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Technical Team Lead roles qualify for TN visa sponsorship under the USMCA treaty's Computer Systems Analyst or Engineer categories, depending on how the position is defined. Canadian citizens can apply at the border with no cap concerns. Mexican citizens go through consular processing with an annual allocation limit.
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We're quickly growing and super excited for you to join us!
About Topsort
At Topsort, we believe in the mission of democratizing the secret technologies of the walled gardens and creating a privacy-first cookie-free world of clean advertising with modern tech, friendly products, and AI. We believe in making advertising intuitive, intelligent, and genuinely cool, without any of the creepy ads or cookie-obsession (well, maybe just the chocolate ones). In a rapidly changing industry, we're on a mission to democratize monetization access for all and ensure that advertising doesn't leave any brand or seller feeling confused or overwhelmed.
Today, Topsort has 6 major hubs worldwide, and employees in 13+ countries, including Menlo Park, Boston, Santiago Chile, Sao Paulo Brazil, Barcelona Spain, and Sydney Australia. We are a truly global company that was born in the pandemic that's had rapid growth since out of a genius product, a customer-first mentality, and a hardworking team of talented individuals. Since our founding in 2021, we've gained customers in retail, marketplaces, and delivery apps in 40+ countries and quickly approaching the #1 position in the industry.
Do you enjoy a fast-paced environment? Do you like seeing your work create real-time impact, being part of a rocket ship from the very beginning? Let's do the unimaginable - let's make ads clean and cool again, with AI and modern technology.
Why Topsort? Why now?
Topsort is changing the way Retail Media works. By joining our scaling team, you'll feel your impact from day 1. The processes and messaging you build today will be a critical part of our foundation as we accelerate toward 200 Topsorters worldwide, and your innovations will leave a lasting mark on the industry, as a whole. Retail Media is on the verge of a new era, and Topsort is gathering the ecosystem together to shape a brighter future. Joining us now, you'll work directly alongside our co-founders and founding members to bring on Retail Media 3.0. If you're looking to define your career as something greater than yourself, come scale with us.
What it's like to work at Topsort
Our team is all about straightforward communication, embracing feedback without taking it personally, and fostering a super collaborative environment. It's a sports team that's hyper focused on winning, collaborative internally, and competitive externally - never the other way around. We thrive on working in the open, lifting each other up, and getting things done with a sense of urgency. We're the kind of team that loves making bold choices, sharing extraordinary opinions, and maintaining a 100 mph pace. No endless meetings here – if it can be done today, we're all about getting it done today.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We're looking for a motivated, experienced, and creative Technical Writer to join our growing Engineering team in the US! As a spokesperson for Topsort's products, you'll turn complex concepts into engaging, visually appealing narratives. We want someone with a strong aesthetic sense and a creative mindset who can craft compelling stories that make our technology both accessible and exciting.
If you love storytelling and translating tech into impact, we'd love to hear from you!
- Craft Engaging Documentation – Develop, refine, and maintain user guides, API documentation, and onboarding materials that make complex ideas easy to grasp.
- Turn complex technical concepts into clear, engaging, and intuitive documentation for developers, customers, and internal teams.
- Partner closely with Engineering, Product, and Solutions teams to deeply understand new features and translate them into high-quality documentation.
- Build and maintain documentation that evolves alongside the product, ensuring accuracy as features and APIs change.
- Improve the overall developer experience by identifying documentation gaps, collecting user feedback, and continuously refining content.
- Establish documentation standards, templates, and best practices that scale with the company.
- Use visuals, diagrams, code examples, and modern documentation techniques to make technical concepts easier to understand.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or another STEM-related field.
- 2+ years of experience as a Technical Writer supporting software products, APIs, developer platforms, or enterprise SaaS.
- Excellent written communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts in a simple, structured, and engaging way.
- Comfortable reading technical documentation, APIs, JSON, and working closely with engineers to understand how products work.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accuracy across a rapidly evolving product.
- Experience using modern documentation platforms such as Markdown, Git, GitHub, CMS platforms, Notion, Confluence, or similar tools.
- Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple documentation projects simultaneously.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup where priorities evolve and documentation often needs to be built from scratch.
- Strong collaboration skills and confidence working cross-functionally with Engineering, Product, Design, and Customer-facing teams.
What We Value
At Topsort, we seek professionals who embody the following qualities to drive our mission forward:
- Deep dive into details: Professionals who are not content with superficial answers and dive deeply into the details to uncover root causes and optimal solutions.
- Team first: A low need for individual recognition, always prioritizing collective results over personal credit.
- You thrive with ambiguity: Exceptional ability to tackle open-ended problems in unstructured environments, turning chaos into structured innovation.
- Adaptability: Willingness to learn, mentor, lead, and follow as the situation demands, fostering growth at all levels.
- Urgency: A disproportionate sense of urgency in execution, while keeping scalability and the creation of replicable processes in mind to ensure long-term success.
- Curiosity: Genuinely curious individuals who can quickly learn difficult concepts and apply them effectively.
Do you sound like the right fit? Let's dive right in!
INTRODUCTION
We're quickly growing and super excited for you to join us!
About Topsort
At Topsort, we believe in the mission of democratizing the secret technologies of the walled gardens and creating a privacy-first cookie-free world of clean advertising with modern tech, friendly products, and AI. We believe in making advertising intuitive, intelligent, and genuinely cool, without any of the creepy ads or cookie-obsession (well, maybe just the chocolate ones). In a rapidly changing industry, we're on a mission to democratize monetization access for all and ensure that advertising doesn't leave any brand or seller feeling confused or overwhelmed.
Today, Topsort has 6 major hubs worldwide, and employees in 13+ countries, including Menlo Park, Boston, Santiago Chile, Sao Paulo Brazil, Barcelona Spain, and Sydney Australia. We are a truly global company that was born in the pandemic that's had rapid growth since out of a genius product, a customer-first mentality, and a hardworking team of talented individuals. Since our founding in 2021, we've gained customers in retail, marketplaces, and delivery apps in 40+ countries and quickly approaching the #1 position in the industry.
Do you enjoy a fast-paced environment? Do you like seeing your work create real-time impact, being part of a rocket ship from the very beginning? Let's do the unimaginable - let's make ads clean and cool again, with AI and modern technology.
Why Topsort? Why now?
Topsort is changing the way Retail Media works. By joining our scaling team, you'll feel your impact from day 1. The processes and messaging you build today will be a critical part of our foundation as we accelerate toward 200 Topsorters worldwide, and your innovations will leave a lasting mark on the industry, as a whole. Retail Media is on the verge of a new era, and Topsort is gathering the ecosystem together to shape a brighter future. Joining us now, you'll work directly alongside our co-founders and founding members to bring on Retail Media 3.0. If you're looking to define your career as something greater than yourself, come scale with us.
What it's like to work at Topsort
Our team is all about straightforward communication, embracing feedback without taking it personally, and fostering a super collaborative environment. It's a sports team that's hyper focused on winning, collaborative internally, and competitive externally - never the other way around. We thrive on working in the open, lifting each other up, and getting things done with a sense of urgency. We're the kind of team that loves making bold choices, sharing extraordinary opinions, and maintaining a 100 mph pace. No endless meetings here – if it can be done today, we're all about getting it done today.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We're looking for a motivated, experienced, and creative Technical Writer to join our growing Engineering team in the US! As a spokesperson for Topsort's products, you'll turn complex concepts into engaging, visually appealing narratives. We want someone with a strong aesthetic sense and a creative mindset who can craft compelling stories that make our technology both accessible and exciting.
If you love storytelling and translating tech into impact, we'd love to hear from you!
- Craft Engaging Documentation – Develop, refine, and maintain user guides, API documentation, and onboarding materials that make complex ideas easy to grasp.
- Turn complex technical concepts into clear, engaging, and intuitive documentation for developers, customers, and internal teams.
- Partner closely with Engineering, Product, and Solutions teams to deeply understand new features and translate them into high-quality documentation.
- Build and maintain documentation that evolves alongside the product, ensuring accuracy as features and APIs change.
- Improve the overall developer experience by identifying documentation gaps, collecting user feedback, and continuously refining content.
- Establish documentation standards, templates, and best practices that scale with the company.
- Use visuals, diagrams, code examples, and modern documentation techniques to make technical concepts easier to understand.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or another STEM-related field.
- 2+ years of experience as a Technical Writer supporting software products, APIs, developer platforms, or enterprise SaaS.
- Excellent written communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts in a simple, structured, and engaging way.
- Comfortable reading technical documentation, APIs, JSON, and working closely with engineers to understand how products work.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accuracy across a rapidly evolving product.
- Experience using modern documentation platforms such as Markdown, Git, GitHub, CMS platforms, Notion, Confluence, or similar tools.
- Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple documentation projects simultaneously.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup where priorities evolve and documentation often needs to be built from scratch.
- Strong collaboration skills and confidence working cross-functionally with Engineering, Product, Design, and Customer-facing teams.
What We Value
At Topsort, we seek professionals who embody the following qualities to drive our mission forward:
- Deep dive into details: Professionals who are not content with superficial answers and dive deeply into the details to uncover root causes and optimal solutions.
- Team first: A low need for individual recognition, always prioritizing collective results over personal credit.
- You thrive with ambiguity: Exceptional ability to tackle open-ended problems in unstructured environments, turning chaos into structured innovation.
- Adaptability: Willingness to learn, mentor, lead, and follow as the situation demands, fostering growth at all levels.
- Urgency: A disproportionate sense of urgency in execution, while keeping scalability and the creation of replicable processes in mind to ensure long-term success.
- Curiosity: Genuinely curious individuals who can quickly learn difficult concepts and apply them effectively.
Do you sound like the right fit? Let's dive right in!
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Frame your credentials around qualifying categories
TN visa approval hinges on matching your role to a listed USMCA occupation. Technical Team Lead must map to Computer Systems Analyst or Engineer. Gather your degree, transcripts, and a letter confirming the technical nature of your duties before applying.
Target employers experienced with visa sponsorship
Companies experienced with visa sponsorship understand the documentation requirements and are less likely to stall at offer stage. Look for employers with recent visa filings to identify those familiar with the sponsorship process for technical roles.
Clarify the job description before accepting an offer
A Technical Team Lead title that emphasizes people management over technical work can raise classification questions at the port of entry. Ask the hiring manager to confirm the role description explicitly covers systems analysis or engineering functions.
Use Migrate Mate to connect with sponsoring employers
Many employers experienced with visa sponsorship don't advertise TN support openly. Use Migrate Mate to find Technical Team Lead roles at employers with recent visa filings, so you're not spending weeks applying to companies unfamiliar with sponsoring work visas.
Prepare the employer support letter with precision
CBP officers review the employer support letter carefully at the Canadian border. It must state your job title, the qualifying USMCA category, your degree field, your start date, and that the position is not permanent. Vague letters cause denials on the spot.
Mexican applicants should file DS-160 well ahead of schedule
Mexican citizens apply for TN status through a U.S. consulate, not at the border. Consulate wait times vary significantly by location. File your DS-160 and schedule your interview as soon as the employer's support letter is finalized to avoid delays.
Technical Team Lead TN Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Technical Team Lead role qualify for a TN visa?
Yes, but the role must map to a qualifying USMCA occupation, most commonly Computer Systems Analyst or Engineer. The job description needs to reflect substantive technical responsibilities. If the position is defined primarily as a people manager with only incidental technical duties, a CBP officer may question whether it fits a listed category.
How does TN visa sponsorship for this role compare to H-1B?
TN has no lottery and no annual cap for Canadian citizens, so you can start work as soon as CBP approves your application at the port of entry. H-1B visa requires a lottery selection, a multi-month USCIS petition process, and an October 1 start date. For Technical Team Lead roles that fit a TN category, TN is faster and more predictable.
What documents does my employer need to provide for TN sponsorship?
Your employer needs to provide a detailed support letter on company letterhead that states your job title, the specific USMCA occupational category your role falls under, your anticipated start date, and confirmation the position is not permanent. For Technical Team Lead roles, the letter should describe the technical systems or engineering work involved, not just the team management responsibilities.
Where can I find Technical Team Lead jobs that offer TN visa sponsorship?
Most job postings don't specify TN sponsorship even when the employer is willing. Migrate Mate filters specifically for roles with verified TN visa sponsorship, so you can focus on Technical Team Lead positions where the employer already understands and supports the process, rather than discovering late in the interview cycle that they won't sponsor.
Can I switch employers while working on a TN visa as a Technical Team Lead?
Yes, but your TN status is tied to your current employer. Before starting with a new company, they need to file a new TN petition with USCIS or you need to re-enter at the border with updated documentation from the new employer. You cannot begin work for the new employer until that approval is in place.