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Staff Software Engineer roles qualify for H-1B1 Singapore visa sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring a bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or a related field. No lottery, no USCIS petition, and the 5,400-visa annual cap has never been exhausted, giving Singaporean engineers a direct consulate pathway to U.S. employment.
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About Stripe
Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.
About the team
Stripe Terminal helps our users extend their online presence to the physical world. The Terminal team’s mission is to make it as easy for businesses to accept in-person payments as the Stripe API has done for online payments – building for Unified Commerce. With Terminal, businesses can unify their in-person and online experiences, unlocking payments use cases that are right for their business model – whether it’s creating a modern retail experience, extending their website to a pop-up store, or enabling a mobile point-of-sale at their next event.
Within Terminal, the Developer Productivity team empowers mobile, full-stack and embedded / firmware engineers to ship high-quality products quickly and safely. We build tools, processes and infrastructure that accelerate engineers across multiple teams. Our work is critical to supporting Stripe’s in-person payment products and, ultimately, to helping increase the GDP of the internet.
We own a diverse tech stack, including: build and developer productivity tooling for mobile engineers; release tooling that enables Terminal releases across SDKs, Android apps and firmware; and test automation infrastructure that helps product engineers ensure the quality and reliability of what they ship. As a Staff engineer on this team, you’ll shape the strategy and architecture of this tooling and infrastructure and drive its adoption across Terminal.
What you’ll do
Responsibilities
- Define the architecture and technical strategy for Terminal Developer Productivity, aligning with stakeholders and building long-term sustainable solutions that solve developer productivity challenges and increase engineering velocity
- Design, build and maintain high-quality tools, infrastructure and services, contributing hands-on through code, design documents and code reviews to ensure reliability, scalability and operational excellence
- Partner with engineering, product and central Developer Productivity teams to define and evolve the technical roadmap for Terminal Developer Productivity and translate it into executable projects with clear outcomes
- Define and track key developer productivity and reliability metrics (e.g. build times, test stability, release velocity) and drive initiatives that materially improve them
- Engage directly with internal teams to understand their workflows and pain points, gather feedback and ensure the tools and infrastructure you build meaningfully improve their day-to-day experience
- Own the operational excellence of the developer tooling stack, including reliability, incident response and continuous improvement of systems and processes
- Lead a team of technically sophisticated engineers, providing technical mentorship, elevating engineering standards and serving as a force multiplier for the team’s impact
Who you are
We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.
Minimum requirements
- This is a Staff-level role meaning we typically look for at least 10+ years of software engineering experience
- BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Substantial work across mobile and backend systems
- Demonstrated experience designing, building and operating scalable, resilient and observable systems across the stack
- Ability to listen well, synthesize input from across the organization and set a technical vision that others are excited to follow
- Strong bias toward simple, robust and scalable designs over unnecessary complexity
- Ability to thrive in a highly collaborative environment involving multiple stakeholders and subject matter experts
- Experience serving as the technical lead for a team of engineers, with evidence of broad technical leadership (e.g. setting direction, making tradeoffs, elevating standards)
- Proven track record of scoping and leading large, complex technical projects with significant impact across multiple teams or domains
Preferred qualifications
- Proficiency in one or more of: Kotlin, Java, or Go
- Experience building tools or platforms to improve developer productivity, with clear empathy for internal developer users
- Experience with CI/CD tooling and pipelines (e.g. Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) and modern build systems
- Experience designing and maintaining automated testing infrastructure (e.g. integration/end-to-end test frameworks, test orchestration, or flakiness reduction)
- Experience driving cross-team technical initiatives or standards in areas such as build, test, or release engineering
Who we are
About Stripe
Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.
About the team
Stripe Terminal helps our users extend their online presence to the physical world. The Terminal team’s mission is to make it as easy for businesses to accept in-person payments as the Stripe API has done for online payments – building for Unified Commerce. With Terminal, businesses can unify their in-person and online experiences, unlocking payments use cases that are right for their business model – whether it’s creating a modern retail experience, extending their website to a pop-up store, or enabling a mobile point-of-sale at their next event.
Within Terminal, the Developer Productivity team empowers mobile, full-stack and embedded / firmware engineers to ship high-quality products quickly and safely. We build tools, processes and infrastructure that accelerate engineers across multiple teams. Our work is critical to supporting Stripe’s in-person payment products and, ultimately, to helping increase the GDP of the internet.
We own a diverse tech stack, including: build and developer productivity tooling for mobile engineers; release tooling that enables Terminal releases across SDKs, Android apps and firmware; and test automation infrastructure that helps product engineers ensure the quality and reliability of what they ship. As a Staff engineer on this team, you’ll shape the strategy and architecture of this tooling and infrastructure and drive its adoption across Terminal.
What you’ll do
Responsibilities
- Define the architecture and technical strategy for Terminal Developer Productivity, aligning with stakeholders and building long-term sustainable solutions that solve developer productivity challenges and increase engineering velocity
- Design, build and maintain high-quality tools, infrastructure and services, contributing hands-on through code, design documents and code reviews to ensure reliability, scalability and operational excellence
- Partner with engineering, product and central Developer Productivity teams to define and evolve the technical roadmap for Terminal Developer Productivity and translate it into executable projects with clear outcomes
- Define and track key developer productivity and reliability metrics (e.g. build times, test stability, release velocity) and drive initiatives that materially improve them
- Engage directly with internal teams to understand their workflows and pain points, gather feedback and ensure the tools and infrastructure you build meaningfully improve their day-to-day experience
- Own the operational excellence of the developer tooling stack, including reliability, incident response and continuous improvement of systems and processes
- Lead a team of technically sophisticated engineers, providing technical mentorship, elevating engineering standards and serving as a force multiplier for the team’s impact
Who you are
We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.
Minimum requirements
- This is a Staff-level role meaning we typically look for at least 10+ years of software engineering experience
- BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Substantial work across mobile and backend systems
- Demonstrated experience designing, building and operating scalable, resilient and observable systems across the stack
- Ability to listen well, synthesize input from across the organization and set a technical vision that others are excited to follow
- Strong bias toward simple, robust and scalable designs over unnecessary complexity
- Ability to thrive in a highly collaborative environment involving multiple stakeholders and subject matter experts
- Experience serving as the technical lead for a team of engineers, with evidence of broad technical leadership (e.g. setting direction, making tradeoffs, elevating standards)
- Proven track record of scoping and leading large, complex technical projects with significant impact across multiple teams or domains
Preferred qualifications
- Proficiency in one or more of: Kotlin, Java, or Go
- Experience building tools or platforms to improve developer productivity, with clear empathy for internal developer users
- Experience with CI/CD tooling and pipelines (e.g. Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) and modern build systems
- Experience designing and maintaining automated testing infrastructure (e.g. integration/end-to-end test frameworks, test orchestration, or flakiness reduction)
- Experience driving cross-team technical initiatives or standards in areas such as build, test, or release engineering
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Verify your degree meets specialty occupation
The H-1B1 visa requires your degree to directly relate to the Staff Software Engineer role. A computer science or software engineering degree is clean. If yours is in a different field, document how your coursework maps to software development before applying.
Target employers with active LCA filing history
Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up which companies have certified Labor Condition Applications for software engineer roles. Employers already familiar with LCA filings are far less likely to stall on H-1B1 visa sponsorship paperwork during offer negotiations.
Search H-1B1 Singapore jobs on Migrate Mate
Migrate Mate filters jobs by employers with verified H-1B1 Singapore sponsorship history, so you're not cold-applying to companies that have never filed. Search specifically for Staff Software Engineer roles to see which employers are actively hiring at that level.
Clarify sponsorship intent before technical rounds
Ask your recruiter whether the company has filed H-1B1 Singapore petitions before, not just H-1B visa. Some employers assume all specialty occupation sponsorship goes through the H-1B lottery and may not know the H-1B visa1 is a separate, lottery-free consular process.
Get your LCA certified before scheduling your interview
DOL must certify your Labor Condition Application before you can apply at the consulate. Push your employer to submit the LCA as soon as your offer is signed. DOL typically certifies within seven business days, but delays will push back your interview date.
Pull your O*NET occupation profile for the interview
Consular officers assess whether your role qualifies as a specialty occupation. Bring your O*NET profile for software developers or software engineers showing the bachelor's degree requirement. It gives the officer a clear, DOL-recognized reference for your job classification.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Staff Software Engineer role qualify for the H-1B1 Singapore visa?
Yes. Staff Software Engineer is a specialty occupation requiring at least a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a closely related technical field. The role's complexity and degree requirement satisfy both the H-1B1 visa's specialty occupation definition and the Labor Condition Application criteria your employer files with DOL before your consulate interview.
How does the H-1B1 Singapore visa differ from the H-1B for software engineers?
The H-1B requires USCIS to approve a petition and subjects you to an annual lottery with roughly a one-in-four chance of selection. The H-1B1 Singapore skips both the petition and the lottery entirely. Your employer files a Labor Condition Application with DOL, and you apply directly at the U.S. consulate in Singapore. The 5,400 annual cap for H-1B1 Singapore has never been exhausted, so timing is not a constraint the way it is with the H-1B.
How do I find employers who sponsor H-1B1 Singapore visas for Staff Software Engineer roles?
Migrate Mate surfaces employers with verified H-1B1 Singapore sponsorship history filtered by role. You can search specifically for Staff Software Engineer positions and see which companies have active filing records, so you're targeting employers already familiar with the process rather than educating recruiters from scratch.
Can I switch to a different employer after arriving in the U.S. on an H-1B1 Singapore visa?
Yes, but the process restarts with the new employer. Your new employer must file a fresh Labor Condition Application with DOL, and you may need to return to Singapore for a new consulate appointment rather than completing a change of status inside the U.S. The H-1B1 visa does not have the portability provisions available to H-1B holders under AC21, so plan accordingly before resigning.
What documents should a Singaporean software engineer prepare for the H-1B1 consulate interview?
Bring your certified Labor Condition Application, your degree transcripts and certificates, the job offer letter specifying your title and role responsibilities, your DS-160 confirmation, and your valid Singaporean passport. If your degree is not in computer science or software engineering specifically, include course syllabi or a credential evaluation showing how your coursework relates to the Staff Software Engineer position.