H-1B1 Chile Visa DevOps Jobs
H-1B1 Chile visa sponsorship lets Chilean DevOps engineers work in the U.S. without entering the H-1B lottery. The 1,400-visa annual cap rarely fills, and your application goes directly to a U.S. consulate. Infrastructure automation, CI/CD, and cloud platform roles qualify as specialty occupations under the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement.
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PhysicsX is a deep-tech company with roots in numerical physics and Formula One, dedicated to accelerating hardware innovation at the speed of software. We are building an AI-driven simulation software stack for engineering and manufacturing across advanced industries. By enabling high-fidelity, multi-physics simulation through AI inference across the entire engineering lifecycle, PhysicsX unlocks new levels of optimization and automation in design, manufacturing, and operations — empowering engineers to push the boundaries of possibility. Our customers include leading innovators in Aerospace & Defense, Materials, Energy, Semiconductors, and Automotive.
The Role
Who we’re looking for
- A person who's excited by the ambiguity of a scale-up, not someone looking for a fully paved path.
- Someone who has operated production AWS infrastructure at scale (not a lab environment or side project) and can speak concretely about what broke, why, and what they changed.
- A builder who defaults to infrastructure-as-code and treats manual console changes as a last resort, not a habit.
- A pragmatic engineer who can tell the difference between "technically correct" and "right for where the company is today.”
What you will do
- Design, build, and operate core AWS infrastructure supporting a multi-tenant, cloud-based platform used by production customers daily.
- Build and improve CI/CD pipelines that let application teams ship safely and frequently, without needing platform team involvement for every change.
- Lead architecture and code reviews for new infrastructure, and push back constructively when a proposed design won't scale.
- Reduce toil by automating recurring operational work and building self-service tooling for other engineers.
What you bring to the table
- 7+ years of experience in platform, infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE roles, with at least 3+ years deep in AWS in a production environment.
- Solid networking fundamentals: VPC design, Transit Gateway/PrivateLink, multi-account architecture (AWS Organizations, SCPs).
- Experience with our CI/CD stack (or equivalent): GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or ArgoCD, including GitOps patterns and artifact registries.
- Hands-on with observability tooling: CloudWatch, Datadog, or Grafana for metrics, logging, and alerting.
- IAM policy design at scale: least-privilege roles, permission boundaries, cross-account access patterns.
- Working knowledge of AWS data stores in production (RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB).
- Strong, hands-on Terraform experience: module design, state management, workspace/environment strategy, and running Terraform at team and enterprise scales.
- A demonstrated bias toward ownership: you've driven a project from "this is a problem" to "this is solved and documented" without heavy oversight.
- Comfort operating in a scale-up environment defined by fewer guardrails, more judgment calls, and a need to build the process as well as the system.
Nice to have skills
- Experience with Kubernetes in production, including cluster upgrades and workload migrations.
- Background in a company that scaled from ~100 to 500+ employees, especially in infra/platform re-architecture during that growth.
- Experience with policy-as-code and compliance tooling (OPA, Sentinel, AWS Config, SOC 2 environments).
- Experience working in AWS GovCloud.
- Relevant certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS).
What We Offer
Build what actually matters
Help shape an AI-native engineering company at a formative stage, tackling problems that genuinely matter for industry and society. This is work with real-world impact - and something you can be proud to stand behind.
Learn alongside exceptional people
Work with a high-caliber, collaborative team of engineers, scientists, and operators who care deeply about doing great work, and about helping each other get better. We come from diverse backgrounds, but we share a commitment to operating at the highest level and addressing some of the most complex challenges out there. If you’re ambitious, thoughtful, and driven by impact, you’ll feel at home.
Influence over hierarchy
We operate with a flat structure: good ideas win - wherever they come from. Questioning assumptions and challenging the status quo isn’t just welcomed, it’s expected.
Sustainable pace, long-term ambition
Building meaningful technology is a marathon, not a sprint. We believe in balancing focused, ambitious work with a life beyond it. Our hybrid model blends time together in our New York office with work-from-home days, giving you the flexibility to work sustainably while staying connected in person.
And it doesn’t stop there …
🚀 Equity options - share meaningfully in the company you’re helping to build.
💰 5% contribution to 401(k) - build long-term security with a strong retirement plan.
🍽️ Free team lunch 1x/week - good food, great company, and space to connect.
🏥 Private health insurance – comprehensive cover for you, offering total peace of mind.
👶 Enhanced parental leave – 3 months full pay paternity and 6 months full pay maternity leave, to provide extra flexibility during the moments that matter most.
☀️ 20 days of Annual Leave (+ Public Holidays) - because taking time to rest matters.
📈 Personal development – dedicated support for learning, development, and leveling up over time.
💪 Gympass / Wellhub (subsidized) – for you and up to 3 family members, supporting both physical and mental wellbeing.
💳 Flexible Spending Account (FSA) – set aside pre-tax dollars for eligible healthcare expenses.
🔎 Watch this space, we’re continuing to build this as we grow…
We value diversity and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, disability, age, sexual orientation or gender identity. We strongly encourage individuals from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech to apply. To help make a change, we sponsor bright women from disadvantaged backgrounds through their university degrees in science and mathematics. We collect diversity and inclusion data solely for the purpose of monitoring the effectiveness of our equal opportunities policies and ensuring compliance with UK employment and equality legislation. This information is confidential, used only in aggregate form, and will not influence the outcome of your application.
About us
PhysicsX is a deep-tech company with roots in numerical physics and Formula One, dedicated to accelerating hardware innovation at the speed of software. We are building an AI-driven simulation software stack for engineering and manufacturing across advanced industries. By enabling high-fidelity, multi-physics simulation through AI inference across the entire engineering lifecycle, PhysicsX unlocks new levels of optimization and automation in design, manufacturing, and operations — empowering engineers to push the boundaries of possibility. Our customers include leading innovators in Aerospace & Defense, Materials, Energy, Semiconductors, and Automotive.
The Role
Who we’re looking for
- A person who's excited by the ambiguity of a scale-up, not someone looking for a fully paved path.
- Someone who has operated production AWS infrastructure at scale (not a lab environment or side project) and can speak concretely about what broke, why, and what they changed.
- A builder who defaults to infrastructure-as-code and treats manual console changes as a last resort, not a habit.
- A pragmatic engineer who can tell the difference between "technically correct" and "right for where the company is today.”
What you will do
- Design, build, and operate core AWS infrastructure supporting a multi-tenant, cloud-based platform used by production customers daily.
- Build and improve CI/CD pipelines that let application teams ship safely and frequently, without needing platform team involvement for every change.
- Lead architecture and code reviews for new infrastructure, and push back constructively when a proposed design won't scale.
- Reduce toil by automating recurring operational work and building self-service tooling for other engineers.
What you bring to the table
- 7+ years of experience in platform, infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE roles, with at least 3+ years deep in AWS in a production environment.
- Solid networking fundamentals: VPC design, Transit Gateway/PrivateLink, multi-account architecture (AWS Organizations, SCPs).
- Experience with our CI/CD stack (or equivalent): GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or ArgoCD, including GitOps patterns and artifact registries.
- Hands-on with observability tooling: CloudWatch, Datadog, or Grafana for metrics, logging, and alerting.
- IAM policy design at scale: least-privilege roles, permission boundaries, cross-account access patterns.
- Working knowledge of AWS data stores in production (RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB).
- Strong, hands-on Terraform experience: module design, state management, workspace/environment strategy, and running Terraform at team and enterprise scales.
- A demonstrated bias toward ownership: you've driven a project from "this is a problem" to "this is solved and documented" without heavy oversight.
- Comfort operating in a scale-up environment defined by fewer guardrails, more judgment calls, and a need to build the process as well as the system.
Nice to have skills
- Experience with Kubernetes in production, including cluster upgrades and workload migrations.
- Background in a company that scaled from ~100 to 500+ employees, especially in infra/platform re-architecture during that growth.
- Experience with policy-as-code and compliance tooling (OPA, Sentinel, AWS Config, SOC 2 environments).
- Experience working in AWS GovCloud.
- Relevant certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS).
What We Offer
Build what actually matters
Help shape an AI-native engineering company at a formative stage, tackling problems that genuinely matter for industry and society. This is work with real-world impact - and something you can be proud to stand behind.
Learn alongside exceptional people
Work with a high-caliber, collaborative team of engineers, scientists, and operators who care deeply about doing great work, and about helping each other get better. We come from diverse backgrounds, but we share a commitment to operating at the highest level and addressing some of the most complex challenges out there. If you’re ambitious, thoughtful, and driven by impact, you’ll feel at home.
Influence over hierarchy
We operate with a flat structure: good ideas win - wherever they come from. Questioning assumptions and challenging the status quo isn’t just welcomed, it’s expected.
Sustainable pace, long-term ambition
Building meaningful technology is a marathon, not a sprint. We believe in balancing focused, ambitious work with a life beyond it. Our hybrid model blends time together in our New York office with work-from-home days, giving you the flexibility to work sustainably while staying connected in person.
And it doesn’t stop there …
🚀 Equity options - share meaningfully in the company you’re helping to build.
💰 5% contribution to 401(k) - build long-term security with a strong retirement plan.
🍽️ Free team lunch 1x/week - good food, great company, and space to connect.
🏥 Private health insurance – comprehensive cover for you, offering total peace of mind.
👶 Enhanced parental leave – 3 months full pay paternity and 6 months full pay maternity leave, to provide extra flexibility during the moments that matter most.
☀️ 20 days of Annual Leave (+ Public Holidays) - because taking time to rest matters.
📈 Personal development – dedicated support for learning, development, and leveling up over time.
💪 Gympass / Wellhub (subsidized) – for you and up to 3 family members, supporting both physical and mental wellbeing.
💳 Flexible Spending Account (FSA) – set aside pre-tax dollars for eligible healthcare expenses.
🔎 Watch this space, we’re continuing to build this as we grow…
We value diversity and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, disability, age, sexual orientation or gender identity. We strongly encourage individuals from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech to apply. To help make a change, we sponsor bright women from disadvantaged backgrounds through their university degrees in science and mathematics. We collect diversity and inclusion data solely for the purpose of monitoring the effectiveness of our equal opportunities policies and ensuring compliance with UK employment and equality legislation. This information is confidential, used only in aggregate form, and will not influence the outcome of your application.
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Translate your DevOps credentials for U.S. hiring
U.S. employers assess specialty occupation against your degree field, not just your job title. Map your systems engineering or computer science degree to the DevOps role's technical requirements before applying, so your application packet is coherent from day one.
Target employers with active LCA filing history
Use Migrate Mate to filter DevOps roles by employers who have already filed Labor Condition Applications for H-1B1 Chile or H-1B candidates. That filing history signals the employer understands visa sponsorship and won't stall at the offer stage.
Confirm the role meets specialty occupation requirements
Pull the O*NET profile for your target DevOps title and verify the job zone and required education level. If a posting lists a bachelor's degree as preferred rather than required, the consular officer may reject the specialty occupation classification.
Ask the employer about LCA timing before accepting
The employer must file and receive a certified LCA from DOL before your consular appointment. Confirm the employer's HR team knows this step exists and has a timeline for completing it, since delays at this stage push your start date.
Verify the prevailing wage tier matches your offer
Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the prevailing wage for your DevOps occupation code and work location. The LCA wage must meet or exceed this figure, and a mismatch is one of the most common reasons DevOps H-1B1 Chile filings draw additional DOL scrutiny.
Prepare your nonimmigrant intent documentation early
Unlike H-1B holders, H-1B1 Chile visa holders cannot claim dual intent. Gather documentation of Chilean ties, such as property records or family commitments, before your consular appointment so you can clearly demonstrate intent to return after your authorized stay.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do DevOps roles qualify as a specialty occupation for the H-1B1 Chile visa?
Yes, provided the position requires at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field such as computer science, systems engineering, or information technology. Generic DevOps titles where the employer accepts any technical degree without specifying the field can create problems at the consulate, so the job offer should specify the required degree discipline clearly.
How does the H-1B1 Chile visa compare to H-1B for a DevOps engineer?
The H-1B1 Chile visa skips the lottery entirely and is processed at the consulate rather than through USCIS, which removes months of uncertainty. The annual cap is 1,400 visas and rarely fills. The main trade-off is that H-1B1 Chile does not allow dual intent, so you cannot simultaneously pursue a green card while on this status the way some H-1B holders do.
How can I find DevOps employers who sponsor the H-1B1 Chile visa?
Migrate Mate surfaces employers with verified Labor Condition Application filing history filtered for H-1B1 Chile eligibility, so you can focus on companies that have already navigated the sponsorship process for roles like yours. Searching DOL LCA disclosure data manually is the alternative, but it requires downloading raw files and cross-referencing occupation codes yourself.
What does the employer need to file before my H-1B1 Chile consular appointment?
The employer must submit a Labor Condition Application to DOL and receive certification before you can apply at the consulate. The LCA certifies that the offered wage meets the prevailing wage for your DevOps occupation and location. DOL targets a seven-business-day processing window for LCA certification, though timelines can vary.
Can I switch DevOps employers while on the H-1B1 Chile visa?
Yes, but the process restarts with the new employer. They must file a new LCA with DOL and you'll need to attend a new consular appointment or apply for a change of status if you're already in the U.S. There's no portability provision like the one available under H-1B, so you should coordinate your transition timeline carefully with both the departing and incoming employer.