OPT Java Software Engineer Jobs
Java Software Engineer jobs are among the most OPT-friendly roles in tech. Most positions require a CS, software engineering, or related degree, which aligns directly with common F-1 majors. STEM OPT extension eligibility means up to 36 months of work authorization, giving employers a long runway to sponsor you for an H-1B visa.
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We are seeking a Senior Java Developer III to lead the design and delivery of scalable, secure, high-performing enterprise web applications. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in Java, modern frameworks, and microservices, with a passion for building reliable systems, modernizing legacy platforms.
LOCATION
Location: Lewisville, TX
POSITION TYPE
Position Type: Full-Time
HOURS
Hours: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Weekdays (Monday – Friday)
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Job Duties
Under general supervision, the beneficiary will perform the following software development duties (Totaling 100% of the standard work week):
- [15%] Participate in the design, development, and implementation of robust web applications using enterprise backend technologies, translating business requirements into scalable, secure, high-performing solutions.
- [15%] Develop and maintain web-based applications using modern frameworks and microservices architecture, ensuring scalability, modularity, and seamless integration across distributed systems.
- [12%] Author and optimize complex SQL scripts and data access logic for new and existing applications, performing tuning and performance analysis to ensure efficient, low-latency data operations.
- [4%] Design automated deployment scripts and release procedures for consistent, reliable releases across development, testing, staging, and production environments.
- [4%] Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation workflows, integrating build, test, and deployment stages to improve delivery speed and quality.
- [3%] Write clean, high-quality code per established standards and participate in peer code reviews to catch defects early and uphold team code quality.
- [18%] Own the full lifecycle for complex applications — design, coding, testing, debugging, and documentation — ensuring production systems are reliable and meet user needs.
- [5%] Collaborate with developers, project managers, and analysts to gather requirements, prepare application designs, and produce clear technical documentation.
- [5%] Translate technical design documents into actionable tasks and create flow diagrams to guide and support application developers.
- [8%] Contribute to cloud migration initiatives for legacy applications, planning and executing moves to improve scalability, resilience, and efficiency.
- [8%] Analyze legacy codebases and migrate them to latest supported platforms, minimizing risk while improving maintainability, security, and performance.
- [3%] Leverage AI-assisted tools to support development, code reviews, and design reviews, improving code quality, accelerating delivery, and ensuring designs meet requirements and standards.
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
Minimum Requirements
Position requires all of the following:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or Information Technology or Electronics Engineering or closely related field.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in a specialty occupation role performing software design and development.
- Demonstrated experience must include at least 2 years of utilizing the following core methodologies and tools:
- Designing, developing, and implementing customer-facing web applications and services using Java and the Spring framework, including Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security, and Spring Data JPA. Work is performed in Agile development environments, participating in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, and delivering software in iterative increments.
- Developing user interfaces using Angular and JavaScript.
- Migrating legacy applications to cloud platforms, including assessing on-premises workloads, re-platforming applications for cloud deployment, and ensuring scalability, security, and performance in the cloud environment.
- Designing and optimizing database queries for Oracle databases using advanced indexing, query optimization, and transaction management; programming with SQL and relational databases using the Java Persistence API (JPA) and writing custom SQL queries.
- Performing Object-Oriented Design (OOD); designing and developing RESTful web services; designing and implementing OpenAPI (Swagger) contracts using domain-driven design strategies for migrating legacy applications to microservices.
- Implementing Test-Driven Development (TDD) and automated unit, integration, and API testing using JUnit, Cucumber, and Apache Karate.
- Conducting peer code reviews to ensure high-quality, maintainable code following coding standards and best practices, with emphasis on readability, reusability, and performance, and knowledge sharing across the development team.
- Building CI/CD pipelines for deployment to Amazon EKS using Docker images.
INTRODUCTION
We are seeking a Senior Java Developer III to lead the design and delivery of scalable, secure, high-performing enterprise web applications. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in Java, modern frameworks, and microservices, with a passion for building reliable systems, modernizing legacy platforms.
LOCATION
Location: Lewisville, TX
POSITION TYPE
Position Type: Full-Time
HOURS
Hours: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Weekdays (Monday – Friday)
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Job Duties
Under general supervision, the beneficiary will perform the following software development duties (Totaling 100% of the standard work week):
- [15%] Participate in the design, development, and implementation of robust web applications using enterprise backend technologies, translating business requirements into scalable, secure, high-performing solutions.
- [15%] Develop and maintain web-based applications using modern frameworks and microservices architecture, ensuring scalability, modularity, and seamless integration across distributed systems.
- [12%] Author and optimize complex SQL scripts and data access logic for new and existing applications, performing tuning and performance analysis to ensure efficient, low-latency data operations.
- [4%] Design automated deployment scripts and release procedures for consistent, reliable releases across development, testing, staging, and production environments.
- [4%] Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation workflows, integrating build, test, and deployment stages to improve delivery speed and quality.
- [3%] Write clean, high-quality code per established standards and participate in peer code reviews to catch defects early and uphold team code quality.
- [18%] Own the full lifecycle for complex applications — design, coding, testing, debugging, and documentation — ensuring production systems are reliable and meet user needs.
- [5%] Collaborate with developers, project managers, and analysts to gather requirements, prepare application designs, and produce clear technical documentation.
- [5%] Translate technical design documents into actionable tasks and create flow diagrams to guide and support application developers.
- [8%] Contribute to cloud migration initiatives for legacy applications, planning and executing moves to improve scalability, resilience, and efficiency.
- [8%] Analyze legacy codebases and migrate them to latest supported platforms, minimizing risk while improving maintainability, security, and performance.
- [3%] Leverage AI-assisted tools to support development, code reviews, and design reviews, improving code quality, accelerating delivery, and ensuring designs meet requirements and standards.
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
Minimum Requirements
Position requires all of the following:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or Information Technology or Electronics Engineering or closely related field.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in a specialty occupation role performing software design and development.
- Demonstrated experience must include at least 2 years of utilizing the following core methodologies and tools:
- Designing, developing, and implementing customer-facing web applications and services using Java and the Spring framework, including Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security, and Spring Data JPA. Work is performed in Agile development environments, participating in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, and delivering software in iterative increments.
- Developing user interfaces using Angular and JavaScript.
- Migrating legacy applications to cloud platforms, including assessing on-premises workloads, re-platforming applications for cloud deployment, and ensuring scalability, security, and performance in the cloud environment.
- Designing and optimizing database queries for Oracle databases using advanced indexing, query optimization, and transaction management; programming with SQL and relational databases using the Java Persistence API (JPA) and writing custom SQL queries.
- Performing Object-Oriented Design (OOD); designing and developing RESTful web services; designing and implementing OpenAPI (Swagger) contracts using domain-driven design strategies for migrating legacy applications to microservices.
- Implementing Test-Driven Development (TDD) and automated unit, integration, and API testing using JUnit, Cucumber, and Apache Karate.
- Conducting peer code reviews to ensure high-quality, maintainable code following coding standards and best practices, with emphasis on readability, reusability, and performance, and knowledge sharing across the development team.
- Building CI/CD pipelines for deployment to Amazon EKS using Docker images.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship as a Java Software Engineer
Lead with your STEM OPT timeline
When applying, make clear you're eligible for a 24-month STEM OPT extension. That gives employers up to 36 months total, which comfortably covers two H-1B lottery cycles and removes urgency from the sponsorship conversation.
Target mid-size tech companies first
Large enterprises have strict headcount freezes that can stall sponsorship. Companies with 50 to 500 engineers often move faster, have dedicated immigration budgets, and give Java engineers more ownership over projects that strengthen future H-1B petitions.
Build a portfolio around enterprise Java frameworks
Spring Boot, Hibernate, and microservices architecture are what hiring managers want to see. Public GitHub projects or contributions to open-source Java libraries demonstrate specialty occupation depth, which directly supports your H-1B specialty occupation case later.
Confirm the role qualifies as a specialty occupation
Not every Java job will support an H-1B. Look for job descriptions that require a bachelor's degree in computer science or software engineering specifically, not just any degree. Generic listings saying 'degree preferred' are a red flag for future sponsorship.
Get your OPT EAD dates and employer information ready
Before your first interview, know your OPT start and end dates, your STEM extension eligibility date, and your DSO contact. Employers who have sponsored before will ask these questions early to assess the sponsorship timeline before making an offer.
Ask about sponsorship history, not just willingness
Ask how many H-1B petitions the company filed in the past two years and what their approval rate was. A company willing to sponsor but with no track record is a risk. Verified history tells you whether their immigration process is real.
Java Software Engineer OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Can I work as a Java Software Engineer on OPT without employer sponsorship?
Yes. During your initial OPT period and STEM OPT extension, your EAD card is your work authorization. You don't need the employer to sponsor a visa to start working. Sponsorship only becomes relevant when you need to transition to H-1B status after your OPT period ends.
Does a Java Software Engineer role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
It depends on your degree, not just the job title. If your F-1 degree is in computer science, software engineering, information technology, or another STEM-designated field, and your Java Engineer role is directly related to that degree, you're eligible to apply for the 24-month STEM OPT extension through your DSO.
How do I find Java Software Engineer jobs that sponsor OPT and H-1B?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for this. Every employer on the platform has a verified sponsorship history, so you're not wasting applications on companies that won't sponsor. You can filter Java engineering roles by OPT-friendliness and see sponsorship data before you apply.
Will my Java Software Engineer experience count toward an H-1B specialty occupation case?
Yes, if the role requires a specific bachelor's degree in a directly related field like computer science or software engineering. Work you do during OPT becomes part of your employment history, and detailed offer letters and pay stubs from your OPT period support the specialty occupation argument in your H-1B petition.
What happens if my OPT ends before my employer files my H-1B?
If your employer files an H-1B petition by April 1 and you're still in valid OPT status on that date, the cap-gap rule automatically extends your OPT and any underlying F-1 status through September 30. You can keep working as a Java Software Engineer without interruption while USCIS processes the petition.