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Senior Mobile Developer roles qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring a bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, software engineering, or a related field. Employers filing LCAs for mobile development positions regularly appear in DOL disclosure data, and the 85,000-slot annual cap means timing your job search around the April lottery window matters.
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Get Access To All JobsThis role is four days onsite at our Seneca One Buffalo, NY location, with the flexibility to work from home one day per week.
Overview:
We are seeking a Senior Mobile Developer to join our mobile engineering team focused on delivering secure, scalable, and user-friendly banking applications. This role is ideal for an experienced mobile engineer with strong expertise in either Android or iOS development, with preference given to candidates who have experience across both platforms.
The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience building enterprise-grade mobile applications, preferably within banking, fintech, or other regulated industries. They will possess a strong understanding of secure mobile development practices, automated testing, modern development frameworks, and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision while contributing to technical leadership within the team.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain mobile applications for banking and financial services on Android and/or iOS platforms.
- Build high-quality native applications using Android technologies (Java, Kotlin) and/or iOS technologies (Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, Objective-C).
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, architects, backend engineers, and other cross-functional partners to deliver exceptional customer experiences.
- Experience implementing secure mobile applications, including secure credential/token handling, encryption, certificate/network security, biometric authentication, secure local storage, protection of sensitive data, and secure API communication.
- Familiarity with mobile application security principles and common mobile threats, including OWASP Mobile Application Security / MASVS concepts.
- Experience integrating mobile applications with RESTful APIs and backend services, including authentication, error handling, caching, serialization, and resilient network communication.
- Develop and maintain automated tests to ensure application reliability, performance, and maintainability.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues using application logs, crash data, diagnostics, and performance analysis, with emphasis on root-cause identification and preventative remediation.
- Work autonomously, managing priorities and delivering results in a fast-paced environment.
- Mentor engineers, conduct code and design reviews, and contribute to technical leadership, architecture decisions, engineering standards, and mobile development best practices.
- Stay current with mobile development trends, frameworks, tools, and emerging technologies across Android and iOS ecosystems.
- Design, improve, and support CI/CD pipelines, build automation, code-quality controls, and mobile application release processes.
- Understand and adhere to the Company's risk and regulatory standards, policies, and controls in accordance with the Company's Risk Appetite. Identify risk-related issues requiring escalation to management.
- Promote an environment that supports a culture of belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
- Monitor and improve application performance, stability, startup time, memory utilization, responsiveness, and production reliability.
- Maintain internal control standards, including timely implementation of audit findings and remediation activities.
- Complete other related duties as assigned.
Tech Stack:
- Native mobile architecture
- Secure coding
- REST APIs
- Testing
- CI/CD
- Git/source control
- Accessibility
- Performance/reliability
- Production troubleshooting
- Architecture/design patterns
- Mentoring/code reviews
- Android Specialization
- Android SDK / Android platform APIs
- Kotlin Coroutines and Flow
- Jetpack libraries
- Dependency injection such as Hilt/Dagger
- Gradle
- Application lifecycle and state management
- Jetpack Compose
- Java/XML modernization where relevant
- iOS Specialization
- iOS SDK/frameworks
- Swift Concurrency (async/await)
- Combine where applicable
- Swift Package Manager
- Cocoa Touch/Foundation
- Application lifecycle/state management
- SwiftUI
- UIKit
- Objective-C interoperability/migration
Education and Experience Required:
- Associate’s degree and a minimum of 5 years’ systems analysis and/or application development work experience or Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 3 years’ systems analysis and/or application development work experience. In lieu of degree, a combined minimum of 7 years’ education and/or relevant work experience, including a minimum of 3 years’ systems analysis and/or application development work experience.
- Advanced proficiency in minimum of 1 relevant programming language.
Education and Experience Preferred:
- Experience working in banking, fintech, or other highly regulated industries.
- Demonstrated experience designing and evolving modular mobile application architectures with clear separation of concerns, maintainability, testability, and scalability. Experience with architecture patterns such as MVVM, MVI, Clean Architecture, or comparable patterns.
- Experience with automated testing frameworks such as:
- Android: Espresso, JUnit, Mockito
- iOS: XCTest, Quick, Nimble
- Familiarity with secure mobile development practices, including encryption, secure storage, biometric authentication, and application security controls.
- Experience developing applications on both Android and iOS platforms.
- Experience with modern UI frameworks such as Jetpack Compose and/or SwiftUI.
- Familiarity with modern build systems and development tooling.
- Experience with platform-specific build and dependency-management tooling such as Gradle on Android and Swift Package Manager/Tuist on iOS.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and automated deployment processes.
- Knowledge of accessibility and compliance standards, including ADA and WCAG.
- Experience integrating with banking, payments, identity, fraud, or other financial-services APIs.
- Experience using mobile application monitoring, crash reporting, profiling, and performance-analysis tools.
- Published applications in the Google Play Store and/or Apple App Store.
- Experience leading technical initiatives, mentoring developers, and contributing to mobile architecture decisions.
M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. The pay range for this position is $97,100.00 - $161,800.00 Annual (USD). The successful candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.
Location
Buffalo, New York, United States of America
This role is four days onsite at our Seneca One Buffalo, NY location, with the flexibility to work from home one day per week.
Overview:
We are seeking a Senior Mobile Developer to join our mobile engineering team focused on delivering secure, scalable, and user-friendly banking applications. This role is ideal for an experienced mobile engineer with strong expertise in either Android or iOS development, with preference given to candidates who have experience across both platforms.
The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience building enterprise-grade mobile applications, preferably within banking, fintech, or other regulated industries. They will possess a strong understanding of secure mobile development practices, automated testing, modern development frameworks, and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision while contributing to technical leadership within the team.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain mobile applications for banking and financial services on Android and/or iOS platforms.
- Build high-quality native applications using Android technologies (Java, Kotlin) and/or iOS technologies (Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, Objective-C).
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, architects, backend engineers, and other cross-functional partners to deliver exceptional customer experiences.
- Experience implementing secure mobile applications, including secure credential/token handling, encryption, certificate/network security, biometric authentication, secure local storage, protection of sensitive data, and secure API communication.
- Familiarity with mobile application security principles and common mobile threats, including OWASP Mobile Application Security / MASVS concepts.
- Experience integrating mobile applications with RESTful APIs and backend services, including authentication, error handling, caching, serialization, and resilient network communication.
- Develop and maintain automated tests to ensure application reliability, performance, and maintainability.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues using application logs, crash data, diagnostics, and performance analysis, with emphasis on root-cause identification and preventative remediation.
- Work autonomously, managing priorities and delivering results in a fast-paced environment.
- Mentor engineers, conduct code and design reviews, and contribute to technical leadership, architecture decisions, engineering standards, and mobile development best practices.
- Stay current with mobile development trends, frameworks, tools, and emerging technologies across Android and iOS ecosystems.
- Design, improve, and support CI/CD pipelines, build automation, code-quality controls, and mobile application release processes.
- Understand and adhere to the Company's risk and regulatory standards, policies, and controls in accordance with the Company's Risk Appetite. Identify risk-related issues requiring escalation to management.
- Promote an environment that supports a culture of belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
- Monitor and improve application performance, stability, startup time, memory utilization, responsiveness, and production reliability.
- Maintain internal control standards, including timely implementation of audit findings and remediation activities.
- Complete other related duties as assigned.
Tech Stack:
- Native mobile architecture
- Secure coding
- REST APIs
- Testing
- CI/CD
- Git/source control
- Accessibility
- Performance/reliability
- Production troubleshooting
- Architecture/design patterns
- Mentoring/code reviews
- Android Specialization
- Android SDK / Android platform APIs
- Kotlin Coroutines and Flow
- Jetpack libraries
- Dependency injection such as Hilt/Dagger
- Gradle
- Application lifecycle and state management
- Jetpack Compose
- Java/XML modernization where relevant
- iOS Specialization
- iOS SDK/frameworks
- Swift Concurrency (async/await)
- Combine where applicable
- Swift Package Manager
- Cocoa Touch/Foundation
- Application lifecycle/state management
- SwiftUI
- UIKit
- Objective-C interoperability/migration
Education and Experience Required:
- Associate’s degree and a minimum of 5 years’ systems analysis and/or application development work experience or Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 3 years’ systems analysis and/or application development work experience. In lieu of degree, a combined minimum of 7 years’ education and/or relevant work experience, including a minimum of 3 years’ systems analysis and/or application development work experience.
- Advanced proficiency in minimum of 1 relevant programming language.
Education and Experience Preferred:
- Experience working in banking, fintech, or other highly regulated industries.
- Demonstrated experience designing and evolving modular mobile application architectures with clear separation of concerns, maintainability, testability, and scalability. Experience with architecture patterns such as MVVM, MVI, Clean Architecture, or comparable patterns.
- Experience with automated testing frameworks such as:
- Android: Espresso, JUnit, Mockito
- iOS: XCTest, Quick, Nimble
- Familiarity with secure mobile development practices, including encryption, secure storage, biometric authentication, and application security controls.
- Experience developing applications on both Android and iOS platforms.
- Experience with modern UI frameworks such as Jetpack Compose and/or SwiftUI.
- Familiarity with modern build systems and development tooling.
- Experience with platform-specific build and dependency-management tooling such as Gradle on Android and Swift Package Manager/Tuist on iOS.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and automated deployment processes.
- Knowledge of accessibility and compliance standards, including ADA and WCAG.
- Experience integrating with banking, payments, identity, fraud, or other financial-services APIs.
- Experience using mobile application monitoring, crash reporting, profiling, and performance-analysis tools.
- Published applications in the Google Play Store and/or Apple App Store.
- Experience leading technical initiatives, mentoring developers, and contributing to mobile architecture decisions.
M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. The pay range for this position is $97,100.00 - $161,800.00 Annual (USD). The successful candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.
Location
Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Senior Mobile Developer
Verify your degree field matches mobile development
USCIS scrutinizes whether your degree directly relates to the role. A computer science or software engineering degree maps cleanly, but an unrelated degree requires documented equivalency through transcripts, coursework analysis, or a credentials evaluation before your employer files.
Search LCA filings for mobile-specific employers
Pull DOL Labor Condition Application disclosure data and filter by SOC code 15-1252 (Software Developers) to find companies that have actively filed for roles matching yours. Use Migrate Mate to surface this employer filing history without downloading raw disclosure files.
Target cap-exempt employers to skip the lottery
Universities, nonprofit research institutions, and government research organizations are cap-exempt, meaning they can file your H-1B petition outside the 85,000-slot lottery at any time of year. Mobile developer roles at these employers get adjudicated without waiting for April registration.
Benchmark your offered wage against prevailing levels
Before accepting an offer, run the SOC code and work location through the OFLC Wage Search to confirm the salary meets the DOL prevailing wage for your experience level. A wage below Level II or III for a senior role can trigger an RFE or LCA certification denial.
Request premium processing when offer timing is tight
USCIS premium processing guarantees a 15-business-day adjudication decision on your I-129 petition. If your OPT or current status expires within a few months of your start date, ask your employer to include premium processing when they file.
Align your job title with USCIS specialty occupation standards
Generic titles like 'Developer' draw more RFEs than precise ones like 'Senior iOS Engineer' or 'Senior Android Developer.' The job description must show the role requires a specific technical degree, not just a bachelor's in any field, so work with your employer to get the title and duties language right before filing.
H-1B Visa Senior Mobile Developer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Senior Mobile Developer role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes. USCIS classifies Senior Mobile Developer positions as specialty occupations because the role requires a bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, software engineering, or a directly related field. The O*NET profile for Software Developers confirms the minimum education requirement, and employers document this in the I-129 petition. Roles requiring broad or unrelated degrees can face RFEs, so the job description must specify the required field.
How do I find employers who have sponsored H-1B visas for mobile developers?
You can identify active H-1B sponsors by reviewing DOL Labor Condition Application disclosure data filtered by SOC code 15-1252. Migrate Mate surfaces this filing history by employer and role so you don't need to parse raw government files. Prioritize employers with consistent annual filings in mobile or software development, as they typically have established immigration processes and legal counsel already in place.
Can I transfer my H-1B to a new mobile developer job after I'm already sponsored?
Yes. Under H-1B portability, you can start working for a new employer as soon as they file an H-1B transfer petition with USCIS, without waiting for approval, provided your current H-1B was approved and you've maintained lawful status. The new employer files a new I-129 and LCA for the Senior Mobile Developer role. There's no new lottery if you're already in H-1B status.
What happens to my H-1B if my employer does a layoff or eliminates my role?
If your employer terminates your employment, you enter a 60-day grace period to find a new sponsoring employer, file for a change of status, or prepare to depart. Your new employer must file an H-1B transfer petition before the grace period ends. Because mobile development demand remains high, filing a transfer quickly and using LCA data to identify active sponsors is the most practical path forward.
Does platform type (iOS versus Android versus cross-platform) affect H-1B petition outcomes?
Platform specialization itself doesn't determine approval, but it shapes how your employer writes the job description and which SOC code they use for the LCA. Most Senior Mobile Developer petitions file under SOC code 15-1252 regardless of platform. What matters is that the duties description specifically requires a degree in a relevant technical field. Cross-platform roles using frameworks like React Native or Flutter follow the same specialty occupation standard.