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Front-end loader operator roles fall outside typical OPT job categories, but F-1 students with construction technology, civil engineering, or heavy equipment training can qualify. Most positions are full-time, which counts toward your OPT work authorization requirement. STEM OPT extensions generally do not apply to this role.
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Get Access To All JobsLocation: Alpharetta
Other locations: Anywhere in Region
Salary: Competitive
Date: Sep 11, 2026
Job description
Requisition ID: 1743302
Location: Alpharetta, Dallas
At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.
We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world.
We are seeking a motivated Staff Workflow Platform Engineer to help build, test and support enterprise workflow, orchestration and intelligent automation solutions. The successful candidate will contribute to workflow services, API integrations, platform components, testing and operational support while developing deeper expertise in modern automation technologies.
This junior developer role is ideal for candidates who possess experience or practical exposure to at least one programming language, workflow platform, BPM technology, orchestration engine or low-code platform and are interested in learning across a broader ecosystem.
Key Responsibilities
Workflow & Platform Engineering
- Develop and enhance workflow services, workers, APIs, connectors and reusable platform components under team guidance.
- Implement assigned user stories using established architecture, coding standards and delivery practices.
- Configure BPMN processes, forms, business rules, human tasks and integration points.
- Support workflow deployment, versioning, monitoring and technical documentation activities.
- Contribute to automation solutions that use case management, business rules or event-driven workflows.
Integration & Automation
- Build and test integrations with enterprise applications, APIs, messaging systems and cloud services.
- Apply REST API, JSON and basic event-driven integration patterns.
- Assist with reusable connectors and integration components for multiple business solutions.
- Support intelligent automation capabilities involving AI services, document processing or automation platforms.
Cloud & Engineering Excellence
- Write maintainable code, unit tests and supporting technical documentation.
- Participate in code reviews, Agile ceremonies and team knowledge-sharing activities.
- Support CI/CD, deployment, debugging and defect resolution activities.
- Follow enterprise standards for security, quality, compliance and operational support.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology or related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- 1-3 years of software development, integration, application configuration or automation experience.
- Experience with at least one programming language or workflow/low-code platform.
- Basic understanding of APIs, databases, Git and software development lifecycle practices.
- Ability to learn new technologies and work effectively in an Agile team environment.
Workflow & Automation Platform Experience
Candidates should possess experience, academic exposure, certification, internship or project work with at least one platform from either of the two categories listed below.
Open BPM & Orchestration Platforms
- Camunda 7 / Camunda 8, Flowable, Fluxnova or Temporal.
Low-Code Platforms
- Pega Infinity, Appian, Microsoft Power Platform, ServiceNow Workflow Automation or IBM Business Automation Workflow.
Business Process & Workflow Knowledge - Preferred
- BPMN 2.0 fundamentals.
- Human Task Management and approval workflows.
- Basic Case Management and Business Rules concepts.
- Workflow deployment, versioning and monitoring awareness.
- Event-driven processing or messaging fundamentals.
Software Engineering Skills
Programming Languages - experience with at least one
- Java, preferably with Spring or Spring Boot exposure.
- Python.
- JavaScript or TypeScript.
- Node.js.
Integration Technologies
- REST APIs.
- JSON and XML.
- Basic OpenAPI awareness.
- Basic Event-Driven Architecture concepts.
Messaging & Event Streaming - exposure to at least one preferred
- Apache Kafka, Confluent Platform, RabbitMQ, IBM MQ or Azure Event Hubs.
Cloud, DevOps & Infrastructure
Exposure to at least one cloud-native platform or development ecosystem is preferred:
- Kubernetes, OpenShift or Docker.
- Terraform, Helm or ArgoCD.
- Jenkins, GitHub Actions or GitLab CI/CD.
Data Technologies
Experience or academic exposure to at least one of the following:
- PostgreSQL, Oracle or SQL Server.
- Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Redis or Cassandra.
AI & Intelligent Automation - Preferred
- Azure OpenAI or AWS Bedrock awareness.
- LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI or Semantic Kernel exposure.
- Model Context Protocol (MCP) awareness.
- UiPath or Automation Anywhere exposure.
- Intelligent Document Processing or OCR concepts.
Preferred Industry Experience
- Banking, Financial Services or Capital Markets.
- Insurance or Healthcare.
- Public Sector or other highly regulated industries.
What Will Make You Stand Out
- Internship, coursework, certification or project experience with workflow or low-code platforms.
- Experience developing reusable APIs, workflow components or connectors.
- Exposure to cloud-native or multi-tenant application concepts.
- Strong interest in workflow automation, AI and platform engineering.
- Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and respond constructively to technical feedback.
What we offer you
At EY, we harness our collective strength to empower you to shape your future with confidence through professional growth, personal fulfillment and an inclusive culture.
- We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job is:
- New York City, Boston, and Washington DC Metro Areas, Washington State, and Southern California offices – $66,600 to $123,200
- Bay Area California offices – $69,300 to $128,500
- All other offices locations in the US, including Sacramento – $55,400 to $113,000
Individual salaries within these ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.
Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.
- To make the most of your application experience, please limit yourself to two applications within a six-month period.
- EY accepts applications for this position on an on-going basis.
- For those living in California, please click here for additional information.
- At EY, our values set the foundation for how we work and the behaviors we expect of our people. Any misrepresentation or falsification of information or lack of integrity at any point in the recruiting process may result in withdrawal of your candidacy, revocation of an offer or immediate termination of employment.
EY | Building a better working world
EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets.
Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.
EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.
All in to shape the future with confidence.
EY provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, including arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable law.
EY is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities including veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and either need assistance applying online or need to request an accommodation during any part of the application process, please call 1-800-EY-HELP3, select Option 2 for candidate related inquiries, then select Option 1 for candidate queries and finally select Option 2 for candidates with an inquiry which will route you to EY’s Talent Shared Services Team (TSS) or email the TSS at ssc.customersupport@ey.com.
Location: Alpharetta
Other locations: Anywhere in Region
Salary: Competitive
Date: Sep 11, 2026
Job description
Requisition ID: 1743302
Location: Alpharetta, Dallas
At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.
We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world.
We are seeking a motivated Staff Workflow Platform Engineer to help build, test and support enterprise workflow, orchestration and intelligent automation solutions. The successful candidate will contribute to workflow services, API integrations, platform components, testing and operational support while developing deeper expertise in modern automation technologies.
This junior developer role is ideal for candidates who possess experience or practical exposure to at least one programming language, workflow platform, BPM technology, orchestration engine or low-code platform and are interested in learning across a broader ecosystem.
Key Responsibilities
Workflow & Platform Engineering
- Develop and enhance workflow services, workers, APIs, connectors and reusable platform components under team guidance.
- Implement assigned user stories using established architecture, coding standards and delivery practices.
- Configure BPMN processes, forms, business rules, human tasks and integration points.
- Support workflow deployment, versioning, monitoring and technical documentation activities.
- Contribute to automation solutions that use case management, business rules or event-driven workflows.
Integration & Automation
- Build and test integrations with enterprise applications, APIs, messaging systems and cloud services.
- Apply REST API, JSON and basic event-driven integration patterns.
- Assist with reusable connectors and integration components for multiple business solutions.
- Support intelligent automation capabilities involving AI services, document processing or automation platforms.
Cloud & Engineering Excellence
- Write maintainable code, unit tests and supporting technical documentation.
- Participate in code reviews, Agile ceremonies and team knowledge-sharing activities.
- Support CI/CD, deployment, debugging and defect resolution activities.
- Follow enterprise standards for security, quality, compliance and operational support.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology or related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- 1-3 years of software development, integration, application configuration or automation experience.
- Experience with at least one programming language or workflow/low-code platform.
- Basic understanding of APIs, databases, Git and software development lifecycle practices.
- Ability to learn new technologies and work effectively in an Agile team environment.
Workflow & Automation Platform Experience
Candidates should possess experience, academic exposure, certification, internship or project work with at least one platform from either of the two categories listed below.
Open BPM & Orchestration Platforms
- Camunda 7 / Camunda 8, Flowable, Fluxnova or Temporal.
Low-Code Platforms
- Pega Infinity, Appian, Microsoft Power Platform, ServiceNow Workflow Automation or IBM Business Automation Workflow.
Business Process & Workflow Knowledge - Preferred
- BPMN 2.0 fundamentals.
- Human Task Management and approval workflows.
- Basic Case Management and Business Rules concepts.
- Workflow deployment, versioning and monitoring awareness.
- Event-driven processing or messaging fundamentals.
Software Engineering Skills
Programming Languages - experience with at least one
- Java, preferably with Spring or Spring Boot exposure.
- Python.
- JavaScript or TypeScript.
- Node.js.
Integration Technologies
- REST APIs.
- JSON and XML.
- Basic OpenAPI awareness.
- Basic Event-Driven Architecture concepts.
Messaging & Event Streaming - exposure to at least one preferred
- Apache Kafka, Confluent Platform, RabbitMQ, IBM MQ or Azure Event Hubs.
Cloud, DevOps & Infrastructure
Exposure to at least one cloud-native platform or development ecosystem is preferred:
- Kubernetes, OpenShift or Docker.
- Terraform, Helm or ArgoCD.
- Jenkins, GitHub Actions or GitLab CI/CD.
Data Technologies
Experience or academic exposure to at least one of the following:
- PostgreSQL, Oracle or SQL Server.
- Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Redis or Cassandra.
AI & Intelligent Automation - Preferred
- Azure OpenAI or AWS Bedrock awareness.
- LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI or Semantic Kernel exposure.
- Model Context Protocol (MCP) awareness.
- UiPath or Automation Anywhere exposure.
- Intelligent Document Processing or OCR concepts.
Preferred Industry Experience
- Banking, Financial Services or Capital Markets.
- Insurance or Healthcare.
- Public Sector or other highly regulated industries.
What Will Make You Stand Out
- Internship, coursework, certification or project experience with workflow or low-code platforms.
- Experience developing reusable APIs, workflow components or connectors.
- Exposure to cloud-native or multi-tenant application concepts.
- Strong interest in workflow automation, AI and platform engineering.
- Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and respond constructively to technical feedback.
What we offer you
At EY, we harness our collective strength to empower you to shape your future with confidence through professional growth, personal fulfillment and an inclusive culture.
- We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job is:
- New York City, Boston, and Washington DC Metro Areas, Washington State, and Southern California offices – $66,600 to $123,200
- Bay Area California offices – $69,300 to $128,500
- All other offices locations in the US, including Sacramento – $55,400 to $113,000
Individual salaries within these ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.
Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.
- To make the most of your application experience, please limit yourself to two applications within a six-month period.
- EY accepts applications for this position on an on-going basis.
- For those living in California, please click here for additional information.
- At EY, our values set the foundation for how we work and the behaviors we expect of our people. Any misrepresentation or falsification of information or lack of integrity at any point in the recruiting process may result in withdrawal of your candidacy, revocation of an offer or immediate termination of employment.
EY | Building a better working world
EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets.
Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.
EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.
All in to shape the future with confidence.
EY provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, including arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable law.
EY is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities including veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and either need assistance applying online or need to request an accommodation during any part of the application process, please call 1-800-EY-HELP3, select Option 2 for candidate related inquiries, then select Option 1 for candidate queries and finally select Option 2 for candidates with an inquiry which will route you to EY’s Talent Shared Services Team (TSS) or email the TSS at ssc.customersupport@ey.com.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship in Front-End Loader Operator
Lead with your equipment certifications
OSHA 10 or 30 certifications, heavy equipment training credentials, and any documented hours on loaders or skid steers signal job-readiness immediately. Employers hiring OPT students want proof you can operate safely from day one, not after weeks of training.
Target construction firms with established HR infrastructure
Mid-to-large construction companies, civil contractors, and infrastructure firms are more likely to have experience onboarding OPT workers than small owner-operated sites. Look for companies with dedicated HR teams who understand work authorization paperwork and deadlines.
Apply before your OPT start date
Front-end loader roles often have immediate start requirements. Begin applying at least six to eight weeks before your authorized start date so employers have time to process your I-9 and verify your EAD without feeling rushed by your timeline.
Be transparent about your authorization window upfront
Construction employers unfamiliar with OPT may worry about short-term availability. Explain your authorized period clearly in early conversations and frame it as a committed timeframe rather than a limitation. Addressing it proactively reduces hesitation and speeds up decisions.
Highlight any site safety training and physical readiness
Operators who arrive with documented safety training reduce employer liability. Mention relevant coursework in equipment operation, site safety, or construction management alongside your hands-on experience. Employers weigh practical competency heavily for this physically demanding role.
Use Migrate Mate to find employers open to OPT
Not every construction employer is familiar with hiring OPT students. Migrate Mate surfaces front-end loader operator roles from employers already open to sponsoring work authorization, so you spend less time filtering and more time applying to realistic opportunities.
Front-End Loader Operator OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Can F-1 OPT students work as front-end loader operators in the United States?
Yes, F-1 students authorized for OPT can legally work as front-end loader operators, provided the role is directly related to their field of study, such as construction technology, civil engineering, or heavy equipment operations. Your EAD card is your work authorization document. You must remain employed full-time to stay in compliance with OPT requirements.
Does a front-end loader operator job qualify for a STEM OPT extension?
Front-end loader operator roles generally do not qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension. STEM OPT requires the job to be in a STEM-designated field and directly tied to a qualifying degree. Unless your position involves significant engineering or technology responsibilities, it is unlikely to meet USCIS criteria for a STEM extension.
What documents do I need to show an employer when starting an OPT position as a heavy equipment operator?
You will need your EAD card showing OPT authorization, your valid F-1 visa, your I-20 with OPT approval notation, and your passport. Employers complete Form I-9 using these documents. Some construction sites also require OSHA safety certifications or a valid driver's license before allowing equipment operation on site.
How do I find front-end loader operator jobs that accept OPT students?
Finding employers open to OPT work authorization in construction trades requires targeted searching. Migrate Mate lists operator and skilled trades roles from employers already familiar with hiring international students on OPT, saving you from applying to positions where sponsorship unfamiliarity will slow down or end the process.
What happens if my OPT period ends while I am working as a front-end loader operator?
If your OPT expires without a new visa status in place, you must stop working immediately. You have a 60-day grace period after OPT ends to depart the U.S. or change status. Coordinate with your DSO well before expiration to explore options like employer-sponsored H-2B visa or H-1B visa petitions if your employer is willing to sponsor.