H-1B1 Chile Visa Staff Software Engineer Jobs
H-1B1 Chile visa sponsorship for Staff Software Engineer roles gives Chilean nationals a direct path to senior-level engineering positions in the U.S. No lottery, no USCIS petition filing, and the 1,400-visa annual cap rarely fills. Employers file a Labor Condition Application with DOL, and you apply at the consulate with your offer letter in hand.
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Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.
The Company operates Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world, and Specs Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary dedicated to making computing more human, in addition to Bitmoji, Saturn, and other digital services.
Snap Engineering teams build fun and technically sophisticated products that reach hundreds of millions of Snapchatters around the world, every day. We’re deeply committed to the well-being of everyone in our global community, which is why our values are at the root of everything we do. We move fast, with precision, and always execute with privacy at the forefront.
We’re looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to join Snap Inc!
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
What you’ll do:
- Design, implement, and operate our most critical and scalable services - ranging from user identity services, friend graph, and our core persistence layer
- Work across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver the solutions needed to build innovative products
- You evaluate, appropriately test, and debug your work, striving for high quality
- Advocate for and apply best practices when it comes to availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management
- Utilize AI tools and high velocity engineering workflows to design and ship scalable services while upholding rigorous standards for code correctness, security, and production ready quality code
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES
- Experience with backend services or distributed systems
- Proven track record of operating highly-available systems at significant scale
- You can independently execute on medium sized features, taking a few weeks and multiple PRs to complete
- You understand the operational aspects of your system and may participate in incident or hotfix investigation and resolution
- Ability to collaborate and work well with others
- Experience in at least one of the following areas:
- Large-scale microservices and distributed systems
- Cloud computing and storage systems
- Infrastructure and large-scale system design
- Security
- Networking and data storage
- Machine learning and natural language processing tools
- Proficiency in, or a strong aptitude for, leveraging AI tools to streamline development, paired with the critical judgment to audit generated output for architectural integrity, performance bottlenecks, and security risks.
- Adaptability in learning and applying evolving AI systems and tools to remain at the forefront of engineering trends and modern development practices
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical field such as computer science or equivalent years of practical work experience
- 9+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience; or a Master’s degree in a technical field + 8+ year of post-grad software development experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 5+ years of post-grad software development experience
- 1+ years of experience with technical leadership or acting as the domain-expert to a technical organization
- Experience with distributed systems
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with Java, C++, and/or Python
- Experience with NoSQL solutions, Memcache/Redis, Kubernetes, or Google/AWS services
If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and provide us some information.
"Default Together" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week.
At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, where applicable).
OUR BENEFITS
Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!
COMPENSATION
In the United States, work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. The starting pay may be negotiable within the salary range for the position. These pay zones may be modified in the future.
Zone A (CA, WA, NYC):
The base salary range for this position is $229,000-$343,000 annually.
Zone B:
The base salary range for this position is $218,000-$326,000 annually.
Zone C:
The base salary range for this position is $195,000-$292,000 annually.
This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.
INTRODUCTION
Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.
The Company operates Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world, and Specs Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary dedicated to making computing more human, in addition to Bitmoji, Saturn, and other digital services.
Snap Engineering teams build fun and technically sophisticated products that reach hundreds of millions of Snapchatters around the world, every day. We’re deeply committed to the well-being of everyone in our global community, which is why our values are at the root of everything we do. We move fast, with precision, and always execute with privacy at the forefront.
We’re looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to join Snap Inc!
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
What you’ll do:
- Design, implement, and operate our most critical and scalable services - ranging from user identity services, friend graph, and our core persistence layer
- Work across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver the solutions needed to build innovative products
- You evaluate, appropriately test, and debug your work, striving for high quality
- Advocate for and apply best practices when it comes to availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management
- Utilize AI tools and high velocity engineering workflows to design and ship scalable services while upholding rigorous standards for code correctness, security, and production ready quality code
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES
- Experience with backend services or distributed systems
- Proven track record of operating highly-available systems at significant scale
- You can independently execute on medium sized features, taking a few weeks and multiple PRs to complete
- You understand the operational aspects of your system and may participate in incident or hotfix investigation and resolution
- Ability to collaborate and work well with others
- Experience in at least one of the following areas:
- Large-scale microservices and distributed systems
- Cloud computing and storage systems
- Infrastructure and large-scale system design
- Security
- Networking and data storage
- Machine learning and natural language processing tools
- Proficiency in, or a strong aptitude for, leveraging AI tools to streamline development, paired with the critical judgment to audit generated output for architectural integrity, performance bottlenecks, and security risks.
- Adaptability in learning and applying evolving AI systems and tools to remain at the forefront of engineering trends and modern development practices
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical field such as computer science or equivalent years of practical work experience
- 9+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience; or a Master’s degree in a technical field + 8+ year of post-grad software development experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 5+ years of post-grad software development experience
- 1+ years of experience with technical leadership or acting as the domain-expert to a technical organization
- Experience with distributed systems
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with Java, C++, and/or Python
- Experience with NoSQL solutions, Memcache/Redis, Kubernetes, or Google/AWS services
If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and provide us some information.
"Default Together" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week.
At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, where applicable).
OUR BENEFITS
Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!
COMPENSATION
In the United States, work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. The starting pay may be negotiable within the salary range for the position. These pay zones may be modified in the future.
Zone A (CA, WA, NYC):
The base salary range for this position is $229,000-$343,000 annually.
Zone B:
The base salary range for this position is $218,000-$326,000 annually.
Zone C:
The base salary range for this position is $195,000-$292,000 annually.
This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Staff Software Engineer
Verify your degree field matches the role
Staff Software Engineer roles require a specialty occupation showing your degree directly relates to the position. A computer science, software engineering, or closely related technical degree satisfies this. A general business or unrelated STEM degree creates LCA complications your employer must address.
Target employers already filing LCAs
Search the OFLC Wage Search to identify companies that have certified LCAs for software engineering roles at the Staff level. These employers already understand the H-1B1 Chile process and won't need to be educated on consular filing requirements.
Use Migrate Mate to find verified sponsoring employers
Search Migrate Mate to filter Staff Software Engineer openings by employers with confirmed H-1B1 Chile visa filing history. This cuts the research time of manually cross-referencing DOL disclosure data against active job postings.
Confirm your title maps to SOC code 15-1252
Staff Software Engineer roles typically fall under SOC code 15-1252 in the O*NET classification system. Your LCA must reference the correct SOC code, so confirm your employer's job description aligns with this classification before the DOL filing begins.
Negotiate your start date around LCA certification
DOL certifies LCAs within seven business days, but consular appointment availability in Santiago varies. Build at least three to four weeks between your offer acceptance and your target start date so your employer isn't filing under pressure.
Prepare a nonimmigrant intent response before your interview
Unlike H-1B visa, the H-1B1 Chile visa doesn't allow dual intent. Consular officers will probe your plans after the visa period ends. Have a clear, honest answer about ties to Chile and your intended timeline before your Santiago appointment.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Staff Software Engineer role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B1 Chile?
Yes. Staff Software Engineer is a specialty occupation under the H-1B1 Chile visa because the role normally requires at least a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a directly related field. Your employer confirms this in the Labor Condition Application filed with DOL. Roles where any degree is accepted regardless of field would not qualify.
How does H-1B1 Chile compare to H-1B for Staff Software Engineer positions?
H-1B1 Chile skips the lottery entirely, has no USCIS petition requirement, and is processed directly at the consulate in Santiago. H-1B requires USCIS approval before you can enter the U.S. and is subject to an annual lottery. For a Staff Software Engineer with a confirmed offer, H-1B1 Chile is typically faster and more predictable, though it doesn't allow dual intent the way H-1B does.
Where can I find Staff Software Engineer jobs that offer H-1B1 Chile visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lets you search Staff Software Engineer openings filtered by employers with documented H-1B1 Chile visa filing history, so you're not guessing which companies will sponsor. The platform surfaces DOL Labor Condition Application data so you can see which employers have filed for this role type before applying.
Can my H-1B1 Chile status cover a promotion from Software Engineer to Staff Software Engineer?
A material change in job duties or title requires your employer to file a new LCA with DOL before the promotion takes effect. If the Staff-level role involves substantially different responsibilities or a different SOC code, treat it as a new H-1B1 Chile filing, not just an internal HR update. Check with your employer's immigration contact before the change is finalized.
How long can I stay in the U.S. on H-1B1 Chile as a Staff Software Engineer?
Each H-1B1 Chile admission is valid for up to one year and can be renewed in one-year increments indefinitely, as long as you maintain a qualifying job offer and your employer recertifies the LCA with DOL. There's no maximum cap on renewals, but each extension requires an updated Labor Condition Application showing the prevailing wage for your role and location.