OPT Real Estate Development Jobs
Real estate development jobs on OPT typically fall under specialty occupation roles in urban planning, finance, or project management, making them compatible with both STEM and non-STEM OPT. Employers range from large REITs and development firms to city agencies. Your 12-month window (or 36 months on STEM OPT) gives you time to build a project portfolio and pursue H-1B visa sponsorship.
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At Stewart, we know that success begins with great people. As a Stewart employee, you’ll be joining a company that was named a 2024-2025 Best Company to Work For by U.S. News & World Report, and a 2025 Top Workplace by USA Today. We are committed to helping you own, develop, and nurture your career. We invest in your career journey because we understand that as you grow, so does our company. And our priority is smart growth – by attaining the best people, investing in tools and resources that enable success, and creating a better home for all.
You will be part of an inclusive work environment that reflects the customers we serve. You’ll be empowered to use your unique experiences, passion and skills to help our company and the communities we serve constantly evolve and improve. Together, we can achieve our vision of becoming the premier title and real estate services company.
Stewart is a global real estate services company, providing title insurance, settlement, underwriting, and lender services through our family of companies.
JOB SUMMARY
NotaryCam, part of the Stewart family of companies, is seeking a Senior Sales Executive responsible for driving enterprise and mid-market revenue growth for a Remote Online Notarization (RON) services company within the real estate title industry. This role strategically sells RON-enabled and mobile closing solutions to title companies, title agencies, escrow organizations, settlement service providers, and affiliated real estate stakeholders with ownership of the full sales cycle including documenting the transition from agreement to implementation.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Builds and manages a qualified pipeline while promoting Stewart’s notary services and solutions through various inside sales and marketing activities designed to ensure customer success while maximizing revenue and market share
- Prospects through Stewart Agency Services and various established methods while developing account strategies to sell, cross-sell and upsell opportunities across RON transactions through demonstrable skills in meeting or exceeding quotas
- Performs specialized assignments; solves complex problems and develops non-traditional solutions through sophisticated analytical thinking
- Interprets internal/external business environment to coordinate technical discovery and solution validation
- Recommends and clearly communicates best practices to improve processes or services while partnering with various teams, including technical stakeholders, to move opportunities forward
- Impacts achievements of customer, operational, project or service objectives through a strong understanding of title industry operations
- Communicates difficult concepts to team to generate clarity and alignment on projects, initiatives, and various work products through excellent discovery, presentation, negotiation, written communication, and executive relationship-management skills
- Travel for strategic accounts, industry events, client meetings, and team sessions
- May lead functional projects with moderate risks and resource requirements
- Individual contributor working independently; may require guidance in highly complex situations
- Performs all other duties as assigned by management
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant field preferred
Experience
- 3+ years selling into title companies, title agencies, settlement services, mortgage lenders, real estate technology companies, or related financial-services organizations
- Typically requires 5+ years of related work experience
BENEFITS
Stewart offers eligible employees a competitive benefits package that includes, but is not limited to a variety of health and wellness insurance options and programs, paid time off, 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase program, and employee discounts.
Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
Stewart is committed to ensuring that its online application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need assistance or an accommodation in the application process, please contact us by email at careers@stewart.com.
INTRODUCTION
At Stewart, we know that success begins with great people. As a Stewart employee, you’ll be joining a company that was named a 2024-2025 Best Company to Work For by U.S. News & World Report, and a 2025 Top Workplace by USA Today. We are committed to helping you own, develop, and nurture your career. We invest in your career journey because we understand that as you grow, so does our company. And our priority is smart growth – by attaining the best people, investing in tools and resources that enable success, and creating a better home for all.
You will be part of an inclusive work environment that reflects the customers we serve. You’ll be empowered to use your unique experiences, passion and skills to help our company and the communities we serve constantly evolve and improve. Together, we can achieve our vision of becoming the premier title and real estate services company.
Stewart is a global real estate services company, providing title insurance, settlement, underwriting, and lender services through our family of companies.
JOB SUMMARY
NotaryCam, part of the Stewart family of companies, is seeking a Senior Sales Executive responsible for driving enterprise and mid-market revenue growth for a Remote Online Notarization (RON) services company within the real estate title industry. This role strategically sells RON-enabled and mobile closing solutions to title companies, title agencies, escrow organizations, settlement service providers, and affiliated real estate stakeholders with ownership of the full sales cycle including documenting the transition from agreement to implementation.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Builds and manages a qualified pipeline while promoting Stewart’s notary services and solutions through various inside sales and marketing activities designed to ensure customer success while maximizing revenue and market share
- Prospects through Stewart Agency Services and various established methods while developing account strategies to sell, cross-sell and upsell opportunities across RON transactions through demonstrable skills in meeting or exceeding quotas
- Performs specialized assignments; solves complex problems and develops non-traditional solutions through sophisticated analytical thinking
- Interprets internal/external business environment to coordinate technical discovery and solution validation
- Recommends and clearly communicates best practices to improve processes or services while partnering with various teams, including technical stakeholders, to move opportunities forward
- Impacts achievements of customer, operational, project or service objectives through a strong understanding of title industry operations
- Communicates difficult concepts to team to generate clarity and alignment on projects, initiatives, and various work products through excellent discovery, presentation, negotiation, written communication, and executive relationship-management skills
- Travel for strategic accounts, industry events, client meetings, and team sessions
- May lead functional projects with moderate risks and resource requirements
- Individual contributor working independently; may require guidance in highly complex situations
- Performs all other duties as assigned by management
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant field preferred
Experience
- 3+ years selling into title companies, title agencies, settlement services, mortgage lenders, real estate technology companies, or related financial-services organizations
- Typically requires 5+ years of related work experience
BENEFITS
Stewart offers eligible employees a competitive benefits package that includes, but is not limited to a variety of health and wellness insurance options and programs, paid time off, 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase program, and employee discounts.
Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
Stewart is committed to ensuring that its online application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need assistance or an accommodation in the application process, please contact us by email at careers@stewart.com.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship in Real Estate Development
Target firms with active development pipelines
Large REITs, national developers, and institutional real estate firms file H-1B visa petitions regularly. A firm actively building projects has more budget and incentive to retain talent than a small boutique shop with one or two deals per year.
Frame your role as a specialty occupation early
Real estate development roles that require a finance, urban planning, or civil engineering degree are strong specialty occupation candidates. Clarify your degree-to-role connection in your resume and cover letter before an employer raises the question themselves.
Pursue STEM OPT extension if your degree qualifies
Degrees in civil engineering, finance, urban planning, or environmental science often qualify for the 24-month STEM extension. Confirm your CIP code with your DSO before applying, since STEM eligibility directly affects how long you can work without H-1B selection.
Get involved in the deal process, not just support tasks
Employers are more likely to sponsor someone whose departure would hurt active deals. Positioning yourself on underwriting, entitlements, or construction oversight, rather than administrative support, builds the case that your role is specialized and hard to replace.
Ask about sponsorship before accepting an offer
Real estate firms vary widely on visa sponsorship. Ask directly during the offer stage whether the company has sponsored H-1B employees before and whether they work with immigration counsel. Discovering incompatibility after starting wastes precious OPT time.
Build relationships with project managers and principals
Sponsorship decisions in real estate often come from senior leadership, not HR. Building trust with project leads and principals, who can advocate internally for retaining you, matters more than in industries where HR drives hiring policy centrally.
Real Estate Development OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a real estate development job qualify as a specialty occupation for OPT and H-1B purposes?
Real estate development roles can qualify as specialty occupations when the position requires a specific bachelor's degree or higher in a field like urban planning, finance, civil engineering, or architecture. Generalist roles where any degree is accepted are harder to support. The strongest cases link a specific degree field directly to the technical tasks the job requires.
Can I work for a real estate developer on OPT without employer sponsorship?
Yes. OPT work authorization is tied to your F-1 status and SEVIS record, not to employer sponsorship. Your employer does not file anything with USCIS to hire you on OPT. They simply need to report your employment to your DSO within 10 days and confirm the role is related to your degree field.
How do I find real estate development employers who are open to OPT and future H-1B sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for F-1 OPT students and surfaces real estate development roles at employers with a history of sponsoring work visas. Filtering by visa sponsorship history saves time compared to applying broadly and discovering incompatibility at the offer stage, when changing course is costly.
Does my OPT employment in real estate development need to be full-time?
USCIS requires OPT employment to be at least 20 hours per week and directly related to your degree field. Full-time is preferable if you plan to pursue a STEM OPT extension later, as part-time employment still counts but raises more scrutiny when your DSO certifies the training plan. Unpaid roles are allowed but must still meet the degree-relatedness requirement.
What degree fields support OPT authorization for real estate development roles?
Urban planning, civil engineering, real estate finance, architecture, environmental science, business administration with a real estate concentration, and construction management degrees all support OPT authorization for development roles. The key is that your specific job duties must connect to what your degree program trained you to do. Your DSO makes the initial determination, but the employer and USCIS may also assess the connection for H-1B purposes later.