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Software Developer roles are among the strongest fits for STEM OPT work authorization. Your STEM degree makes you eligible for the 24-month extension beyond initial OPT, giving you up to 36 months total, and employers must be enrolled in E-Verify to hire you on STEM OPT.
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The Software Engineer II, Data builds and supports enterprise data ingestion, transformation, modeling, and integration solutions. This role translates business and source-system requirements into scalable, maintainable data solutions that support analytics, reporting, operational, and downstream application needs.
What you will do:
- Build ingestion and transformation solutions using Microsoft Fabric and Azure Data Factory.
- Implement pipelines supporting batch, incremental, API, file, database, and event-based integration patterns.
- Develop reusable and configuration-driven ingestion and transformation patterns where appropriate.
- Build curated data structures supporting analytics, reporting, operational, and downstream application requirements.
- Work with structured and semi-structured data, including SQL, CSV, JSON, XML, Parquet, and similar enterprise formats.
- Work with Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake/Storage and Azure SQL/SQL Server.
- Translate business and source-system requirements into scalable data models.
- Participate in conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling.
- Design dimensional and curated models that support enterprise reporting and analytics.
- Develop complex SQL queries, views, transformations, and data-processing logic.
- Troubleshoot query, pipeline, and data-processing issues.
- Perform query and pipeline performance tuning.
- Identify and resolve data-quality, integrity, completeness, and consistency issues.
- Perform source-to-target and source-to-source reconciliation.
- Develop validation checks for new pipelines and changes.
- Use GitHub for source control and branch-based development.
- Follow EDAS CI/CD, pull-request, code-review and design-review standards.
- Use Azure DevOps (ADO) and approved engineering practices to manage delivery.
- Create maintainable, reusable, well-documented code.
- Participate actively in peer code and design reviews.
- Create or improve reusable engineering patterns and supporting documentation.
- Monitor and support production data pipelines and scheduled workloads.
- Troubleshoot pipeline failures, missed schedules, long-running processes, and data-quality issues.
What we expect of you:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, Engineering, or a related field and 3 years of relevant IT experience, OR 7 total years of relevant IT experience.
- Professional experience developing enterprise data pipelines, integrations, data warehouses, Lakehouse solutions, or analytics data platforms.
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex data and integration problems.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Ability to deliver effectively in an Agile enterprise engineering environment.
- Strong SQL and relational database development.
- Strong understanding of data engineering and ETL/ELT.
- Microsoft Fabric.
- Azure Data Factory (ADF).
- Azure Data Lake / Storage.
- Azure SQL / SQL Server.
- Data warehousing and dimensional/data modeling concepts.
- Data ingestion and transformation patterns.
- Data validation and reconciliation.
- Performance optimization and troubleshooting.
- Git / GitHub.
- CI/CD and pull-request-based development.
- Azure DevOps / Agile delivery practices.
- Python and/or PySpark, a plus.
- Delta Lake / Lakehouse concepts, a plus.
- Medallion architecture, a plus.
- REST APIs / JSON-based integrations, a plus.
- Event-driven integrations and Azure Service Bus, a plus.
- Data migration and legacy-platform modernization, a plus.
- Azure Key Vault and secure credential handling, a plus.
- Enterprise data governance and data-quality concepts, a plus.
- Microsoft Fabric / Azure data engineering certifications, a plus.
Pay range: $86,000 - $119,000, depending on experience and skill set.
Benefits overview: https://cdw.benefit-info.com/
CDW is committed to being an AI-fluent organization
We’re looking for people who bring curiosity, a learner’s mindset, and a willingness to engage with ever-evolving technology and tools. We value adopting AI as a partner, openness to experimentation, and a shared interest in learning together on AI. Our goal is to create a culture where AI enhances—not replaces—human creativity and decision-making. You don’t need to be an expert today; what matters is your readiness to explore, adapt, and grow with us as we integrate AI responsibly and effectively into our work.
Additionally, CDW is committed to fostering an equitable, transparent, and respectful hiring process for all applicants. During our application process, our goal is to understand your experience, strengths, skills, and qualifications. As an AI forward company, we see AI not just as a tool, but as a catalyst for new ways of thinking, creating, and communicating. We encourage candidates to embrace an AI mindset, one that’s curious, adaptive, and ready to explore what’s possible. We welcome thoughtful use of AI to expand your perspective and elevate how you share your story, while ensuring your application remains rooted in your own background, judgment, and voice.
About us
CDW is a Fortune 500 technology solutions provider that helps businesses, government, education, and healthcare organizations achieve what’s possible through technology. What makes CDW different isn’t just what we do—it’s how we do it. At CDW we act as one—building trust, speaking candidly, and working together to achieve more. We play to win—focusing on what matters most and delivering for our customers. And we think forward—staying curious, moving fast, and continuously learning. We believe meaningful work happens when people feel supported, heard, and empowered to contribute. That’s why we think of ourselves as coworkers, not just employees—working together to solve complex challenges and deliver real impact for our customers and communities.
As a full-stack, full-lifecycle technology partner, CDW brings deep expertise, strong relationships, and broad industry knowledge to help turn ideas into outcomes. When you join CDW, you become part of a collaborative environment where your work matters, your growth is supported, and your contributions help shape what’s next.
Together, we deliver the full promise of what technology can do. Together, we Make Amazing Happen.
CDW is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by state and local law.
Description
Job Summary:
The Software Engineer II, Data builds and supports enterprise data ingestion, transformation, modeling, and integration solutions. This role translates business and source-system requirements into scalable, maintainable data solutions that support analytics, reporting, operational, and downstream application needs.
What you will do:
- Build ingestion and transformation solutions using Microsoft Fabric and Azure Data Factory.
- Implement pipelines supporting batch, incremental, API, file, database, and event-based integration patterns.
- Develop reusable and configuration-driven ingestion and transformation patterns where appropriate.
- Build curated data structures supporting analytics, reporting, operational, and downstream application requirements.
- Work with structured and semi-structured data, including SQL, CSV, JSON, XML, Parquet, and similar enterprise formats.
- Work with Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake/Storage and Azure SQL/SQL Server.
- Translate business and source-system requirements into scalable data models.
- Participate in conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling.
- Design dimensional and curated models that support enterprise reporting and analytics.
- Develop complex SQL queries, views, transformations, and data-processing logic.
- Troubleshoot query, pipeline, and data-processing issues.
- Perform query and pipeline performance tuning.
- Identify and resolve data-quality, integrity, completeness, and consistency issues.
- Perform source-to-target and source-to-source reconciliation.
- Develop validation checks for new pipelines and changes.
- Use GitHub for source control and branch-based development.
- Follow EDAS CI/CD, pull-request, code-review and design-review standards.
- Use Azure DevOps (ADO) and approved engineering practices to manage delivery.
- Create maintainable, reusable, well-documented code.
- Participate actively in peer code and design reviews.
- Create or improve reusable engineering patterns and supporting documentation.
- Monitor and support production data pipelines and scheduled workloads.
- Troubleshoot pipeline failures, missed schedules, long-running processes, and data-quality issues.
What we expect of you:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, Engineering, or a related field and 3 years of relevant IT experience, OR 7 total years of relevant IT experience.
- Professional experience developing enterprise data pipelines, integrations, data warehouses, Lakehouse solutions, or analytics data platforms.
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex data and integration problems.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Ability to deliver effectively in an Agile enterprise engineering environment.
- Strong SQL and relational database development.
- Strong understanding of data engineering and ETL/ELT.
- Microsoft Fabric.
- Azure Data Factory (ADF).
- Azure Data Lake / Storage.
- Azure SQL / SQL Server.
- Data warehousing and dimensional/data modeling concepts.
- Data ingestion and transformation patterns.
- Data validation and reconciliation.
- Performance optimization and troubleshooting.
- Git / GitHub.
- CI/CD and pull-request-based development.
- Azure DevOps / Agile delivery practices.
- Python and/or PySpark, a plus.
- Delta Lake / Lakehouse concepts, a plus.
- Medallion architecture, a plus.
- REST APIs / JSON-based integrations, a plus.
- Event-driven integrations and Azure Service Bus, a plus.
- Data migration and legacy-platform modernization, a plus.
- Azure Key Vault and secure credential handling, a plus.
- Enterprise data governance and data-quality concepts, a plus.
- Microsoft Fabric / Azure data engineering certifications, a plus.
Pay range: $86,000 - $119,000, depending on experience and skill set.
Benefits overview: https://cdw.benefit-info.com/
CDW is committed to being an AI-fluent organization
We’re looking for people who bring curiosity, a learner’s mindset, and a willingness to engage with ever-evolving technology and tools. We value adopting AI as a partner, openness to experimentation, and a shared interest in learning together on AI. Our goal is to create a culture where AI enhances—not replaces—human creativity and decision-making. You don’t need to be an expert today; what matters is your readiness to explore, adapt, and grow with us as we integrate AI responsibly and effectively into our work.
Additionally, CDW is committed to fostering an equitable, transparent, and respectful hiring process for all applicants. During our application process, our goal is to understand your experience, strengths, skills, and qualifications. As an AI forward company, we see AI not just as a tool, but as a catalyst for new ways of thinking, creating, and communicating. We encourage candidates to embrace an AI mindset, one that’s curious, adaptive, and ready to explore what’s possible. We welcome thoughtful use of AI to expand your perspective and elevate how you share your story, while ensuring your application remains rooted in your own background, judgment, and voice.
About us
CDW is a Fortune 500 technology solutions provider that helps businesses, government, education, and healthcare organizations achieve what’s possible through technology. What makes CDW different isn’t just what we do—it’s how we do it. At CDW we act as one—building trust, speaking candidly, and working together to achieve more. We play to win—focusing on what matters most and delivering for our customers. And we think forward—staying curious, moving fast, and continuously learning. We believe meaningful work happens when people feel supported, heard, and empowered to contribute. That’s why we think of ourselves as coworkers, not just employees—working together to solve complex challenges and deliver real impact for our customers and communities.
As a full-stack, full-lifecycle technology partner, CDW brings deep expertise, strong relationships, and broad industry knowledge to help turn ideas into outcomes. When you join CDW, you become part of a collaborative environment where your work matters, your growth is supported, and your contributions help shape what’s next.
Together, we deliver the full promise of what technology can do. Together, we Make Amazing Happen.
CDW is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by state and local law.
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Confirm your CIP code maps correctly
Check that your degree's Classification of Instructional Programs code aligns with a STEM-designated field before you apply. Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Information Science CIP codes qualify, but some interdisciplinary degrees need DSO verification to confirm eligibility.
Filter job listings by E-Verify status
Every employer hiring you on STEM OPT must be enrolled in E-Verify. Ask recruiters directly before any offer stage, or search Migrate Mate, which filters Software Developer roles by employers enrolled in E-Verify.
Research prevailing wage before negotiating
Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the Level I through Level IV wage for Software Developers in your target city. Knowing the DOL wage floor strengthens your negotiating position and helps you spot offers that may not meet STEM OPT compliance thresholds.
Draft your I-983 training plan early
Start building your I-983 training plan before you receive a written offer. Outline the technical skills, tools, and project responsibilities the role will develop. Employers unfamiliar with STEM OPT often delay onboarding when the I-983 lands without warning.
Target employers with active H-1B filing history
Software Developer roles at companies with consistent H-1B visa LCA filings signal that the employer understands visa compliance and has an established immigration infrastructure. DOL LCA disclosure data lets you verify this history by job title and location before you apply.
Apply 90 days before your OPT expiration date
USCIS requires your STEM OPT extension application to be filed before your initial OPT EAD expires. Submit your I-765 to USCIS no later than 90 days out so your work authorization continues uninterrupted during adjudication.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Software Developer role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
Yes, Software Developer is a qualifying occupation under STEM OPT provided your underlying degree is in a STEM-designated field such as Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline with an eligible CIP code. Your DSO can confirm whether your specific degree program qualifies before you file. The role itself must also be directly related to your degree field.
How do I verify that a Software Developer employer is enrolled in E-Verify?
E-Verify enrollment is a legal requirement for any employer hiring a STEM OPT student. You can ask the recruiter or HR contact directly for the company's E-Verify Company ID. Employers should be able to provide this without hesitation. Migrate Mate surfaces Software Developer roles at E-Verify-enrolled employers, so you can confirm enrollment before you invest time in the application process.
What goes into the I-983 training plan for a Software Developer position?
The I-983 must describe the specific learning objectives, technical competencies, and supervision structure your employer will provide. For Software Developer roles this typically includes programming languages, software development methodologies, system design skills, and any tools or frameworks you'll work with. Both you and your employer sign the form, and your DSO must recommend the extension in SEVIS before USCIS will process your I-765.
What happens to my work authorization if my employer files an H-1B petition during my STEM OPT?
If your employer files a timely H-1B cap-subject petition before your STEM OPT EAD expires and USCIS selects it in the lottery, cap-gap protection extends your work authorization through September 30 of that fiscal year. You can continue working as a Software Developer throughout the cap-gap period without interruption, as long as your employer remains E-Verify enrolled and your status is otherwise maintained.
Can I work as a contractor or on a project basis as a Software Developer on STEM OPT?
STEM OPT requires a bona fide employer-employee relationship, meaning the E-Verify-enrolled employer must direct and supervise your work. Staffing arrangements where a third-party client controls your day-to-day tasks can create compliance issues under USCIS guidance. If a Software Developer role involves client site work, confirm with your DSO that the primary employer, not the end client, maintains supervisory authority and E-Verify enrollment.