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Engineering Team Lead roles qualify for EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship through PERM labor certification, which requires your employer to document that no qualified U.S. workers are available before filing your I-140 petition. Leading engineering teams typically satisfies specialty occupation requirements under both categories, giving you a path to permanent residency.
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Job Location: 465 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14203. Position requires in-office work four (4) days every week.
Job Description: Plan, initiate, and manage information technology (IT) projects, providing high-level software development solutions and identify new technologies for implementation. Guide technical staff, evaluating complex interrelationships among programs, interfacing applications, and platforms; Perform specialized duties within M&T Bank’s Commercial, Credit, Finance, Risk, Regulatory, ICS & Wealth Technology – Technology department; Drive infrastructure, technology integration, implementation, and application support for commercial banking functional systems including loan origination, underwriting, approval, document preparation, and credit analysis systems used by M&T Bank’s commercial banking officers and customers; Contribute to Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Integration, and Data Orchestration initiatives; Utilize batch data processing and data integration to design and develop multifaceted integration applications within the CL ART framework; Provide technical guidance in SOA for integrating complex data application systems with external cloud platforms; Ensure security and risk audit compliance on data standards; Conduct automated integration tests to achieve 100% pass results using standalone, console-based applications; Negotiate and reconcile data differences between legacy applications, promoting a “Single Source of Truth” data entity approach on an enterprise level; Develop batch-based applications and redesign existing applications as needed without affecting program timelines; Design infrastructure and implement automated deployment and testing solutions; Provide day-to-day guidance to technical individuals. Collaborate closely with client partners and business teams to evaluate, plan, and architect business initiatives using approved software tools and methodologies.
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Information Technology or related technical field plus five (5) years of experience in the job offered or as a Software Engineer, Software Developer, IT Consultant or a related occupation.
Requires five (5) years of experience in each of the following:
- Java Development for both Frontend and Backend Applications, including gathering customer requirements with stakeholders and end users, creating high-level architecture and designs, developing prototypes and features, conducting unit testing, and providing maintenance support;
- API Services (including microservices) and Web Application Development using Java and supporting frameworks including SpringBoot, Spring, REST API, and SOAP;
- Building and designing databases and data warehouses using Oracle or similar relational databases including MS SQL Server or MySQL; and
- Batch processing using Java for data movement and transformation.
Requires two (2) years of experience in each of the following:
- Leading and guiding the work of technical staff;
- Running and administering applications;
- Developing and maintaining integration applications in Enterprise Service Bus tools;
- Java middleware orchestration libraries including Apache Camel;
- JavaScript, frontend application development; and
- DevOps Architecture and Delivery using Jenkins and GitLab.
Salary: $146,030.00-$156,030.00 per year
Location
Buffalo, New York, United States of America
Title: Engineering Team Lead
Job Location: 465 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14203. Position requires in-office work four (4) days every week.
Job Description: Plan, initiate, and manage information technology (IT) projects, providing high-level software development solutions and identify new technologies for implementation. Guide technical staff, evaluating complex interrelationships among programs, interfacing applications, and platforms; Perform specialized duties within M&T Bank’s Commercial, Credit, Finance, Risk, Regulatory, ICS & Wealth Technology – Technology department; Drive infrastructure, technology integration, implementation, and application support for commercial banking functional systems including loan origination, underwriting, approval, document preparation, and credit analysis systems used by M&T Bank’s commercial banking officers and customers; Contribute to Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Integration, and Data Orchestration initiatives; Utilize batch data processing and data integration to design and develop multifaceted integration applications within the CL ART framework; Provide technical guidance in SOA for integrating complex data application systems with external cloud platforms; Ensure security and risk audit compliance on data standards; Conduct automated integration tests to achieve 100% pass results using standalone, console-based applications; Negotiate and reconcile data differences between legacy applications, promoting a “Single Source of Truth” data entity approach on an enterprise level; Develop batch-based applications and redesign existing applications as needed without affecting program timelines; Design infrastructure and implement automated deployment and testing solutions; Provide day-to-day guidance to technical individuals. Collaborate closely with client partners and business teams to evaluate, plan, and architect business initiatives using approved software tools and methodologies.
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Information Technology or related technical field plus five (5) years of experience in the job offered or as a Software Engineer, Software Developer, IT Consultant or a related occupation.
Requires five (5) years of experience in each of the following:
- Java Development for both Frontend and Backend Applications, including gathering customer requirements with stakeholders and end users, creating high-level architecture and designs, developing prototypes and features, conducting unit testing, and providing maintenance support;
- API Services (including microservices) and Web Application Development using Java and supporting frameworks including SpringBoot, Spring, REST API, and SOAP;
- Building and designing databases and data warehouses using Oracle or similar relational databases including MS SQL Server or MySQL; and
- Batch processing using Java for data movement and transformation.
Requires two (2) years of experience in each of the following:
- Leading and guiding the work of technical staff;
- Running and administering applications;
- Developing and maintaining integration applications in Enterprise Service Bus tools;
- Java middleware orchestration libraries including Apache Camel;
- JavaScript, frontend application development; and
- DevOps Architecture and Delivery using Jenkins and GitLab.
Salary: $146,030.00-$156,030.00 per year
Location
Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Engineering Team Lead
Align your credentials with EB-2 requirements
A bachelor's degree alone may qualify you for EB-3, but a master's degree or a bachelor's plus five years of progressive engineering leadership experience typically positions you for EB-2, which can mean shorter waits for nationals of most countries.
Target employers with PERM filing history
Search the DOL's OFLC disclosure data for companies that have filed PERM applications for engineering leadership roles. Employers who have completed this process before move faster and are less likely to stall your case over internal HR unfamiliarity.
Use Migrate Mate to find sponsoring employers
Filter for Engineering Team Lead positions at companies with active green card sponsorship history. Migrate Mate surfaces employers who have filed PERM or I-140 petitions for similar roles, so you're targeting real sponsorship intent rather than guessing.
Verify the job description supports PERM approval
PERM requires the job duties and degree requirements to match the role as normally defined by USCIS. If your offer letter describes broad general management with no engineering-specific duties, DOL may determine the position does not require a specialty degree.
Confirm prevailing wage tier before accepting an offer
Run the offered salary against the OFLC Wage Search for your job title, level, and location. Your employer must pay at least the prevailing wage certified on the LCA, and a wage set too low at hire will need to be corrected before PERM filing.
Clarify your priority date strategy during negotiation
Ask whether your employer will file an I-140 concurrently with PERM or wait for approval first. Filing concurrently after PERM approval locks in your priority date sooner, which matters significantly if you were born in a country with a visa backlog.
Green Card Engineering Team Lead: Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Engineering Team Lead role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship?
Most Engineering Team Lead positions qualify under EB-3 as skilled workers requiring a bachelor's degree, and many qualify under EB-2 if the role requires an advanced degree or the candidate holds a master's degree. The classification depends on how the employer defines minimum requirements in the PERM job description, not just the candidate's actual credentials.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for this role?
Green card sponsorship through PERM and I-140 is a permanent immigrant pathway with no annual lottery and no cap at the EB-3 petition level. The H-1B visa is a temporary status subject to an annual lottery and a six-year limit. PERM takes longer overall, often 18 to 36 months from filing to approval, but the outcome is lawful permanent residency, not a renewable temporary status.
What does the PERM process look like for an Engineering Team Lead position?
Your employer files a PERM application with DOL after completing a supervised recruitment process to demonstrate no qualified U.S. workers were available for the role. DOL audits are common for management and leadership titles. Once PERM is certified, your employer files Form I-140 with USCIS to establish your immigrant visa petition and lock in your priority date.
How do I find Engineering Team Lead jobs that offer green card sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lets you search for Engineering Team Lead roles filtered by employers with verified green card sponsorship history, including companies that have filed PERM applications for similar titles. This removes the guesswork of cold-applying to companies that may not have sponsored before or that lack the infrastructure to run a compliant PERM recruitment process.
Can I change jobs after my employer starts the green card process?
Once your I-140 is approved and your priority date is more than 180 days old, portability rules allow you to change employers in the same or similar occupational classification without losing your priority date. Changing jobs before I-140 approval restarts the process, so timing your transition carefully around the 180-day threshold protects the progress already made.