STEM OPT Full Stack Engineer Jobs
Full Stack Engineer roles qualify for STEM OPT because they sit under CIP codes tied to computer science, software engineering, and information technology degrees. Your 24-month STEM OPT extension lets you work for any employer enrolled in E-Verify, giving you up to 36 months total to build your U.S. engineering career.
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Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all.
Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever.
About Our Team
Our team builds and enables scalable, cloud-native software platforms that power critical manufacturing and business operations. We use modern full stack engineering practices and AI-driven technologies to create innovative solutions that improve automation, decision making, and operational efficiency.
Position Overview
We are seeking an AI-Centric Full Stack Software Engineer to design, build, and support modern software solutions with a strong focus on AI-enabled applications and intelligent automation. This role goes beyond simply using AI coding assistants. You will have strong understanding of Prompt Engineering, Vibe Coding, Rework Rate Reduction and leverage Custom Agents, and integrations built around the Model Context Protocol (MCP). You will apply strong software engineering fundamentals to assemble, integrate, and operationalize AI capabilities into real production systems being accountable for Full-Stack solutions.
The goal of this role is to significantly shorten development and feedback cycles by automating routine engineering work, augmenting human decision-making, and embedding intelligence directly into our development workflows and the applications we deliver!
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain scalable full stack applications and platform services. Own software solutions end-to-end, including system design, architecture, implementation, testing, observability, deployment, and lifecycle support.
- Develop and implement custom AI agents to support workflow automation, decision support, summarization, and multi-step reasoning capabilities.
- Integrate AI services, large language models (LLMs), embeddings, search technologies, and external tools through secure and scalable APIs.
- Build and maintain MCP-based integrations to enable structured communication between AI models, tools, and business systems.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into reliable, maintainable, and scalable solutions.
- Apply AI-assisted development practices while ensuring code quality, architectural integrity, security, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
- Harden AI components for 24x7 critical physical manufacturing systems with attention to reliability and resiliency, latency and performance, security, permissions, and data boundaries, and observability and maintainability.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
- 3+ years of experience developing production grade full stack or backend software applications, including API design, service integration, and data persistence.
- Hands on experience with cloud-native technologies, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and Kubernetes based deployments.
- Experience working with both relational and NoSQL databases, including data modeling and storage architecture design.
- Proven experience designing, developing, and deploying AI-enabled applications, including custom AI agents and RAG-based systems.
- Demonstrated experience with prompt engineering and Vibe Coding Prototypes, AI tool integration, and evaluating AI system reliability, security, and failure modes.
Preferred Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience building enterprise-scale distributed applications in cloud environments.
- Experience building and integrating Model Context Protocol (MCP) to enable: Structured context sharing between models, tools, and agents; Tool and capability exposure to LLM-based agents; Interoperability across AI components without hard-coded integrations.
- Proficiency with modern technology stacks such as C#, ASP.NET, Angular, SQL, NoSQL, and Kubernetes.
- Experience developing AI agent skills, tool invocation frameworks, and multi-agent workflow solutions.
- Strong understanding of prompt engineering, context window management, chain-of-thought design, and AI workflow optimization.
- Experience architecting highly available, critical systems with focus on performance, resiliency, observability, and security.
- Track record of leading architecture discussions, conducting code reviews, and establishing engineering standards and guidelines.
As a world leader in the semiconductor industry, Micron is dedicated to your personal wellbeing and professional growth. Micron benefits are designed to help you stay well, provide peace of mind and help you prepare for the future. We offer a choice of medical, dental and vision plans in all locations enabling team members to select the plans that best meet their family healthcare needs and budget. Micron also provides benefit programs that help protect your income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury, and paid family leave. Additionally, Micron benefits include a robust paid time-off program and paid holidays. For additional information regarding the Benefit programs available, please see the Benefits Guide posted on micron.com/careers/benefits.
Micron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
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Micron does not charge candidates any recruitment fees or unlawfully collect any other payment from candidates as consideration for their employment with Micron.
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Verify your CIP code before applying
Cross-check your degree's CIP code against the DHS STEM Designated Degree Program List. Computer science (11.0701), software engineering (14.0903), and information technology (11.0103) all qualify, but general business or liberal arts degrees do not, even if your coursework was technical.
Confirm E-Verify enrollment before accepting offers
Ask recruiting contacts directly whether their company is an active E-Verify participant. You can also search the E-Verify employer search tool by company name. Accepting an offer from a non-enrolled employer disqualifies you from the STEM OPT extension entirely.
Use Migrate Mate to target verified STEM OPT employers
Filter your Full Stack Engineer job search on Migrate Mate to surface companies with confirmed E-Verify enrollment. This removes the manual verification step and lets you focus your applications on roles where your 24-month extension is actually viable from day one.
File your I-983 training plan before your start date
Your employer must sign the I-983 before your STEM OPT extension begins. Build the training plan around specific full-stack skills like backend architecture, CI/CD pipelines, or API design so it reflects genuine learning objectives, which reduces the risk of a USCIS compliance issue later.
Target startups that scaled past E-Verify registration
Early-stage startups frequently skip E-Verify enrollment until they hit a federal contract or hiring threshold. When targeting smaller engineering teams, ask HR whether they registered with E-Verify when they were founded or after their first federal contract, not just whether they're enrolled now.
Align your resume stack to prevailing wage job zones
Full Stack Engineer roles typically fall into DOL Job Zone 4. Check the O*NET occupation profile for this title to understand which technical skills define the role at each wage level, then match your resume accordingly to avoid being screened out during OFLC Wage Search verification.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Full Stack Engineer role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
Yes, if your degree is in a qualifying STEM field such as computer science, software engineering, electrical engineering, or information technology. The role itself must also directly relate to your degree program. USCIS evaluates both the employer's position and your educational background, so a full-stack role under a computer science degree is a straightforward match.
How do I find Full Stack Engineer employers enrolled in E-Verify?
You can search the E-Verify employer search tool by company name to confirm active enrollment before applying. Migrate Mate also surfaces Full Stack Engineer jobs at E-Verify-enrolled employers, so you can skip the manual lookup and focus your applications on companies that already meet the STEM OPT requirement.
What goes into the I-983 training plan for a Full Stack Engineer role?
Your I-983 must describe the specific skills and knowledge you'll develop on the job, how those goals connect to your STEM degree, and how your employer will supervise your progress. For full-stack roles, this typically includes objectives around frontend frameworks, backend systems, database design, and deployment practices, all tied back to your academic training.
What happens to my STEM OPT authorization if my employer loses E-Verify enrollment?
If your employer's E-Verify enrollment lapses or is terminated during your STEM OPT extension period, you must find a new qualifying employer to maintain your status. You should notify your DSO promptly, because STEM OPT authorization is tied to continued employment with an enrolled E-Verify participant. USCIS requires the employer to remain enrolled for the full extension period.
Can I apply for an H-1B while working as a Full Stack Engineer on STEM OPT?
Yes, and the timing matters. If your employer files an H-1B visa cap-subject petition before your STEM OPT extension expires and you're selected in the lottery, the cap-gap rule automatically extends your work authorization through September 30 of that fiscal year. This prevents a gap between your STEM OPT end date and your H-1B start date on October 1.