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Software Manager green card sponsorship follows the EB-2 or EB-3 employment-based path, requiring your employer to complete PERM labor certification with the DOL before filing an I-140 petition. Priority-date backlogs vary by country of birth, so starting the process early with a sponsoring employer matters for professionals targeting permanent U.S. residency.
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We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It's our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better." - Jeff Bezos, Founder & CEO
We didn’t make Amazon a trillion-dollar company, our customers did, and we want to ensure that our customers always have a positive experience that keeps them coming back to Amazon. To help achieve this, the Customer Experience Improvement (CXI) team, within Amazon Customer Service (CS), relentlessly focuses on maintaining customer trust by building products that offer appropriate resolutions to resolve issues faced by our customers. CXI engineers solve complex problems and build scalable, robust solutions to help our customers navigate through issues and eliminate systemic defects to prevent future issues and identify critical customer experience improvement opportunities. This role will leverage latest technologies and Agentic AI solutions to autonomously eliminate defects at scale to improve customer experience.
Key job responsibilities
- Lead a team of SDEs that create and own scalable solutions that empower Amazon to deliver a defect-free experience for customers.
- Grow existing talent and hire new talent to quickly scale the platform to accelerate defect elimination across Amazon.
- Tackle complex technical challenges, create innovative solutions with direct impact on customer trust, and work on systems critical to Amazon's operational excellence.
About the team
ARCADE (Automated Root Causing, Attribution and Defect Elimination) is the Defect Elimination system within CXI Tech, manifesting Amazon's commitment to preventing customers from receiving defective products that degrade their experience. ARCADE leverages AI to transform how we detect repeat negative customer experiences and eliminate the underlying upstream defects at scale. The CXI Tech team re-imagines how we leverage customer interactions and feedback — through modular capabilities spanning Detection, Triage, Root Cause, Attribution, and Resolution — to enable more reliable and faster defect elimination that drives customer experience improvements throughout the consumer business. The system combines associate-driven signals (empowering front-line CSAs to flag product problems) with statistical and machine learning-based automated detection, intelligent prioritization, and increasingly autonomous investigation through our agentic ecosystem. ARCADE serves multiple tenants including Andon Cords (high-severity defects) and customer service quality, providing a unified, scalable approach to defect elimination across Amazon.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of engineering team management experience
- 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
- 1+ years of providing technical leadership and project management for all aspects of the software development lifecycle experience
- 1+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using Java, C#, or C++ experience
- 5+ years of Software Engineer, Software Developer, or related occupational experience
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
- Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
- Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers
- 1+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using service-oriented architecture experience
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
LOCATION
USA, WA, Seattle
COMPENSATION
- Salary Range: $184,900.00 - $250,200.00 USD annually
DESCRIPTION
We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It's our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better." - Jeff Bezos, Founder & CEO
We didn’t make Amazon a trillion-dollar company, our customers did, and we want to ensure that our customers always have a positive experience that keeps them coming back to Amazon. To help achieve this, the Customer Experience Improvement (CXI) team, within Amazon Customer Service (CS), relentlessly focuses on maintaining customer trust by building products that offer appropriate resolutions to resolve issues faced by our customers. CXI engineers solve complex problems and build scalable, robust solutions to help our customers navigate through issues and eliminate systemic defects to prevent future issues and identify critical customer experience improvement opportunities. This role will leverage latest technologies and Agentic AI solutions to autonomously eliminate defects at scale to improve customer experience.
Key job responsibilities
- Lead a team of SDEs that create and own scalable solutions that empower Amazon to deliver a defect-free experience for customers.
- Grow existing talent and hire new talent to quickly scale the platform to accelerate defect elimination across Amazon.
- Tackle complex technical challenges, create innovative solutions with direct impact on customer trust, and work on systems critical to Amazon's operational excellence.
About the team
ARCADE (Automated Root Causing, Attribution and Defect Elimination) is the Defect Elimination system within CXI Tech, manifesting Amazon's commitment to preventing customers from receiving defective products that degrade their experience. ARCADE leverages AI to transform how we detect repeat negative customer experiences and eliminate the underlying upstream defects at scale. The CXI Tech team re-imagines how we leverage customer interactions and feedback — through modular capabilities spanning Detection, Triage, Root Cause, Attribution, and Resolution — to enable more reliable and faster defect elimination that drives customer experience improvements throughout the consumer business. The system combines associate-driven signals (empowering front-line CSAs to flag product problems) with statistical and machine learning-based automated detection, intelligent prioritization, and increasingly autonomous investigation through our agentic ecosystem. ARCADE serves multiple tenants including Andon Cords (high-severity defects) and customer service quality, providing a unified, scalable approach to defect elimination across Amazon.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of engineering team management experience
- 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
- 1+ years of providing technical leadership and project management for all aspects of the software development lifecycle experience
- 1+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using Java, C#, or C++ experience
- 5+ years of Software Engineer, Software Developer, or related occupational experience
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
- Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
- Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers
- 1+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using service-oriented architecture experience
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
LOCATION
USA, WA, Seattle
COMPENSATION
- Salary Range: $184,900.00 - $250,200.00 USD annually
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Software Manager
Document progressive leadership before you apply
PERM and I-140 filings for Software Manager roles require evidence of your managerial duties and subordinate oversight. Collect org charts, performance reviews, and project scope documents now so your employer's attorney can build a strong petition from day one.
Search Migrate Mate for verified green card sponsors
Target employers who have already completed PERM filings for Software Manager or related engineering management roles. Migrate Mate lists U.S. employers with verified employment-based sponsorship history, searchable by role and location, so you're not cold-applying to companies without a track record.
Distinguish EB-2 from EB-3 before salary negotiations
If your offer requires a master's degree or a bachelor's plus five years of progressive experience, ask your employer to target EB-2. EB-3 covers bachelor's-level professionals but can carry longer backlogs for certain nationalities, which affects when you become a permanent resident.
Verify the prevailing wage tier before accepting an offer
Your employer must pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for your SOC code and work location, as determined through the PERM process. Use OFLC Wage Search to look up the wage levels for Software and IT management roles in your target city before you sign.
Ask employers about I-140 approval and portability
If your I-485 has been pending for 180 days or more under AC21 job portability rules, you can change employers in the same or similar occupation without losing your priority date. Confirm whether a prospective employer will accept a transferred priority date from a previously approved I-140.
Review the O*NET profile to match your job description
PERM requires the job description to reflect actual duties, and DOL auditors compare filings against standard occupation definitions. Review the O*NET profile for Software and IT management roles to ensure your title, duties, and minimum requirements align before the recruitment phase begins.
Green Card Software Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
How does green card sponsorship for a Software Manager differ from H-1B sponsorship?
Green card sponsorship leads to lawful permanent residence, not a temporary status. Your employer must complete PERM labor certification with the DOL, including a prevailing wage determination and a formal recruitment test to show no qualified U.S. workers are available. After PERM approval, they file an I-140 petition with USCIS. Unlike H-1B visa, there is no lottery, but per-country annual limits mean nationals of high-demand countries may face a priority-date backlog before they can file for adjustment of status.
Which green card category fits a Software Manager role, EB-2 or EB-3?
Most Software Manager positions qualify under EB-2 if the role requires a master's degree or a bachelor's degree plus five years of progressive, specialized experience in software engineering or IT management. EB-3 applies when the minimum requirement is a bachelor's degree with at least two years of experience. Your employer's immigration attorney will choose the category based on the actual minimum requirements stated in the PERM job description, not your personal credentials.
How do I find employers who actively sponsor green cards for Software Manager roles?
Start with Migrate Mate, which lists U.S. employers with verified employment-based sponsorship history, searchable by role and city. Focus on companies that have completed PERM filings for engineering management or software leadership titles before, since those employers already have internal processes for sponsorship and are less likely to withdraw an offer mid-filing due to unfamiliarity with the PERM timeline.
Can I change jobs after my employer files my green card petition?
Once your I-485 adjustment of status application has been pending for 180 days or more, AC21 job portability allows you to change to a new employer in the same or similar occupation without losing your place in line. You can also carry your priority date to a new employer's I-140 petition if your original I-140 was already approved, but confirm this arrangement before resigning, since the new employer must still file a fresh I-140.
What happens to my green card case if my employer goes through layoffs or is acquired?
A corporate acquisition that qualifies as a successor-in-interest may allow the new employer to assume the existing PERM certification and I-140 petition, preserving your priority date. If the sponsoring employer undergoes a layoff before your I-140 is approved, the petition is typically abandoned and you'd need a new employer to restart PERM. If your I-485 has been pending 180 days or more, AC21 portability may protect your ability to move to a comparable role at a different company.