STEM OPT Full Stack Web Engineer Jobs
Full Stack Web Engineer roles qualify for STEM OPT when your degree is in computer science, software engineering, or a related STEM field. Your employer must be enrolled in E-Verify to authorize the 24-month extension, giving you up to 36 months of total OPT work authorization to build your U.S. engineering career.
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Full Stack Developer for the Fuel Performance & Decarbonization team, responsible for building and maintaining web applications that translate fuel, energy, and emissions analytics into scalable, user-friendly tools. This role focuses on developing React-based frontends, integrating with Azure data sources and APIs, and ensuring alignment with enterprise data standards through close collaboration with analytics and engineering teams.
Essential Functions:
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable web applications to support fuel performance, energy efficiency, emissions, and decarbonization initiatives. Translate Power BI dashboards and stakeholder requirements into modern, intuitive, and actionable web-based solutions aligned with operational and regulatory needs.
- Build and enhance responsive, high-performance user interfaces using modern frameworks (e.g., React, JavaScript, HTML, CSS). Focus on usability, interactivity, and effective visualization of complex operational and fleet performance data.
- Develop and maintain backend services and APIs to power web applications. Integrate with Azure SQL databases and other enterprise data sources, ensuring efficient data access, consistent business logic, and reliable metric delivery across applications.
- Work closely with data analysts, data engineers, and BI developers to align web applications with data models and enterprise data standards. Support data validation, troubleshooting, and consistency across dashboards, applications, and pipelines.
- Define and maintain application architecture, including frontend-backend interactions, data flows, and deployment patterns. Create clear technical documentation covering data sources, logic, assumptions, and usage to ensure maintainability and knowledge transfer.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Scope: Supports fuel performance and decarbonization reporting across Marine Operations by developing and maintaining dashboards, data models, and reporting workflows. Works with shoreside and shipboard stakeholders and multiple enterprise data sources to deliver standardized, decision-ready analytics.
- Problem solving: Resolves moderately complex data and reporting issues involving data quality, refresh failures, model design, calculation logic, and source-system inconsistencies. Uses judgment to translate business requirements into scalable reporting solutions and identify root causes of reporting gaps or anomalies.
- Impact: Directly impacts visibility into fuel performance, energy efficiency, emissions, and decarbonization metrics used for operational and strategic decision-making. Accuracy, reliability, and timeliness of reporting influence performance monitoring, sustainability initiatives, and confidence in business insights.
- Leadership: No direct people management responsibility but provides subject matter expertise and cross-functional coordination across technical and business stakeholders. Influences reporting standards, supports adoption of analytics solutions, and maintains documentation to enable continuity and knowledge transfer.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Analytics, or a related field
- Experience building or consuming REST APIs (frontend and/or backend services)
- Familiarity with Azure services (e.g., Azure SQL Database, Azure Data Factory, Synapse)
- Strong understanding of UI/UX best practices for data-intensive applications
- Experience with version control systems (Git, Azure DevOps)
- 2+ years of hands-on experience in full stack development
- 2+ years of experience with React and modern JavaScript frameworks
- Strong experience with Python and SQL for backend development and data processing
- Experience designing and integrating APIs and backend services with frontend applications
- Experience querying SQL Server / Azure SQL and working with structured data models
- Experience building applications that integrate with data pipelines or ETL processes
- Strong focus on building clean, responsive, and user-friendly interfaces for data visualization
- Power BI experience a plus (or similar software)
Travel: No or very little travel likely
Work Conditions: Work primarily in a climate-controlled environment with minimal safety/health hazard potential.
Physical Demands: Must be able to remain in a stationary position at a desk and/or computer for extended periods of time.
This position is classified as “in-office.” As an in-office role, it requires employees to work from a designated Carnival office in South Florida Monday through Thursday each week. Employees may work from their homes on Fridays. Candidates must be located in (or willing to relocate to) the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale area.
Offers to selected candidates will be made on a fair and equitable basis, taking into account specific job-related skills and experience.
At Carnival, your total rewards package is much more than your base salary. All non-sales roles participate in an annual cash bonus program, while sales roles have an incentive plan. Director and above roles may also be eligible to participate in Carnival’s discretionary equity incentive plan. Plus, Carnival provides comprehensive and innovative benefits to meet your needs, including:
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Health Benefits:
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Cost-effective medical, dental and vision plans
- Employee Assistance Program and other mental health resources
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Additional programs include company paid term life insurance and disability coverage
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Financial Benefits:
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401(k) plan that includes a company match
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Employee Stock Purchase plan
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Paid Time Off
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Holidays – All full-time and part-time with benefits employees receive days off for 8 company-wide holidays, plus 2 additional floating holidays to be taken at the employee’s discretion.
- Vacation Time – All full-time employees at the manager and below level start with 14 days/year; director and above level start with 19 days/year. Part-time with benefits employees receive time off based on the number of hours they work, with a minimum of 84 hours/year. All employees gain additional vacation time with further tenure.
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Sick Time – All full-time employees receive 80 hours of sick time each year. Part-time with benefits employees receive time off based on the number of hours they work, with a minimum of 60 hours each year.
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Other Benefits
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Complementary stand-by cruises, employee discounts on confirmed cruises, plus special rates for family and friends
- Personal and professional learning and development resources including tuition reimbursement
- On-site Fitness center at our Miami campus
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About Us
At Carnival Cruise Line, our mission is to consistently deliver safe, fun, and memorable vacations at a great value. As the world’s most popular cruise line, we offer a variety of unique experiences across our fleet, ensuring that every voyage is filled with excitement and discovery. From world-class entertainment and dining to exploring stunning destinations, we create lasting memories for our guests while maintaining a dedication to the places we visit and the lives we touch.
Join us and embark on a career that offers not only the chance to grow professionally but also the opportunity to be part of a global community that makes a difference.
In addition to other duties/functions, this position requires full commitment and support for promoting ethical and compliant culture. More specifically, this position requires integrity, honesty, and respectful treatment of others, as well as a willingness to speak up when they see misconduct or have concerns.
Carnival Corporation & plc and Carnival Cruise Line is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer. In this regard, it does not discriminate against any qualified individual on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, mental, physical or sensory disability, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, federal, and/or international law.
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Verify your CIP code before applying
Check that your degree's Classification of Instructional Programs code maps to a DHS-designated STEM field. Computer science (11.0701) and software engineering (14.0903) both qualify, but information systems degrees vary by institution, so confirm with your DSO before targeting roles.
Filter job postings by E-Verify status
Full stack roles at non-E-Verify employers can't authorize your STEM OPT extension regardless of offer quality. Search Migrate Mate to find Full Stack Web Engineer openings at employers already enrolled in E-Verify, so you're not discovering the problem after an offer.
Request the I-983 training plan early
Your employer must complete Form I-983 before your STEM OPT extension begins. Bring the form to your first conversation with the hiring manager or HR team so they know what's required and the extension timeline doesn't stall during onboarding.
Use O*NET to defend your specialty occupation claim
Full stack web engineering maps to O*NET's Software Developers occupation, which lists a bachelor's degree as the typical entry requirement. Reference this when an employer questions whether your role qualifies, especially at smaller companies unfamiliar with STEM OPT documentation.
Target employers with active LCA filing history
Employers who have filed Labor Condition Applications through DOL for engineering roles have already navigated prevailing wage and E-Verify requirements. Prioritizing these companies reduces the risk of an offer collapsing because the employer can't meet STEM OPT compliance obligations.
Understand cap-gap protection if transitioning to H-1B
If an employer files an H-1B visa petition on your behalf before your STEM OPT expires, cap-gap rules extend your work authorization automatically through September 30 of that fiscal year. USCIS processes cap-gap extensions without a separate filing, but your I-20 must reflect the updated end date from your DSO.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Full Stack Web Engineer role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
Yes, if your underlying degree is in a DHS-designated STEM field such as computer science, software engineering, or electrical engineering. The role itself must also require and directly relate to that degree. Your DSO confirms eligibility by verifying your degree's CIP code against the STEM Designated Degree Program List maintained by DHS. Roles where any unrelated bachelor's degree satisfies the requirement do not qualify.
What does my employer need to do to support my STEM OPT extension?
Your employer must be actively enrolled in E-Verify and must complete Form I-983, the Training Plan for STEM OPT Students. The I-983 documents how the role provides practical training related to your degree, sets learning objectives, and outlines supervisor responsibilities. The employer must also conduct a formal evaluation at the 12-month mark during the 24-month extension period. Without E-Verify enrollment, the extension cannot be authorized regardless of the role's STEM fit.
How do I confirm an employer is enrolled in E-Verify before accepting an offer?
You can ask the recruiter or HR contact directly whether the company is enrolled in E-Verify and request the E-Verify Company ID or a copy of their Memorandum of Understanding with DHS. Employers enrolled in E-Verify are listed in the E-Verify employer search tool maintained by DHS. Searching Migrate Mate surfaces Full Stack Web Engineer roles at employers already verified for STEM OPT eligibility, which shortens this step considerably.
What happens to my work authorization if my STEM OPT expires while an H-1B petition is pending?
If an employer files a cap-subject H-1B petition on your behalf before your STEM OPT end date, cap-gap protection automatically extends your work authorization through September 30 of that fiscal year, or until USCIS makes a decision on the petition if it is denied or withdrawn before that date. You don't file a separate application for cap-gap, but your DSO must issue an updated I-20 reflecting the cap-gap end date before you continue working.
Can I work as a contractor or at a client site on STEM OPT as a Full Stack Web Engineer?
STEM OPT regulations require that your training take place at the E-Verify enrolled employer that signed your I-983, not at a third-party client site where that employer has no supervisory control. Staffing arrangements where you are placed at an unaffiliated client site typically do not satisfy the training plan requirements. USCIS has clarified that the employer of record must provide bona fide supervision and the training must be tied to your degree field, which rules out most pass-through staffing arrangements for this extension.