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Backend software engineers pursuing permanent U.S. residency can qualify under EB-2 for advanced-degree professionals or EB-3 for skilled workers, both requiring employer-sponsored PERM labor certification. Your employer files the I-140 petition after PERM approval, initiating your path to a green card. Priority dates and country of birth determine your actual wait time for sponsorship.
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Quanata is on a mission to help ensure a better world through context-based insurance solutions. We are an exceptional, customer centered team with a passion for creating innovative technologies, digital products, and brands. We blend some of the best Silicon Valley talent and cutting-edge thinking with the long-term backing of leading insurer, State Farm.
Learn more about us and our work at quanata.com
Our Team
Quanata, LLC is an insurance technology innovation company that engineers advanced risk prediction and prevention solutions, develops risk-focused acquisition capabilities, and builds/supports a full-stack, flexible, digital & increasingly AI-native insurance platform. This helps our primary clients, State Farm and HiRoad Assurance Company, adapt to evolving market needs. Quanata, LLC is wholly owned and funded by State Farm.
As a company that prioritizes an inclusive and positive culture, we believe the core of our success is in hiring talented people — across disciplines — who want to help us make a quantifiable impact.
The Role
As a Senior Manager, Back End Engineering, you'll lead a team of engineers responsible for the core policy, billing, and financial ledger platforms that support key product and operational initiatives at Quanata.
You'll combine people leadership with technical and architectural guidance, helping your team deliver scalable, secure, high-performing systems. You'll also help improve how the team operates, from engineering processes and capacity planning to technical decision-making and delivery.
Working closely with Product Management, Program Management, engineering leaders, and other teams across the company, you'll help align technical execution with broader business goals while coaching and developing mid-level, senior, and staff engineers.
Your Day-to-Day
- Coach, lead, and develop a team of mid-level, senior, and staff software engineers.
- Provide architectural guidance and support technical decision-making for back end systems.
- Partner with Product Management, Program Management, and teams across the company to drive successful product delivery.
- Improve engineering processes to increase team efficiency and effectiveness.
- Set and manage expectations with leadership and external stakeholders.
- Drive team performance against KPIs for throughput, product quality, security, and performance.
- Lead sprint and roadmap planning, capacity modeling, and resourcing efforts.
- Stay current on industry trends and help drive adoption of engineering best practices.
About You
- Bachelor's degree, an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience, or equivalent relevant experience.
- 8–10 years of software engineering experience, including 4+ years of engineering management experience.
- Experience with personnel development and performance management.
- Project management experience.
- Experience with sprint and roadmap planning, capacity modeling, and resourcing.
- Strong technical architecture fluency, with a focus on back end systems.
- Strong enterprise partnership and stakeholder management skills.
- Executive-ready written communication skills.
Bonus Points
- Experience in a financial sector such as insurance, banking, or investing.
- Experience with AI-assisted engineering practices, including spec-driven development, context and harness engineering, and autonomous agentic workflows.
- Familiarity with technologies used by the team, including Go, Python, TypeScript, GraphQL, gRPC, Postgres, Mongo, Snowflake, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS.
Salary: $249,000 to $367,000*
Please note that the final salary offered will be determined based on the selected candidate's skills, and experience, as well as the internal salary structure at Quanata. Our aim is to offer a competitive and equitable compensation package that reflects the candidate's expertise and contributions to our organization.
Additional Details:
Benefits: We provide a wide variety of health, wellness and other benefits. These include medical, dental, vision, life insurance and supplemental income plans for you and your dependents, a Headspace app subscription, monthly wellness allowance and a 401(k) Plan with a company match.
Work from Home Equipment: Given our virtual environment— in order to set you up for success at home, a one-time payment of $2K will be provided to cover the purchase of in-home office equipment and furniture at your discretion. Also, our teams work with MacBook Pros, which we will deliver to you fully provisioned prior to your first day.
Paid Time Off: All employees accrue four weeks of PTO in their first year of employment. New parents receive twelve weeks of fully paid parental leave which may be taken within one year after the birth and/or adoption of a child. The twelve weeks is applicable to both birthing and non-birthing parent.
Personal and Professional Development: We're committed to investing in and helping our people grow personally and professionally. All employees receive up to $5000 each year for professional learning, continuing education and career development. All team members also receive LinkedIn Learning subscriptions and access to multiple different coaching opportunities through BetterUp.
Location: We are a remote-first company for most positions so you may work from anywhere you like in the U.S, excluding U.S. territories. For most positions, occasional travel may be requested or encouraged but is not required. Some positions might require travel per the job description provided to the employee. Employees based in the San Francisco Bay Area or in Providence, Rhode Island may commute to one of our local offices as desired.
Hours: We maintain core meeting hours from 9AM - 2PM Pacific time for collaborating with team members across all time zones.
Quanata, LLC is an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
If you are a San Francisco resident, please read the City and County of San Francisco's Fair Chance Ordinance notice.
This role is employed by Quanata, LLC which is a separate company in the State Farm family of companies.
If you require a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to your Talent Acquisition Partner for assistance.
About us
Quanata is on a mission to help ensure a better world through context-based insurance solutions. We are an exceptional, customer centered team with a passion for creating innovative technologies, digital products, and brands. We blend some of the best Silicon Valley talent and cutting-edge thinking with the long-term backing of leading insurer, State Farm.
Learn more about us and our work at quanata.com
Our Team
Quanata, LLC is an insurance technology innovation company that engineers advanced risk prediction and prevention solutions, develops risk-focused acquisition capabilities, and builds/supports a full-stack, flexible, digital & increasingly AI-native insurance platform. This helps our primary clients, State Farm and HiRoad Assurance Company, adapt to evolving market needs. Quanata, LLC is wholly owned and funded by State Farm.
As a company that prioritizes an inclusive and positive culture, we believe the core of our success is in hiring talented people — across disciplines — who want to help us make a quantifiable impact.
The Role
As a Senior Manager, Back End Engineering, you'll lead a team of engineers responsible for the core policy, billing, and financial ledger platforms that support key product and operational initiatives at Quanata.
You'll combine people leadership with technical and architectural guidance, helping your team deliver scalable, secure, high-performing systems. You'll also help improve how the team operates, from engineering processes and capacity planning to technical decision-making and delivery.
Working closely with Product Management, Program Management, engineering leaders, and other teams across the company, you'll help align technical execution with broader business goals while coaching and developing mid-level, senior, and staff engineers.
Your Day-to-Day
- Coach, lead, and develop a team of mid-level, senior, and staff software engineers.
- Provide architectural guidance and support technical decision-making for back end systems.
- Partner with Product Management, Program Management, and teams across the company to drive successful product delivery.
- Improve engineering processes to increase team efficiency and effectiveness.
- Set and manage expectations with leadership and external stakeholders.
- Drive team performance against KPIs for throughput, product quality, security, and performance.
- Lead sprint and roadmap planning, capacity modeling, and resourcing efforts.
- Stay current on industry trends and help drive adoption of engineering best practices.
About You
- Bachelor's degree, an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience, or equivalent relevant experience.
- 8–10 years of software engineering experience, including 4+ years of engineering management experience.
- Experience with personnel development and performance management.
- Project management experience.
- Experience with sprint and roadmap planning, capacity modeling, and resourcing.
- Strong technical architecture fluency, with a focus on back end systems.
- Strong enterprise partnership and stakeholder management skills.
- Executive-ready written communication skills.
Bonus Points
- Experience in a financial sector such as insurance, banking, or investing.
- Experience with AI-assisted engineering practices, including spec-driven development, context and harness engineering, and autonomous agentic workflows.
- Familiarity with technologies used by the team, including Go, Python, TypeScript, GraphQL, gRPC, Postgres, Mongo, Snowflake, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS.
Salary: $249,000 to $367,000*
Please note that the final salary offered will be determined based on the selected candidate's skills, and experience, as well as the internal salary structure at Quanata. Our aim is to offer a competitive and equitable compensation package that reflects the candidate's expertise and contributions to our organization.
Additional Details:
Benefits: We provide a wide variety of health, wellness and other benefits. These include medical, dental, vision, life insurance and supplemental income plans for you and your dependents, a Headspace app subscription, monthly wellness allowance and a 401(k) Plan with a company match.
Work from Home Equipment: Given our virtual environment— in order to set you up for success at home, a one-time payment of $2K will be provided to cover the purchase of in-home office equipment and furniture at your discretion. Also, our teams work with MacBook Pros, which we will deliver to you fully provisioned prior to your first day.
Paid Time Off: All employees accrue four weeks of PTO in their first year of employment. New parents receive twelve weeks of fully paid parental leave which may be taken within one year after the birth and/or adoption of a child. The twelve weeks is applicable to both birthing and non-birthing parent.
Personal and Professional Development: We're committed to investing in and helping our people grow personally and professionally. All employees receive up to $5000 each year for professional learning, continuing education and career development. All team members also receive LinkedIn Learning subscriptions and access to multiple different coaching opportunities through BetterUp.
Location: We are a remote-first company for most positions so you may work from anywhere you like in the U.S, excluding U.S. territories. For most positions, occasional travel may be requested or encouraged but is not required. Some positions might require travel per the job description provided to the employee. Employees based in the San Francisco Bay Area or in Providence, Rhode Island may commute to one of our local offices as desired.
Hours: We maintain core meeting hours from 9AM - 2PM Pacific time for collaborating with team members across all time zones.
Quanata, LLC is an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
If you are a San Francisco resident, please read the City and County of San Francisco's Fair Chance Ordinance notice.
This role is employed by Quanata, LLC which is a separate company in the State Farm family of companies.
If you require a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to your Talent Acquisition Partner for assistance.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Backend Software Engineer
Document your backend specialization before applying
PERM requires the employer to define a specific job role with a minimum degree requirement. Gather transcripts, credential evaluations, and project documentation that tie your backend skills, system architecture, distributed systems, API design, to a defined specialty occupation before your first interview.
Filter job postings by PERM filing history
Not every company that sponsors H-1B visas will sponsor a green card. Search DOL PERM disclosure data for employers who have filed PERM applications for software engineering roles in the past two years, those employers already have a sponsorship process in place.
Ask about the prevailing wage tier during offer negotiations
PERM locks your employer into paying at least the DOL prevailing wage for your role and location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to find the wage level for your specific backend job title before negotiating, so you understand the floor your offer must meet for the filing to be valid.
Negotiate green card sponsorship into your offer letter
Get explicit written commitment covering PERM, I-140, and adjustment of status before signing. Verbal promises are unenforceable, USCIS requires the employer to demonstrate a continuing job offer, and you want that commitment documented from day one.
Use Migrate Mate to find employers sponsoring backend roles
Search Migrate Mate to identify companies with active green card sponsorship history for software engineering positions. Filtering by role type and sponsorship record lets you focus your applications on employers who have already committed to the PERM process for backend engineers.
Understand how your birth country affects your priority date
EB-3 for India and China faces multi-year backlogs due to per-country caps, while EB-2 backlogs for those countries stretch even longer. Request your employer start the PERM process as early as possible, your priority date is set when PERM is filed, not when I-140 is approved.
Green Card Backend Software Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a backend software engineer role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship?
Most backend engineering roles qualify under EB-2 if the position requires a master's degree or its equivalent, or under EB-3 if a bachelor's degree is the stated minimum. The employer defines the job requirements during PERM, which locks in the classification. Roles requiring specialized knowledge in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or machine learning pipelines are frequently filed at EB-2 level.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for backend engineers?
H-1B is a temporary, nonimmigrant status with an annual lottery cap and a six-year base limit. Green card sponsorship through EB-2 or EB-3 results in permanent residency with no recurring renewal, no lottery, and no cap on the number of employers who can file. The tradeoff is timeline: PERM and I-140 processing can take two or more years before you even reach the priority date queue.
What does the PERM labor certification process require from backend engineering candidates?
Your employer runs PERM, but you need to meet the minimum qualifications listed in the job description exactly as filed. PERM also requires the employer to conduct a formal recruitment process to show no qualified U.S. workers were available. Any mismatch between your credentials and the job requirements at the time of filing can result in denial, so verify your transcripts and equivalent experience documentation are in order beforehand.
How can I find backend software engineer jobs that include green card sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lets you search specifically for backend software engineer roles at employers with documented green card sponsorship history, filtered by PERM filing activity. This removes the guesswork of cold-applying to companies that may only offer H-1B transfers. Targeting employers with an established PERM track record for engineering roles significantly reduces the risk of starting the process with a company that lacks experience or internal immigration infrastructure.
Can I change employers after my I-140 is approved?
Yes, under AC21 portability rules, you can change to a same or similar occupational classification after your I-140 has been approved for 180 days and your adjustment of status application is pending. Backend engineering roles generally port well across companies given the consistent SOC code classification. Confirm the new role falls within the same occupational category before making a move, and notify USCIS of the change.