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Production Engineer roles at U.S. manufacturers regularly qualify for EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship through PERM labor certification, which requires employers to document that no qualified U.S. worker is available before filing an I-140 immigrant petition on your behalf. Strong process engineering credentials and a relevant bachelor's degree put you firmly in the sponsorship pipeline.
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Location: San Francisco Bay Area (Hybrid/Onsite)
Type: Full-time
Stage: Early-stage startup
About the Role
We are building the control plane for AI agents in teams and companies.
As a Production Engineer, you will own the infrastructure, security, and compliance systems that allow our platform to ship fast and run reliably at scale. This is not a traditional ops role — you will write real code, contribute directly to the product, and own the full security and compliance surface of an early-stage company.
You'll work across Kubernetes infrastructure, cloud delivery, agent sandboxing, SOC2 compliance, IT systems, and production observability — and you'll contribute to the product itself, building security-sensitive features and auditing application code for vulnerabilities.
If you want to own the production backbone for the agent-native era — from a Terraform module to a pentest to an API key implementation — we want to talk.
What You'll Own
1. Cloud & Kubernetes Infrastructure
- Our Stack: Manage and evolve our production and staging infrastructure on GCP (GKE) using Terraform. Own DNS, networking, and environment configuration end-to-end.
- Customer Environments: Deploy and operate within customer VPCs across AWS, Azure, and GCP — adapting to varied infrastructure constraints, security requirements, and enterprise networking configurations.
- Agent Sandboxing: Build and maintain Kubernetes-based sandboxing for agent execution — ensuring agents operate within strict network boundaries and must route through our API gateway rather than having unfettered internet access.
- Observability: Own our observability stack, including OpenTelemetry instrumentation and integrations with New Relic and Splunk, to give the team deep visibility into system performance and agent runtime behavior.
2. Security, Compliance & IT
- SOC2 & Audits: Lead infrastructure and operational work to support SOC2 compliance, including audit preparation, evidence collection, and control implementation.
- Penetration Testing & Bug Bounty: Manage our HackerOne engagement — coordinating pentests, triaging incoming bug bounty reports, and driving remediation.
- Product Security: Audit application code for security vulnerabilities, contribute security-sensitive product features (e.g., API key management), and ensure product and infrastructure security are coherent end-to-end.
- IT & Identity: Own our IT stack — Okta, device management, and access controls — keeping the company secure as we scale.
3. CI/CD & Progressive Delivery
- Deployment Pipelines: Design and maintain safe, automated CI/CD workflows supporting rollout strategies like canary and blue-green deployments.
- Release Velocity: Make shipping to production a routine, boring, highly automated non-event.
What We're Looking For
Strong Fit
- Experience: 5+ years in Production Engineering, Platform Engineering, or a security-focused infrastructure role, ideally at a fast-growing startup or SaaS company.
- Our Stack: Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and GCP in production; comfortable with Terraform for managing real infrastructure.
- Code over Click: Strong programming skills (Python, Go, TypeScript, etc.) with a passion for automating away toil.
- Security Depth: Hands-on experience with compliance frameworks (SOC2), vulnerability management, and secure system design.
Bonus Points
- Background with multi-tenant SaaS or enterprise security and procurement requirements.
- Exposure to AI/ML infrastructure, particularly agent runtimes.
- Experience building security-sensitive product features alongside infrastructure work.
- Experience supporting pentests / bug bounties.
- Experience deploying and operating in customer VPCs or other external cloud environments across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP — navigating enterprise networking, security, and access constraints.
Why This Role is Unique
- Broad Ownership: You'll own the full security and compliance surface of an early-stage company — from SOC2 to sandboxed agent execution to IT — while also contributing directly to the product.
- Agent Infrastructure: You'll design infrastructure for autonomous AI agents, not just traditional web services — introducing unique sandboxing, observability, and security challenges.
- Our Infra and Theirs: You'll operate across both our own production environment and customer cloud environments, requiring you to be fluent across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
- High Autonomy: As an early hire, you'll have a seat at the table to choose the tools and define the architecture that carries us to scale.
Who Thrives Here
- Engineers who are as comfortable reading application code for vulnerabilities as they are writing a Terraform module.
- People who enjoy owning the full security and compliance surface, not just one layer of it.
- Builders who can navigate the constraints of customer enterprise environments without losing velocity.
- Those who are energized — not overwhelmed — by the breadth of an early-stage technical operations role.
Engineer — Production Engineering
Location: San Francisco Bay Area (Hybrid/Onsite)
Type: Full-time
Stage: Early-stage startup
About the Role
We are building the control plane for AI agents in teams and companies.
As a Production Engineer, you will own the infrastructure, security, and compliance systems that allow our platform to ship fast and run reliably at scale. This is not a traditional ops role — you will write real code, contribute directly to the product, and own the full security and compliance surface of an early-stage company.
You'll work across Kubernetes infrastructure, cloud delivery, agent sandboxing, SOC2 compliance, IT systems, and production observability — and you'll contribute to the product itself, building security-sensitive features and auditing application code for vulnerabilities.
If you want to own the production backbone for the agent-native era — from a Terraform module to a pentest to an API key implementation — we want to talk.
What You'll Own
1. Cloud & Kubernetes Infrastructure
- Our Stack: Manage and evolve our production and staging infrastructure on GCP (GKE) using Terraform. Own DNS, networking, and environment configuration end-to-end.
- Customer Environments: Deploy and operate within customer VPCs across AWS, Azure, and GCP — adapting to varied infrastructure constraints, security requirements, and enterprise networking configurations.
- Agent Sandboxing: Build and maintain Kubernetes-based sandboxing for agent execution — ensuring agents operate within strict network boundaries and must route through our API gateway rather than having unfettered internet access.
- Observability: Own our observability stack, including OpenTelemetry instrumentation and integrations with New Relic and Splunk, to give the team deep visibility into system performance and agent runtime behavior.
2. Security, Compliance & IT
- SOC2 & Audits: Lead infrastructure and operational work to support SOC2 compliance, including audit preparation, evidence collection, and control implementation.
- Penetration Testing & Bug Bounty: Manage our HackerOne engagement — coordinating pentests, triaging incoming bug bounty reports, and driving remediation.
- Product Security: Audit application code for security vulnerabilities, contribute security-sensitive product features (e.g., API key management), and ensure product and infrastructure security are coherent end-to-end.
- IT & Identity: Own our IT stack — Okta, device management, and access controls — keeping the company secure as we scale.
3. CI/CD & Progressive Delivery
- Deployment Pipelines: Design and maintain safe, automated CI/CD workflows supporting rollout strategies like canary and blue-green deployments.
- Release Velocity: Make shipping to production a routine, boring, highly automated non-event.
What We're Looking For
Strong Fit
- Experience: 5+ years in Production Engineering, Platform Engineering, or a security-focused infrastructure role, ideally at a fast-growing startup or SaaS company.
- Our Stack: Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and GCP in production; comfortable with Terraform for managing real infrastructure.
- Code over Click: Strong programming skills (Python, Go, TypeScript, etc.) with a passion for automating away toil.
- Security Depth: Hands-on experience with compliance frameworks (SOC2), vulnerability management, and secure system design.
Bonus Points
- Background with multi-tenant SaaS or enterprise security and procurement requirements.
- Exposure to AI/ML infrastructure, particularly agent runtimes.
- Experience building security-sensitive product features alongside infrastructure work.
- Experience supporting pentests / bug bounties.
- Experience deploying and operating in customer VPCs or other external cloud environments across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP — navigating enterprise networking, security, and access constraints.
Why This Role is Unique
- Broad Ownership: You'll own the full security and compliance surface of an early-stage company — from SOC2 to sandboxed agent execution to IT — while also contributing directly to the product.
- Agent Infrastructure: You'll design infrastructure for autonomous AI agents, not just traditional web services — introducing unique sandboxing, observability, and security challenges.
- Our Infra and Theirs: You'll operate across both our own production environment and customer cloud environments, requiring you to be fluent across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
- High Autonomy: As an early hire, you'll have a seat at the table to choose the tools and define the architecture that carries us to scale.
Who Thrives Here
- Engineers who are as comfortable reading application code for vulnerabilities as they are writing a Terraform module.
- People who enjoy owning the full security and compliance surface, not just one layer of it.
- Builders who can navigate the constraints of customer enterprise environments without losing velocity.
- Those who are energized — not overwhelmed — by the breadth of an early-stage technical operations role.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Production Engineer
Align your credentials with PERM job requirements
PERM requires the employer to document the minimum requirements for the role. Make sure your degree field, job titles, and experience descriptions in your resume mirror the exact language used in DOL labor certification filings for Production Engineer positions.
Target manufacturers with active PERM filing history
Companies in automotive, aerospace, semiconductor, and consumer goods manufacturing file PERM applications regularly for production and process engineering roles. Prioritize employers whose job postings list EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship, signaling an established internal process for foreign national engineers.
Search green card sponsors using Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to filter Production Engineer openings by employers with verified green card sponsorship history. This narrows your search to companies already familiar with PERM timelines, reducing the risk of starting a role with an employer who later declines to file.
Verify the role qualifies as a specialty occupation
EB-2 eligibility depends on the position requiring an advanced degree or its equivalent. Review the O*NET profile for Production Engineers to confirm the role's typical education and training requirements, which strengthens your case if USCIS scrutinizes the petition.
Request the prevailing wage determination early in negotiations
Your employer must pay at least the DOL-certified prevailing wage before USCIS approves your I-140. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the wage level for your metro area before accepting an offer, so you can spot gaps between the offer and the certification requirement.
Understand how EB-3 priority dates affect your timeline
For most countries outside India and China, EB-3 priority dates are current or nearly current, meaning your green card can proceed without a multi-year backlog wait. Confirm your country's EB-3 cutoff date in the monthly Visa Bulletin before evaluating how quickly you can adjust status after I-140 approval.
Green Card Production Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Do Production Engineer jobs commonly qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Yes. Production Engineer roles typically require at least a bachelor's degree in mechanical, industrial, or manufacturing engineering, which satisfies the EB-3 professional classification. Roles requiring a master's degree or demonstrating specialized expertise in process optimization, automation, or quality systems can qualify under EB-2. The degree-field match between your credentials and the job description is what determines which category applies.
How does the PERM green card process differ from H-1B sponsorship for a Production Engineer?
PERM leads to permanent residency, not a temporary work authorization period. Unlike H-1B visa, there is no annual lottery, and EB-3 has no numerical cap that directly delays most nationalities. The tradeoff is timeline: PERM requires a DOL-supervised recruitment process before your employer can file the I-140 petition, adding months to the process compared to an H-1B transfer. The result, though, is a path to a green card rather than a renewable temporary status.
What does the PERM recruitment process require of my employer?
Your employer must conduct supervised recruitment, including print and online job advertisements, to show no qualified U.S. worker is available for the Production Engineer role. DOL prescribes the ad formats, minimum posting periods, and documentation requirements. The employer must file the ETA-9089 application with DOL, and only after DOL certifies the application can the I-140 immigrant petition be filed with USCIS.
How do I find Production Engineer employers that sponsor green cards?
Use Migrate Mate to search Production Engineer openings filtered by employers with documented green card sponsorship history. This surfaces companies that have completed PERM filings for engineering roles before, which is a strong indicator they have internal legal resources and a willingness to sponsor again, rather than employers who list sponsorship as a possibility but have never executed it.
Can I switch employers after my PERM is filed but before my green card is approved?
You can change employers under portability rules once your I-485 adjustment of status application has been pending for 180 days or more, provided the new role is in the same or a similar occupational classification as the PERM-certified position. For Production Engineers, a move to a comparable process or manufacturing engineering role at a new employer generally satisfies the same-or-similar standard, but confirm the specifics with an immigration attorney before resigning.