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Full-stack software engineers are among the most frequently sponsored H-1B visa roles, with employers filing LCAs across frontend, backend, and cloud stack specializations. Roles typically qualify as specialty occupations under USCIS guidelines, requiring at least a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a directly related field.
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Location
Whippany, New Jersey
Working Schedule
Full-Time
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
Relocation Assistance Available
No
Posted Date
19-Jun-2026
Job ID
18540
Description and Requirements
The Team You Will Join
When you join MetLife’s Global Technology team, you’ll be part of a forward-thinking group dedicated to shaping the future of digital solutions for customers worldwide. You’ll develop, maintain and support technology applications and delivery, leveraging AI, automation, and contemporary ways of working to enhance experiences and drive business outcomes. Your work will simplify complex processes, improve tech resiliency, and ensure high-performing, seamless solutions that power life’s most important moments. In this dynamic environment, you’ll collaborate with talented peers across teams and functions, expanding your skills in impactful ways. Ready to push boundaries and set new industry standards? Join us and help drive the future of technology forward.
The Opportunity
Join a team with an array of technologies like Java, Python, Angular, Azure, .NET, and so much more, while learning and working on Risk and Analytics for MetLife Investments. MetLife Investments is seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer. The ideal candidate will possess strong development and engineering capabilities, as well as effective communication and collaboration skills, with hands-on experience in implementing Investments and Finance data domains by enabling continuous delivery techniques within cloud infrastructure. Experience with AI-assisted development and modern AI concepts is expected. Provides technical expertise for product teams building and maintaining solutions using Azure/AWS Cloud platforms. Enables product delivery through hands-on development and in collaboration with developers, analysts, and business to build fully vetted products that ensure that new capabilities are implemented according to enterprise standards. Leverages AI tools to improve development productivity, code quality, and operational efficiency where appropriate. Proven experience in wearing multiple hats and owning end-to-end.
Key Responsibilities
- The senior full-stack engineer works with the product teams to solve and support various risk applications related to Market, Credit, and Counterparty risk. Additionally, this role interacts with front office, middle office, risk, and back-office users daily. This role is primarily focused on Java, Python, Angular, and Cloud technologies, with exposure to .NET.
- The ideal candidate for this role needs to have extensive software development experience in Java, Microsoft Azure, Python, Angular, and be able to work independently.
- Apply AI-assisted coding, testing, and documentation practices to accelerate delivery while maintaining high standards of quality and compliance.
- Ability to interact with Front Office, Middle Office, and Enterprise Risk users and translate business requirements to quality software.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Math, or another related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- 7+ years of experience in software development, preferably in implementing Java, Python, Angular, .NET, and Cloud, preferably Azure solutions.
- Database skills, Object Oriented Programming, Design Patterns, and development knowledge.
- API-driven solution stack, data processing, reactive architecture.
- DevOps pipelines, and/or Infrastructure automation.
Preferred Qualifications
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as the ability to establish strong relationships across teams to deliver work across the enterprise effectively.
- Ability to build, deliver, and operate complex, cloud-based systems (Azure or AWS).
- Experience with Agile software development.
- Experience with test-driven development and continuous testing.
- Experience in AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Copilot or similar) and ability to incorporate them into daily engineering practices.
- Exposure to modern AI concepts such as generative AI.
- Full-stack engineer with the ability to write object-oriented, self-documenting, maintainable code.
- Experience with .NET and Python.
- Experience with Numerix, Murex, and Calypso is a big plus.
Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.
Compensation
- The expected salary range for this position is $130,000 - $150,000. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World’s 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we’re inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it’s #AllTogetherPossible. Join us!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law (“protected characteristics”). If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at accommodations@metlife.com. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
General Information
Location
Whippany, New Jersey
Working Schedule
Full-Time
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
Relocation Assistance Available
No
Posted Date
19-Jun-2026
Job ID
18540
Description and Requirements
The Team You Will Join
When you join MetLife’s Global Technology team, you’ll be part of a forward-thinking group dedicated to shaping the future of digital solutions for customers worldwide. You’ll develop, maintain and support technology applications and delivery, leveraging AI, automation, and contemporary ways of working to enhance experiences and drive business outcomes. Your work will simplify complex processes, improve tech resiliency, and ensure high-performing, seamless solutions that power life’s most important moments. In this dynamic environment, you’ll collaborate with talented peers across teams and functions, expanding your skills in impactful ways. Ready to push boundaries and set new industry standards? Join us and help drive the future of technology forward.
The Opportunity
Join a team with an array of technologies like Java, Python, Angular, Azure, .NET, and so much more, while learning and working on Risk and Analytics for MetLife Investments. MetLife Investments is seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer. The ideal candidate will possess strong development and engineering capabilities, as well as effective communication and collaboration skills, with hands-on experience in implementing Investments and Finance data domains by enabling continuous delivery techniques within cloud infrastructure. Experience with AI-assisted development and modern AI concepts is expected. Provides technical expertise for product teams building and maintaining solutions using Azure/AWS Cloud platforms. Enables product delivery through hands-on development and in collaboration with developers, analysts, and business to build fully vetted products that ensure that new capabilities are implemented according to enterprise standards. Leverages AI tools to improve development productivity, code quality, and operational efficiency where appropriate. Proven experience in wearing multiple hats and owning end-to-end.
Key Responsibilities
- The senior full-stack engineer works with the product teams to solve and support various risk applications related to Market, Credit, and Counterparty risk. Additionally, this role interacts with front office, middle office, risk, and back-office users daily. This role is primarily focused on Java, Python, Angular, and Cloud technologies, with exposure to .NET.
- The ideal candidate for this role needs to have extensive software development experience in Java, Microsoft Azure, Python, Angular, and be able to work independently.
- Apply AI-assisted coding, testing, and documentation practices to accelerate delivery while maintaining high standards of quality and compliance.
- Ability to interact with Front Office, Middle Office, and Enterprise Risk users and translate business requirements to quality software.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Math, or another related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- 7+ years of experience in software development, preferably in implementing Java, Python, Angular, .NET, and Cloud, preferably Azure solutions.
- Database skills, Object Oriented Programming, Design Patterns, and development knowledge.
- API-driven solution stack, data processing, reactive architecture.
- DevOps pipelines, and/or Infrastructure automation.
Preferred Qualifications
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as the ability to establish strong relationships across teams to deliver work across the enterprise effectively.
- Ability to build, deliver, and operate complex, cloud-based systems (Azure or AWS).
- Experience with Agile software development.
- Experience with test-driven development and continuous testing.
- Experience in AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Copilot or similar) and ability to incorporate them into daily engineering practices.
- Exposure to modern AI concepts such as generative AI.
- Full-stack engineer with the ability to write object-oriented, self-documenting, maintainable code.
- Experience with .NET and Python.
- Experience with Numerix, Murex, and Calypso is a big plus.
Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.
Compensation
- The expected salary range for this position is $130,000 - $150,000. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World’s 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we’re inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it’s #AllTogetherPossible. Join us!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law (“protected characteristics”). If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at accommodations@metlife.com. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Full-stack Software Engineer
Verify your stack matches the LCA
Your employer's Labor Condition Application lists a specific job title and SOC code. If your actual duties span multiple layers of the stack, confirm the LCA reflects that scope before USCIS adjudication, not after an RFE arrives.
Check prevailing wage before accepting offers
Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the prevailing wage for your specific SOC code and work location. An offer below Level I can trigger a DOL audit, so verify wage compliance before you sign.
Target employers with cap-exempt status
Universities, nonprofit research institutions, and government research organizations are cap-exempt, meaning they can file your H-1B petition at any time without waiting for the annual lottery. Full-stack roles exist at many of these institutions.
Use Migrate Mate to filter verified sponsors
Search full-stack software engineer roles on Migrate Mate to see which employers have filed H-1B LCAs for this specific occupation code, so you're applying only to companies with a documented sponsorship track record.
Request premium processing for cap-subject petitions
If your lottery registration is selected, ask your employer to file Form I-907 for premium processing. USCIS adjudicates premium-processed petitions within 15 business days, giving you certainty before your OPT or current status expires.
Align your GitHub and portfolio with your specialty occupation claim
USCIS evaluates whether the role genuinely requires a bachelor's degree in a specific technical field. A portfolio demonstrating architecture decisions, not just feature work, strengthens the specialty occupation argument your employer must make.
H-1B Visa Full-stack Software Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a full-stack software engineer role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, in most cases. USCIS evaluates whether the position normally requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific technical field like computer science or software engineering. Roles that blend frontend and backend work still qualify if the job description and LCA reflect duties requiring that specific educational background, not just general computer literacy.
What SOC code do employers typically use when filing an H-1B for a full-stack engineer?
Most employers file under SOC 15-1252 (Software Developers) or 15-1299 (Software and Web Developers, Applications), depending on whether the role emphasizes application logic or web-layer work. The SOC code determines the prevailing wage tier your employer must meet, so checking the O*NET profile for your specific duties is worth doing before your petition is filed.
How do I find full-stack software engineer jobs where the employer actively sponsors H-1B visas?
Search on Migrate Mate, which surfaces employers based on actual DOL Labor Condition Application filing history for software engineering roles. This filters out listings from employers who haven't sponsored H-1B visas before, saving you from applying to companies that would need to build a sponsorship process from scratch for your hire.
Can I switch to a new full-stack engineering role while my H-1B transfer is pending?
Yes, under H-1B portability rules you can start working for the new employer as soon as they file the transfer petition, provided you've been in valid H-1B status and the new role is in the same or a similar occupational classification. Your new employer must file before your current authorized period ends, and the petition must be non-frivolous.
What happens if my full-stack engineering duties shift significantly after my H-1B is approved?
If your role expands into a materially different job, such as moving from individual contributor work into engineering management or a fundamentally different technology stack, your employer may need to file an amended H-1B petition. USCIS guidance ties the approved petition to the specific duties and SOC code on the LCA, so significant changes require a new filing to stay compliant.