STEM OPT Customer Engineer Jobs
Customer Engineer roles in cloud infrastructure, hardware deployment, and enterprise software qualify for STEM OPT when your degree aligns with the technical demands of the position. Your employer must be enrolled in E-Verify, and the 24-month STEM extension gives you up to 36 months total to build deep client-facing technical experience while pursuing H-1B visa sponsorship.
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When leading companies choose Google Cloud, it's a huge win for spreading the power of cloud computing globally. Once educational institutions, government agencies, and other businesses sign on to use Google Cloud products, you come in to facilitate making their work more productive, mobile, and collaborative. You listen and deliver what is most helpful for the customer. You assist fellow sales Googlers by problem-solving key technical issues for our customers. You liaise with the product marketing management and engineering teams to stay on top of industry trends and devise enhancements to Google Cloud products. As a Practice Customer Engineer (CE) with a specialty in Application Modernization, you will partner with technical Sales teams to differentiate Google Cloud to our customers. You will serve as a technical expert responsible for accelerating technical wins and adoption of complex, specialized workloads. You will leverage your deep expertise in our most strategic product areas, in partnership with Platform CEs, to be a writing code to develop prototypes, proofs-of-concept, and demos to sell new, highly specialized solutions to customers. You will solve application-centered customer challenges and provide a critical feedback loop to influence customers and product development. Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $123000 - $177000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Drive the technical win for complex workloads within application modernization to ensure rapid and successful adoption, primarily supporting the sales cycle from technical evaluation through customer ramp.
Combine sales strategies, development and prototyping to provide functional, customer-tailored solutions that secure buy-in from customer domain experts.
Provide deep technical consultation to customers, acting as a technical advisor and building lasting customer relationships.
Leverage learnings from customer engagements to contribute to reusable solutions and assets with the Go-To-Market team.
* Provide critical feedback from customer engagements to product and engineering teams to improve architectures and solutions.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
4 years of experience with cloud native architecture in a customer-facing or support role.
Experience with architectural design patterns, platform engineering (e.g. Infrastructure-as-Code, automation, devops, artifact management or code repositories), virtualization deployments, container runtimes, or networking.
Experience with end-to-end SDLC including application security, performance or monitoring/telemetry.
Experience working with demos, prototypes, or workshops with customers.
Experience engaging with, and presenting to, technical stakeholders and executive leaders.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience with agentic architectures, AI-assisted software delivery and developer tooling.
Experience with observability and SRE principles.
* Experience with developing scalable architectures using API management, microservice frameworks, and PaaS.
COMPENSATION
* Salary Range: $123000 - $177000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
BENEFITS
In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:
Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
* Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: San Francisco, CA, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Cambridge, MA, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Addison, TX, USA; New York, NY, USA; Reston, VA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA.
Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.
ABOUT THE JOB
When leading companies choose Google Cloud, it's a huge win for spreading the power of cloud computing globally. Once educational institutions, government agencies, and other businesses sign on to use Google Cloud products, you come in to facilitate making their work more productive, mobile, and collaborative. You listen and deliver what is most helpful for the customer. You assist fellow sales Googlers by problem-solving key technical issues for our customers. You liaise with the product marketing management and engineering teams to stay on top of industry trends and devise enhancements to Google Cloud products. As a Practice Customer Engineer (CE) with a specialty in Application Modernization, you will partner with technical Sales teams to differentiate Google Cloud to our customers. You will serve as a technical expert responsible for accelerating technical wins and adoption of complex, specialized workloads. You will leverage your deep expertise in our most strategic product areas, in partnership with Platform CEs, to be a writing code to develop prototypes, proofs-of-concept, and demos to sell new, highly specialized solutions to customers. You will solve application-centered customer challenges and provide a critical feedback loop to influence customers and product development. Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $123000 - $177000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Drive the technical win for complex workloads within application modernization to ensure rapid and successful adoption, primarily supporting the sales cycle from technical evaluation through customer ramp.
Combine sales strategies, development and prototyping to provide functional, customer-tailored solutions that secure buy-in from customer domain experts.
Provide deep technical consultation to customers, acting as a technical advisor and building lasting customer relationships.
Leverage learnings from customer engagements to contribute to reusable solutions and assets with the Go-To-Market team.
* Provide critical feedback from customer engagements to product and engineering teams to improve architectures and solutions.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
4 years of experience with cloud native architecture in a customer-facing or support role.
Experience with architectural design patterns, platform engineering (e.g. Infrastructure-as-Code, automation, devops, artifact management or code repositories), virtualization deployments, container runtimes, or networking.
Experience with end-to-end SDLC including application security, performance or monitoring/telemetry.
Experience working with demos, prototypes, or workshops with customers.
Experience engaging with, and presenting to, technical stakeholders and executive leaders.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience with agentic architectures, AI-assisted software delivery and developer tooling.
Experience with observability and SRE principles.
* Experience with developing scalable architectures using API management, microservice frameworks, and PaaS.
COMPENSATION
* Salary Range: $123000 - $177000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
BENEFITS
In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:
Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
* Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: San Francisco, CA, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Cambridge, MA, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Addison, TX, USA; New York, NY, USA; Reston, VA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA.
Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding STEM OPT Authorization as a Customer Engineer
Verify your CIP code matches the role
Pull your degree's Classification of Instructional Programs code from your transcript or DSO and cross-check it against the Customer Engineer job description. Roles requiring systems integration, network engineering, or applied computing map cleanly to STEM-eligible CIP codes, but a mismatch will invalidate your extension before it starts.
Confirm E-Verify enrollment before signing
Ask the recruiter for the company's E-Verify Company ID or look up their enrollment status through the E-Verify portal before accepting an offer. Customer Engineer roles at hardware vendors or managed service providers often hire through staffing intermediaries, so verify that your direct legal employer, not just the end client, is enrolled.
Build your I-983 training plan around technical deliverables
Your I-983 must tie each learning objective to a measurable on-the-job outcome. For Customer Engineer roles, map objectives to specific deployment cycles, escalation tiers, or certification milestones you'll complete, so USCIS can see a concrete connection between the training and your STEM degree field.
Target employers with active H-1B filing history
Use Migrate Mate to filter Customer Engineer openings by employers who have filed H-1B Labor Condition Applications, which signals both E-Verify enrollment and genuine sponsorship infrastructure. Companies deploying enterprise hardware or cloud solutions at scale file LCAs regularly for technical client roles.
Align your offer letter start date with your OPT timeline
STEM OPT applications must be filed at least 90 days before your current EAD expires, and USCIS recommends filing earlier to avoid gaps. If your Customer Engineer offer extends past your initial OPT end date, get your DSO to recommend the extension immediately after signing so your new EAD is in process before day one.
Use O*NET to document specialty occupation alignment
Pull the Customer Engineer occupation profile from O*NET and note the listed education and technical competency requirements. Including this documentation in your employer's H-1B petition, alongside your degree transcripts, directly supports the specialty occupation argument for a role that blends engineering depth with client-facing responsibilities.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Customer Engineer role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
It depends on whether your underlying degree is STEM-designated and whether the Customer Engineer role requires applying that technical knowledge directly. Degrees in computer science, electrical engineering, information systems, or applied mathematics commonly qualify. Your DSO will verify that your CIP code appears on the STEM Designated Degree Program List maintained by USCIS before recommending the extension.
What E-Verify requirement applies to my STEM OPT employer?
Every employer who hires you on a STEM OPT extension must be enrolled in E-Verify, and that enrollment must cover the specific worksite where you'll perform your Customer Engineer duties. If you're placed at a client site under a staffing or consulting arrangement, your direct employer, not the client, must hold the E-Verify enrollment. Confirm this before your first day.
What should my I-983 training plan include for a Customer Engineer position?
Your I-983 must describe specific technical learning goals tied to your STEM degree and the Customer Engineer role. Include measurable outcomes such as completing a systems deployment independently, achieving a vendor certification, or escalating and resolving a defined class of technical incidents. Vague objectives like 'gain experience' won't satisfy the practical training requirement USCIS expects to see.
How does cap-gap protection affect my Customer Engineer job search?
If your employer files an H-1B petition on your behalf before your STEM OPT EAD expires and you're selected in the lottery, cap-gap protection automatically extends your work authorization through September 30 of that fiscal year. You can continue in your Customer Engineer role without interruption during this period, and you don't need a new EAD to keep working.
Where can I find Customer Engineer jobs where the employer is already set up for STEM OPT?
Migrate Mate filters Customer Engineer openings by employers with documented H-1B Labor Condition Application history, which confirms both E-Verify enrollment and active sponsorship infrastructure. Focusing your search on these employers reduces the back-and-forth of educating HR about STEM OPT requirements and gives you a clearer path from offer to approved extension.