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Engineering Leader roles qualify for EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship through the PERM labor certification process, which requires your employer to document that no qualified U.S. worker is available for the position. Advanced-degree professionals and those with substantial technical management experience are strong candidates for EB-2 classification.
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INTRODUCTION
This is an onsite position based out of Miliptas, CA.
Meet the Team
Cisco Node Visuals (CNV) builds interactive network and geographic visualizations for Cisco products. We help users understand complex enterprise network data across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. Our engineering team combines expertise in GPU-accelerated graphics, mathematics, and algorithm development. We follow an InnerSource model to share code, exchange ideas, and build reusable capabilities across Cisco organizations. Every team member works as a forward-deployed engineer, partnering directly with product teams to solve network and geographic visualization challenges.
Your Impact
Lead CNV architecture and delivery, from design through deployment, to build secure, reusable visualization capabilities that Cisco enterprise product teams adopt. Build high-performance 2D and 3D network and geographic views for cloud, on-premises, and air-gapped environments without runtime access to external mapping services. Develop and optimize algorithms for topology layout, rendering, aggregation, animation, navigation, and spatial interaction for large, dynamic datasets. Set engineering standards and use tests and performance benchmarks to verify improvements in rendering speed, memory use, startup time, and interaction latency. Guide technical priorities, mentor engineers, and influence product strategy through hands-on development, technical reviews, and contributions to Cisco’s intellectual-property portfolio.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in any engineering discipline.
- 7+ years of frontend engineering experience architecting and delivering web applications, libraries, or frameworks.
- Hands-on experience with WebGL2, GPU-accelerated graphics, or comparable real-time rendering technologies.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience developing mapping, GIS, geospatial analytics, or location-based visualization software using geographic coordinate systems, coordinate transformations, map projections, vector-map data, GeoJSON, polygon triangulation, and spatial indexing.
- Experience designing performance-critical algorithms and applying graph theory, linear algebra, computational geometry, and mathematical optimization.
- Experience with shader programming, graphics buffers, textures, batching, GPU resource management, and CPU, GPU, memory, and browser performance profiling.
- Experience building reusable visualization frameworks or developer-facing APIs, with familiarity with HTML Canvas, SVG, accessibility, and enterprise design systems.
- Experience owning technical architecture, mentoring engineers, and leading distributed or multidisciplinary teams through cross-functional collaboration.
Why Cisco?
At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.
Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.
We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.
Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:
The starting salary range posted for this position is $186,900.00 to $267,700.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.
Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:
- 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
- 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
- Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
- Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
- 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
- Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.
Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:
- .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;
- 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
- 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and
- Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.
For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.
The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:
New York City Metro Area:
$186,900.00 - $307,800.00
Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:
$166,300.00 - $274,100.00
- For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.
Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.
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Document your technical leadership scope early
PERM job descriptions must reflect your actual duties. Gather performance reviews, org charts, and project records that show you manage engineering teams, own technical decisions, and drive delivery outcomes before your employer files.
Target employers with established PERM infrastructure
Look for companies that have sponsored engineering roles through PERM before. Employers with in-house immigration counsel and dedicated HR processes move faster and make fewer filing errors than those sponsoring for the first time.
Verify your role qualifies under EB-2 requirements
Engineering Leader positions typically require an advanced degree or its equivalent. Cross-reference the O*NET occupation profile for your specific engineering discipline to confirm the degree requirement aligns with USCIS advanced-degree standards before negotiating your offer.
Negotiate green card sponsorship into your offer
Ask employers to commit to EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship in writing during offer negotiations, not after you start. Employers sometimes agree to H-1B visa sponsorship only, which delays your path to permanent residency by years.
Search for green card sponsors using Migrate Mate
Filter Engineering Leader roles by employers with active green card sponsorship history. Migrate Mate surfaces PERM-filing employers so you can focus your applications on companies that have already committed to sponsoring this visa category.
Confirm your prevailing wage tier before PERM is filed
Your employer must pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for your location and job level. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the Level II or Level III wage for your engineering leadership role before the labor condition is submitted.
Green Card Engineering Leader: Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Engineering Leader role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Engineering Leader positions typically qualify for EB-2 if the role requires a master's degree or equivalent, and EB-3 if a bachelor's degree is the stated minimum. The classification depends on the job description your employer files with DOL, not your personal credentials. USCIS evaluates whether the position itself requires an advanced degree, so your employer's PERM job description must accurately reflect the role's actual educational requirements.
How does PERM green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for an Engineering Leader?
H-1B is a temporary work visa with a three-year initial period and an annual lottery. PERM-based green card sponsorship leads to permanent residency with no cap at the EB-3 level for most countries. The PERM process is longer, typically 12 to 24 months from labor certification through I-140 approval, but it removes the lottery risk entirely and lets you build a stable long-term career in the U.S. without recurring renewal cycles.
What does the PERM labor certification process require from my employer?
Your employer must conduct a supervised recruitment process to show no qualified U.S. worker applied for the role. This includes job postings, interviews, and documented rejection reasons for any U.S. applicants. The process is managed through DOL's PERM system and must be completed before your employer files the I-140 immigrant petition with USCIS. Errors in the recruitment record are a leading cause of PERM audits and delays.
How can I find Engineering Leader jobs with green card sponsorship?
Use Migrate Mate to search Engineering Leader roles specifically filtered by employers with PERM and green card sponsorship history. This removes the guesswork of cold-applying to companies that only offer H-1B support, letting you focus on employers who have already committed to sponsoring permanent residency for engineering leadership positions.
Can I switch employers after my PERM is filed but before my green card is approved?
Changing employers after PERM is filed but before the I-140 is approved restarts the entire green card process. Once your I-140 is approved and your priority date is current, portability rules under AC21 allow you to move to a same or similar role with a new employer without losing your place in line. For Engineering Leader roles, same-or-similar is typically interpreted broadly across engineering disciplines, but USCIS retains discretion.