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Founding Engineer roles sit at the intersection of deep technical ownership and early-stage company building, and many startups that hire for this title actively sponsor H-1B visas. These positions typically qualify as specialty occupations under USCIS standards, requiring at least a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a directly related field.
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We’re building the revenue infrastructure the next decade of B2B AI companies run on by starting with the most critical part in the revenue journey, deal pricing. Today, sales reps spend hours building their own pricing spreadsheets for each deal, only to discount too much and spend another cycle iterating with Finance. This is a massive problem for B2B companies, as we’ve seen up to 30% unnecessary overdiscounting with customers. Our founder saw this firsthand when she worked in finance and pricing at Stripe, where she has priced over a thousand deals with the sales org. This problem exists because pricing is a black box. Sales teams aren’t trained to make pricing decisions and aren’t incentivized to optimize for long-term revenue. As pricing models become more complex due to AI and the shift toward usage-based, outcome-based, and hybrid models, this challenge is only compounding. There’s a massive opportunity to build the revenue infrastructure for next-generation companies. We’re positioned to lead this market shift as teams are finding out previous solutions are breaking down. That’s why the fastest growing enterprises and AI startups like Airwallex, Plaid, Harvey, LangChain, and Clay are partnering with us to build the foundations of their revenue infrastructure. Backed by $7M from General Catalyst, Pear VC, and executives from OpenAI, Stripe, Slack, and more, we’re now focused on growing revenue 10x and shaping the future of deal pricing.
The Role
We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our growing engineering team and help build the next-gen AI-powered platform for revenue optimization. You'll work across the full stack -- from our core deal pricing product to the tools that help customers optimize their revenue strategies with data-driven insights. We're a small team, so you'll have plenty of room to fully own high-impact products from day one.
First 3 months
- Develop key features for deal pricing and packaging recommendations, blending machine learning with a rule-based engine to optimize pricing.
- Design and run A/B pricing experiments that directly move customer revenue — past experiments have yielded a 10–20% boost. (Dealops is the first to let companies A/B test rep behavior at scale.)
- Collect and integrate customer feedback to drive iterative improvement and product-market fit.
By 6 months
- Build agents that process unstructured, natural-language data to further sharpen our pricing and packaging recommendations.
- Spearhead infrastructure and tooling for admin users, enabling infinite customization through natural language and LLMs which cuts customer onboarding time by 10x.
- Contribute to the future product roadmap and our long-term vision of becoming an end-to-end sales optimization platform.
By 9 months
- Own an entire product or product feature suite, from design through implementation and keep innovating. Like everyone on the team, you'll also pitch in on customer onboarding and support, and plan and lead projects end-to-end.
What Excites Us
- 4+ years of software development experience, with a strong full-stack focus (senior preferred; strong mid-level welcome).
- Proficiency in React, TypeScript, and SQL (PostgreSQL or similar).
- A track record of building and launching scalable, reliable products in close collaboration with designers and other cross-functional partners.
- Experience with complex products that have high reliability and accuracy requirements, ideally in a fast-moving environment.
- Bonus: experience with Tailwind, Express, machine learning, prompt engineering / AI tooling, or previously leading a tech team.
What Excites You
- Tackle complex, high-impact challenges. Turning pricing from an art into a science is a technically hard, high-stakes problem with enormous room for innovation. AI is at the core of our vision — this year we're building agents that automatically generate quotes for reps and assist managers with approval flows, and that's just the beginning.
- High ownership and influence. As an early engineer, you'll own large pieces of the product and infrastructure from day one. Your work will shape both our tech stack and our broader product vision, and you'll make genuinely strategic decisions about how pricing software evolves.
- Fast-paced career growth and leadership. Startups mean accelerated growth. Whether you want to step into a tech lead role, drive product innovation, or architect major systems, you'll be positioned to take on leadership as we scale.
- Shape company culture. As an early hire, you won't just build the product — you'll help define how we work and what we value. This is a chance to create something special, technically and culturally.
What we offer
- Competitive compensation: $140k–$180k base salary
- Generous early-stage equity package
- Unlimited PTO
- Free meals - lunch and dinner on us.
- Free ubers for late nights worked in the office
- Full health coverage
- Flexible remote time
- 401K
- Significant ownership and autonomy
- The chance to work on cutting-edge AI applications in enterprise software
Compensation Range: $140K - $180K
About Dealops
We’re building the revenue infrastructure the next decade of B2B AI companies run on by starting with the most critical part in the revenue journey, deal pricing. Today, sales reps spend hours building their own pricing spreadsheets for each deal, only to discount too much and spend another cycle iterating with Finance. This is a massive problem for B2B companies, as we’ve seen up to 30% unnecessary overdiscounting with customers. Our founder saw this firsthand when she worked in finance and pricing at Stripe, where she has priced over a thousand deals with the sales org. This problem exists because pricing is a black box. Sales teams aren’t trained to make pricing decisions and aren’t incentivized to optimize for long-term revenue. As pricing models become more complex due to AI and the shift toward usage-based, outcome-based, and hybrid models, this challenge is only compounding. There’s a massive opportunity to build the revenue infrastructure for next-generation companies. We’re positioned to lead this market shift as teams are finding out previous solutions are breaking down. That’s why the fastest growing enterprises and AI startups like Airwallex, Plaid, Harvey, LangChain, and Clay are partnering with us to build the foundations of their revenue infrastructure. Backed by $7M from General Catalyst, Pear VC, and executives from OpenAI, Stripe, Slack, and more, we’re now focused on growing revenue 10x and shaping the future of deal pricing.
The Role
We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our growing engineering team and help build the next-gen AI-powered platform for revenue optimization. You'll work across the full stack -- from our core deal pricing product to the tools that help customers optimize their revenue strategies with data-driven insights. We're a small team, so you'll have plenty of room to fully own high-impact products from day one.
First 3 months
- Develop key features for deal pricing and packaging recommendations, blending machine learning with a rule-based engine to optimize pricing.
- Design and run A/B pricing experiments that directly move customer revenue — past experiments have yielded a 10–20% boost. (Dealops is the first to let companies A/B test rep behavior at scale.)
- Collect and integrate customer feedback to drive iterative improvement and product-market fit.
By 6 months
- Build agents that process unstructured, natural-language data to further sharpen our pricing and packaging recommendations.
- Spearhead infrastructure and tooling for admin users, enabling infinite customization through natural language and LLMs which cuts customer onboarding time by 10x.
- Contribute to the future product roadmap and our long-term vision of becoming an end-to-end sales optimization platform.
By 9 months
- Own an entire product or product feature suite, from design through implementation and keep innovating. Like everyone on the team, you'll also pitch in on customer onboarding and support, and plan and lead projects end-to-end.
What Excites Us
- 4+ years of software development experience, with a strong full-stack focus (senior preferred; strong mid-level welcome).
- Proficiency in React, TypeScript, and SQL (PostgreSQL or similar).
- A track record of building and launching scalable, reliable products in close collaboration with designers and other cross-functional partners.
- Experience with complex products that have high reliability and accuracy requirements, ideally in a fast-moving environment.
- Bonus: experience with Tailwind, Express, machine learning, prompt engineering / AI tooling, or previously leading a tech team.
What Excites You
- Tackle complex, high-impact challenges. Turning pricing from an art into a science is a technically hard, high-stakes problem with enormous room for innovation. AI is at the core of our vision — this year we're building agents that automatically generate quotes for reps and assist managers with approval flows, and that's just the beginning.
- High ownership and influence. As an early engineer, you'll own large pieces of the product and infrastructure from day one. Your work will shape both our tech stack and our broader product vision, and you'll make genuinely strategic decisions about how pricing software evolves.
- Fast-paced career growth and leadership. Startups mean accelerated growth. Whether you want to step into a tech lead role, drive product innovation, or architect major systems, you'll be positioned to take on leadership as we scale.
- Shape company culture. As an early hire, you won't just build the product — you'll help define how we work and what we value. This is a chance to create something special, technically and culturally.
What we offer
- Competitive compensation: $140k–$180k base salary
- Generous early-stage equity package
- Unlimited PTO
- Free meals - lunch and dinner on us.
- Free ubers for late nights worked in the office
- Full health coverage
- Flexible remote time
- 401K
- Significant ownership and autonomy
- The chance to work on cutting-edge AI applications in enterprise software
Compensation Range: $140K - $180K
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Founding Engineer
Verify your role meets specialty occupation
USCIS scrutinizes broad titles like Founding Engineer more closely than standard software roles. Pull the O*NET profile for your specific function and confirm your job duties map to a degree-requiring occupation before your employer files.
Target startups with prior H-1B filing history
Use Migrate Mate to filter Founding Engineer openings by employers who have filed H-1B Labor Condition Applications before. First-time sponsors carry higher petition risk and longer internal approval timelines at the early-stage level.
Request premium processing before your start date
Founding Engineer offers often come with fast-moving timelines. Ask your employer to elect premium processing on the I-129 petition so USCIS adjudicates within 15 business days, reducing the gap between offer acceptance and authorized start.
Confirm the LCA wage level matches your actual scope
Founding Engineers frequently operate at Level III or IV on the DOL wage scale given their ownership responsibilities. Run your job title and location through the OFLC Wage Search to catch any mismatch before the LCA is certified.
Negotiate equity vesting around your H-1B timeline
Standard four-year vesting cliffs can conflict with H-1B petition and renewal windows. Structure your offer so the one-year cliff falls well inside your authorized period of stay, avoiding a gap between vest date and valid status.
Document your technical contributions from day one
When your employer files your H-1B extension, USCIS may issue an RFE asking for evidence the role still qualifies. Maintain a running record of architecture decisions, code ownership, and cross-functional leadership to support that filing.
H-1B Visa Founding Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Founding Engineer role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
It depends on how the position is defined. USCIS evaluates specialty occupation based on whether the role normally requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field, not just the job title. A Founding Engineer focused on systems architecture or full-stack product development typically qualifies. A role described as general technical leadership with no defined degree requirement may face an RFE. Your employer should tie the job description to specific technical domains before filing.
How do I find startups that will actually sponsor my H-1B as a Founding Engineer?
Early-stage companies vary widely in sponsorship willingness and experience. Migrate Mate surfaces Founding Engineer roles filtered by employers who have filed Labor Condition Applications, so you can focus on companies with a documented track record rather than asking cold. First-time sponsors aren't disqualified, but they require more internal runway to complete the process correctly.
Can a startup sponsor my H-1B if it has never done so before?
Yes. Any U.S. employer with an Employer Identification Number can file an H-1B petition, regardless of company size or prior sponsorship history. The practical risk is execution: first-time sponsors often underestimate the LCA certification timeline through DOL, the documentation requirements, and the cost. Working with an experienced immigration attorney reduces the likelihood of avoidable delays or denials.
What happens to my H-1B status if the startup shuts down or lays me off?
If your employer terminates your employment, your H-1B authorization ends with it. USCIS provides a 60-day grace period for involuntary terminations, during which you can transfer your H-1B to a new employer, change to another visa status, or prepare to depart. The clock starts from the last day of employment, not from when USCIS is notified. Start your job search immediately if your company shows signs of instability.
Does holding significant equity in the startup affect my H-1B eligibility?
Equity alone doesn't disqualify you, but USCIS looks closely at employer-employee relationships when the H-1B beneficiary holds a controlling ownership stake. If you own more than 50% of the company sponsoring your visa, USCIS may question whether a qualifying employment relationship exists. Minority equity stakes are generally not an issue. If your equity is substantial, your employer should address the control question explicitly in the petition.