cap, so Australian engineers can apply year-round once they have a U.S. job offer and a certified Labor Condition Application.
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Job Type: Contract (5 months 1 day)
Published: 3 hours ago
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead onshore and offshore data engineering teams across mixed vendor groups, including our client's company and other partners.
- Drive technical delivery for migration from Netezza to Databricks.
- Translate business and architecture requirements into technical designs and engineering tasks.
- Develop and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines, data transformations, and Databricks workflows.
- Guide conversion of legacy Netezza SQL, scripts, and data processing logic into Databricks solutions.
- Ensure code quality, performance tuning, testing, and adherence to engineering best practices.
- Coordinate with architects, project managers, business stakeholders, and vendor teams.
- Provide mentoring and technical direction to junior and mid-level data engineers.
- Participate in code reviews, issue resolution, deployment, and production support.
- Support data validation, reconciliation, cutover planning, and post-migration stabilization.
Required Qualifications:
- 8+ years of experience in data engineering, data warehousing, ETL/ELT, or analytics engineering.
- 2+ years of experience leading onshore/offshore engineering teams.
- Strong hands-on expertise with Databricks, Apache Spark, SQL, and Python/PySpark.
- Experience with IBM Netezza or similar legacy data warehouse platforms.
- Experience supporting data platform migration or modernization initiatives.
- Familiarity with GCP and Azure cloud platforms.
- Strong understanding of data pipelines, data lakehouse concepts, and large-scale data processing.
- Experience working with global delivery teams and multiple vendor partners.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, and technical troubleshooting skills.
Compensation:
- The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $43.92/hour - $68.62/hour.
Our benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.
Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.
Location: Cincinnati, OH, United States (On-site)
Job Type: Contract (5 months 1 day)
Published: 3 hours ago
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead onshore and offshore data engineering teams across mixed vendor groups, including our client's company and other partners.
- Drive technical delivery for migration from Netezza to Databricks.
- Translate business and architecture requirements into technical designs and engineering tasks.
- Develop and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines, data transformations, and Databricks workflows.
- Guide conversion of legacy Netezza SQL, scripts, and data processing logic into Databricks solutions.
- Ensure code quality, performance tuning, testing, and adherence to engineering best practices.
- Coordinate with architects, project managers, business stakeholders, and vendor teams.
- Provide mentoring and technical direction to junior and mid-level data engineers.
- Participate in code reviews, issue resolution, deployment, and production support.
- Support data validation, reconciliation, cutover planning, and post-migration stabilization.
Required Qualifications:
- 8+ years of experience in data engineering, data warehousing, ETL/ELT, or analytics engineering.
- 2+ years of experience leading onshore/offshore engineering teams.
- Strong hands-on expertise with Databricks, Apache Spark, SQL, and Python/PySpark.
- Experience with IBM Netezza or similar legacy data warehouse platforms.
- Experience supporting data platform migration or modernization initiatives.
- Familiarity with GCP and Azure cloud platforms.
- Strong understanding of data pipelines, data lakehouse concepts, and large-scale data processing.
- Experience working with global delivery teams and multiple vendor partners.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, and technical troubleshooting skills.
Compensation:
- The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $43.92/hour - $68.62/hour.
Our benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.
Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.
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Translate your credentials for U.S. employers
Australian engineering degrees are generally accepted as equivalent to four-year U.S. bachelor's degrees, but get a credential evaluation from a USCIS-recognized provider before interviews. This removes a common objection before it surfaces.
Target employers with LCA filing history
Search DOL's Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data to find companies that have filed LCAs for engineering leadership roles. Prior filings signal a payroll and legal process already in place, which shortens your path to an offer.
Frame sponsorship as a low-risk ask
Engineering Team Lead is a clearly defined specialty occupation, so your E-3 visa application carries less ambiguity than more generalist roles. Tell hiring managers the LCA takes roughly seven business days and there's no lottery, which removes the two barriers that stall most sponsorship conversations.
Lock in your LCA before resigning from current work
DOL must certify your LCA before you can attend a consulate interview. Confirm your start date and job description are final before your employer submits, since LCA amendments require a refiling and can delay your timeline by weeks.
Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service end-to-end
Once you have an offer, use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to handle your LCA, DS-160, and consulate preparation. This is especially useful when your employer's HR team has no prior E-3 experience with engineering leadership roles.
Prepare for specialty occupation scrutiny at the consulate
Consular officers occasionally question whether a team lead role genuinely requires a specific degree field rather than general management experience. Bring your offer letter, an organizational chart showing your direct reports, and transcripts that tie your degree discipline to the technical scope of your role.
E-3 Visa Engineering Team Lead: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find Engineering Team Lead jobs that offer E-3 visa sponsorship?
Use Migrate Mate to search Engineering Team Lead roles filtered by E-3 visa sponsorship. Most general job boards don't distinguish E-3 from other visa types, so you can spend a lot of time chasing roles where the employer has never sponsored an Australian before. Migrate Mate surfaces roles from employers with an active sponsorship track record.
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 Engineering Team Lead role qualify as a specialty occupation for the E-3?
Yes, provided the position genuinely requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific engineering field, such as mechanical, electrical, civil, or software engineering. Roles where any bachelor's degree satisfies the requirement regardless of field are harder to defend. A strong offer letter that ties your degree discipline to the technical scope of the position is your best documentation.
How does the E-3 compare to the H-1B for Engineering Team Lead roles in the United States?
The E-3 has no annual cap and no lottery, so you can apply at any point in the year once you have a job offer and a certified LCA. The H-1B visa is capped at 85,000 per year and requires winning a random lottery, which means most applicants wait years or never get selected. For Australian engineers, the E-3 is a direct route the H-1B simply can't match on predictability.
Can I change employers or get promoted while on an E-3 as an Engineering Team Lead?
You can change employers, but your new employer must file a fresh LCA and you'll need a new E-3 visa stamp before you can re-enter the U.S. on the new role. A promotion within the same company that significantly changes your job duties or title may also require an updated LCA. Coordinate timing carefully if your current visa stamp has a short remaining validity.