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Web Developer roles are among the most OPT-friendly positions in the U.S. job market. Most qualify as specialty occupations under a computer science or information systems degree, making them straightforward to sponsor. STEM OPT extension eligibility gives you up to three years of authorized work, which is enough runway for most employers to pursue H-1B visa sponsorship.
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Job Number #175389 - Overland Park, Kansas, United States
Who We Are
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!
Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.
At Hill’s we have a purpose to transform the lives of millions of pet families through pioneering innovation, science-led nutrition, and the best and brightest people. If you’re interested in work that matters, fueled by passion for pets, we invite you to apply.
Founded more than 75 years ago with an unwavering commitment to pet nutrition, Hill’s mission is to help enrich and lengthen the special relationships between people and their pets. Our decades of science and research guide us in creating nutrition that’s a step ahead so pets and pet parents can enjoy every day together. As the US #1 Veterinarian recommended pet food brand, knowledge is our first ingredient with 220+ veterinarians, PhD nutritionists and food scientists working to develop breakthrough innovations in pet health.
As the Web Merchandiser at Hill’s Pet Nutrition, you will own the end-to-end execution and optimization of our digital shopping experience. Your core mission is to create a seamless, high-converting digital ecosystem by driving findability, frictionless engagement, and customer loyalty across our digital channels.
In this role, you will bridge the gap between user behavior and business growth—combining data-driven insights with strategic execution to optimize site taxonomy, cross-sell/upsell opportunities, and dynamic customer journeys.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ecosystem Optimization: Manage site taxonomy, click-flow navigation, attribution, and on-site traffic to maximize findability and conversion.
- Testing & Personalization: Plan and execute A/B testing and cross-sell/upsell strategies to elevate customer lifetime value and brand loyalty.
- Data & Performance Tracking: Monitor, analyze, and report on quantitative and qualitative web behavior to uncover actionable insights.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with cross-functional teams to bring high-impact digital campaigns to life on schedule.
- Product Information Management:
- Ongoing optimization, monitoring and refinement of our product data for our owned web properties, working without our PIM/DAM system.
- Site Merchandising Tactics:
- Continuous execution to support various campaign objectives, overall health and accuracy of site content, and collision testing for broken site experiences across our consumer properties.
- Site usability enhancements to increase conversion and improve the overall customer journey experience.
- Strategic Development:
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to determine how to continuously optimize digital engagement experiences through utilization of UX and CX design principles.
- Own our experimentation and personalization roadmap by designing data-driven A/B testing strategies, executing campaigns, and training cross-functional partners on best practices.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelors Degree
- Data-Driven Mindset: 3+ years translating web analytics into clear, strategic growth initiatives.
- Technical & Platform Proficiency: Hands-on experience with Google Analytics, CMS, PIM, and DAM platforms.
- Experience with Google Analytics, CMS, PIM, and DAM platforms.
- Extract insights from large datasets and generate accurate reports for making effective business decisions.
Preferred Requirements:
- Frontend Familiarity: Solid understanding of UX/CX best practices alongside working knowledge of basic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Fostering Experimentation - Remaining curious
- Teamwork/ Collaboration - required or dependent on other functions to align on tests and collaborate with other team members
- Analysis/ Decision Making - gaining insights from the data that is pulled.
Compensation and Benefits
- Salary Range: $96,000.00 - $137,000.00 USD
Pay is determined based on experience, qualifications, and location. Salaried employees may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, profit-sharing, and long-term incentives for Executive-level roles.
Benefits: Salaried employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, paid parental leave, disability coverage, and participation in the 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions subject to eligibility requirements. Additional benefits include a minimum of 15 vacation/PTO days (hourly employees receive a minimum of 120 hours) and 13 paid holidays (vacation days are prorated based on the employee's hire date within the calendar year). Paid sick leave is adjusted based on role and location in accordance with local laws. Detailed information regarding paid sick leave entitlements will be provided to employees upon hiring and may be subject to adjustments based on changes in legislation or company policies.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
Our journey begins with our people—developing strong talent with diverse backgrounds and perspectives to best serve our consumers around the world and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging. We are dedicated to ensuring that each individual can be their authentic self, is treated with respect, and is empowered by leadership to contribute meaningfully to our business.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.
Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please complete this request form should you require accommodation.
For additional Colgate terms and conditions, please click here.
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Job Number #175389 - Overland Park, Kansas, United States
Who We Are
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!
Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.
At Hill’s we have a purpose to transform the lives of millions of pet families through pioneering innovation, science-led nutrition, and the best and brightest people. If you’re interested in work that matters, fueled by passion for pets, we invite you to apply.
Founded more than 75 years ago with an unwavering commitment to pet nutrition, Hill’s mission is to help enrich and lengthen the special relationships between people and their pets. Our decades of science and research guide us in creating nutrition that’s a step ahead so pets and pet parents can enjoy every day together. As the US #1 Veterinarian recommended pet food brand, knowledge is our first ingredient with 220+ veterinarians, PhD nutritionists and food scientists working to develop breakthrough innovations in pet health.
As the Web Merchandiser at Hill’s Pet Nutrition, you will own the end-to-end execution and optimization of our digital shopping experience. Your core mission is to create a seamless, high-converting digital ecosystem by driving findability, frictionless engagement, and customer loyalty across our digital channels.
In this role, you will bridge the gap between user behavior and business growth—combining data-driven insights with strategic execution to optimize site taxonomy, cross-sell/upsell opportunities, and dynamic customer journeys.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ecosystem Optimization: Manage site taxonomy, click-flow navigation, attribution, and on-site traffic to maximize findability and conversion.
- Testing & Personalization: Plan and execute A/B testing and cross-sell/upsell strategies to elevate customer lifetime value and brand loyalty.
- Data & Performance Tracking: Monitor, analyze, and report on quantitative and qualitative web behavior to uncover actionable insights.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with cross-functional teams to bring high-impact digital campaigns to life on schedule.
- Product Information Management:
- Ongoing optimization, monitoring and refinement of our product data for our owned web properties, working without our PIM/DAM system.
- Site Merchandising Tactics:
- Continuous execution to support various campaign objectives, overall health and accuracy of site content, and collision testing for broken site experiences across our consumer properties.
- Site usability enhancements to increase conversion and improve the overall customer journey experience.
- Strategic Development:
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to determine how to continuously optimize digital engagement experiences through utilization of UX and CX design principles.
- Own our experimentation and personalization roadmap by designing data-driven A/B testing strategies, executing campaigns, and training cross-functional partners on best practices.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelors Degree
- Data-Driven Mindset: 3+ years translating web analytics into clear, strategic growth initiatives.
- Technical & Platform Proficiency: Hands-on experience with Google Analytics, CMS, PIM, and DAM platforms.
- Experience with Google Analytics, CMS, PIM, and DAM platforms.
- Extract insights from large datasets and generate accurate reports for making effective business decisions.
Preferred Requirements:
- Frontend Familiarity: Solid understanding of UX/CX best practices alongside working knowledge of basic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Fostering Experimentation - Remaining curious
- Teamwork/ Collaboration - required or dependent on other functions to align on tests and collaborate with other team members
- Analysis/ Decision Making - gaining insights from the data that is pulled.
Compensation and Benefits
- Salary Range: $96,000.00 - $137,000.00 USD
Pay is determined based on experience, qualifications, and location. Salaried employees may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, profit-sharing, and long-term incentives for Executive-level roles.
Benefits: Salaried employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, paid parental leave, disability coverage, and participation in the 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions subject to eligibility requirements. Additional benefits include a minimum of 15 vacation/PTO days (hourly employees receive a minimum of 120 hours) and 13 paid holidays (vacation days are prorated based on the employee's hire date within the calendar year). Paid sick leave is adjusted based on role and location in accordance with local laws. Detailed information regarding paid sick leave entitlements will be provided to employees upon hiring and may be subject to adjustments based on changes in legislation or company policies.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
Our journey begins with our people—developing strong talent with diverse backgrounds and perspectives to best serve our consumers around the world and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging. We are dedicated to ensuring that each individual can be their authentic self, is treated with respect, and is empowered by leadership to contribute meaningfully to our business.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.
Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please complete this request form should you require accommodation.
For additional Colgate terms and conditions, please click here.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship as a Web Developer
Lead with your STEM OPT timeline
Tell employers upfront that your STEM OPT gives you up to three years of work authorization. Most web developer roles take 12 to 18 months to reach H-1B visa readiness, so your timeline removes the urgency that makes many employers hesitate.
Tie your degree directly to the role
OPT authorization requires your job to be related to your field of study. Frame your application to show the direct connection between your computer science, IT, or engineering degree and the web development work the employer needs done.
Target employers with active tech hiring
Companies that consistently hire software engineers and developers are far more likely to have immigration counsel on retainer and existing H-1B sponsorship infrastructure. Focus your search on employers with engineering teams, not one-off technical hires.
Highlight full-stack or specialized skills
Employers weigh sponsorship costs against how replaceable a candidate is. Deep expertise in React, Node.js, cloud infrastructure, or a niche framework makes you harder to replace locally, which directly improves your chances of securing sponsorship.
Address E-Verify requirements early
STEM OPT employers must be E-Verify participants. Confirm this before investing time in an application. Most mid-size and large tech employers already participate, but smaller startups and agencies sometimes do not, which would block STEM OPT approval.
Use your DSO to validate your job offer
Before accepting an offer, have your Designated School Official confirm the role qualifies under your program. A web developer position at an E-Verify employer in a directly related field is typically approvable, but validation prevents costly mistakes.
Web Developer OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Do web developer jobs qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
Most web developer roles qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension if your degree is in a STEM-designated field such as computer science, information technology, or software engineering. The role must also be directly related to that degree, and the employer must be enrolled in E-Verify. A general business or communications degree would not qualify, even for a technical role.
How do I find web developer jobs that sponsor OPT?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for F-1 OPT students and filters for employers willing to sponsor work authorization. General job boards don't surface sponsorship intent clearly, which wastes time on applications that go nowhere. Searching on Migrate Mate lets you focus on web developer roles at employers who have already indicated they can work with OPT candidates.
Can I work as a freelance or contract web developer on OPT?
Yes, OPT allows self-employment and contract work, but with strict conditions. You must be actively engaged in work related to your degree for at least 20 hours per week. For STEM OPT, self-employment is not permitted since there is no qualifying employer relationship to satisfy the E-Verify and training plan requirements. Short-term contract roles through a staffing agency with E-Verify enrollment can work for STEM OPT.
What happens to my OPT if I'm laid off from a web developer job?
You have a cumulative 90-day unemployment allowance on standard OPT, which extends to 150 days if you're on STEM OPT. The clock starts the day your employment ends. Actively tracking and minimizing unemployment time is critical. Returning to job searching immediately and documenting your efforts matters if USCIS ever reviews your record.
Does a web developer role count as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Web developer positions generally qualify as specialty occupations because they normally require at least a bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related technical field. However, USCIS scrutinizes job descriptions carefully. Vague titles like 'web developer' with broad, generalist duties have faced more RFEs in recent years. A role with specific technical requirements and a degree requirement written into the job description is on stronger footing.