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Arizona's software engineering manager market centers on Phoenix and Scottsdale, where employers like Intel, Amazon, and Cognizant regularly hire for senior technical leadership roles. The state's growing semiconductor and cloud infrastructure sectors, combined with a strong pipeline from Arizona State University, make it an active market for international candidates seeking visa sponsorship.
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INTRODUCTION
Cognite operates at the forefront of industrial digitalization, building AI and data solutions that solve some of the world’s hardest, highest-impact problems. With unmatched industrial heritage and a comprehensive suite of AI capabilities, including low-code AI agents, Cognite accelerates the digital transformation to drive operational improvements. Our moonshot is bold: unlock $100B in customer value by 2035 and redefine how global industry works.
What Cognite is Relentless to achieve: We thrive in challenges. We challenge assumptions. We execute with speed and ownership. If you view obstacles as signals to step forward - not step back - you’ll feel at home here. Join us in this venture where AI and data meet ingenuity, and together, we forge the path to a smarter, more connected industrial future.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
We are seeking a customer-focused Software Engineering Manager at Cognite’s HQ in Phoenix, AZ to lead a team of 5-10 engineers, developing services and applications for industrial AI. Atlas AI is Cognite’s agent builder workbench and agentic runtime that uses LLMs, RAG, and other tools to help optimize and automate industrial business processes leveraging a contextualized knowledge graph. In this role, you will be responsible for leading a high-performing team to drive the development of technologies that transform industrial operations and make data interaction intuitive, effortless, and empowering. Your work will directly impact industrial efficiency and sustainability, which is critical to our mission of powering a high-tech, sustainable, and profitable industrial future.
The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of leading technology teams, a deep understanding of SaaS software, and a passion for driving innovation. As a technical leader, you will collaborate with a cross-functional team consisting of designers, product managers, and program managers to ensure the team builds the right product that is of excellent quality and is delivered on time.
The Impact you bring to Cognite:
- Lead a team of 5-10 software engineers.
- Develop services, applications, and AI agents and tools to enable industrial software customers to unlock the value of their operational data, and automate complex workflows.
- Drive the team to build, operate, and support production-grade SaaS software, including establishing on-call rotations, defining service level objectives (SLOs), and ensuring a fast and effective incident response process.
- Champion a culture of quality by establishing automated code coverage goals, implementing comprehensive telemetry and monitoring for all services, and developing robust testing strategies to ensure the reliability and scalability of our industrial AI solutions.
- Coach engineers to have a high impact on the team, regardless of their background, seniority, or understanding of the domain.
- Collaborate with a cross-functional team consisting of designers, product managers, and program managers to ensure the team builds the right product that is of excellent quality and is delivered on time.
- Collaborate with industrial domain experts to deeply understand pain points, unmet needs, and opportunities to enhance operational efficiency through AI and data liberation.
- Unblock the team and collaborate with stakeholders outside the team to resolve and mitigate problems.
- Help your team with code reviews and documentation, and write code yourself.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 10+ years of software engineering experience.
- 5+ years of experience leading and managing software engineers.
- Expertise relevant to our tech stack: Kubernetes systems in a multi-cloud environment (Azure, AWS, GCP), frontend TypeScript and React, backend Python.
- Understanding of software engineering and best practices for the full development life cycle including coding standards, build processes, testing, and operations.
- Understanding of generative AI and/or machine learning, and familiarity with the tools and methodologies around them, for instance for measuring accuracy.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE
- Experience building applications on top of AI/ML models or large language models (LLMs).
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- A genuine and keen interest in building the competency of engineers.
Equal Opportunity
Cognite is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment at work and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive the same level of consideration for employment.

INTRODUCTION
Cognite operates at the forefront of industrial digitalization, building AI and data solutions that solve some of the world’s hardest, highest-impact problems. With unmatched industrial heritage and a comprehensive suite of AI capabilities, including low-code AI agents, Cognite accelerates the digital transformation to drive operational improvements. Our moonshot is bold: unlock $100B in customer value by 2035 and redefine how global industry works.
What Cognite is Relentless to achieve: We thrive in challenges. We challenge assumptions. We execute with speed and ownership. If you view obstacles as signals to step forward - not step back - you’ll feel at home here. Join us in this venture where AI and data meet ingenuity, and together, we forge the path to a smarter, more connected industrial future.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
We are seeking a customer-focused Software Engineering Manager at Cognite’s HQ in Phoenix, AZ to lead a team of 5-10 engineers, developing services and applications for industrial AI. Atlas AI is Cognite’s agent builder workbench and agentic runtime that uses LLMs, RAG, and other tools to help optimize and automate industrial business processes leveraging a contextualized knowledge graph. In this role, you will be responsible for leading a high-performing team to drive the development of technologies that transform industrial operations and make data interaction intuitive, effortless, and empowering. Your work will directly impact industrial efficiency and sustainability, which is critical to our mission of powering a high-tech, sustainable, and profitable industrial future.
The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of leading technology teams, a deep understanding of SaaS software, and a passion for driving innovation. As a technical leader, you will collaborate with a cross-functional team consisting of designers, product managers, and program managers to ensure the team builds the right product that is of excellent quality and is delivered on time.
The Impact you bring to Cognite:
- Lead a team of 5-10 software engineers.
- Develop services, applications, and AI agents and tools to enable industrial software customers to unlock the value of their operational data, and automate complex workflows.
- Drive the team to build, operate, and support production-grade SaaS software, including establishing on-call rotations, defining service level objectives (SLOs), and ensuring a fast and effective incident response process.
- Champion a culture of quality by establishing automated code coverage goals, implementing comprehensive telemetry and monitoring for all services, and developing robust testing strategies to ensure the reliability and scalability of our industrial AI solutions.
- Coach engineers to have a high impact on the team, regardless of their background, seniority, or understanding of the domain.
- Collaborate with a cross-functional team consisting of designers, product managers, and program managers to ensure the team builds the right product that is of excellent quality and is delivered on time.
- Collaborate with industrial domain experts to deeply understand pain points, unmet needs, and opportunities to enhance operational efficiency through AI and data liberation.
- Unblock the team and collaborate with stakeholders outside the team to resolve and mitigate problems.
- Help your team with code reviews and documentation, and write code yourself.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 10+ years of software engineering experience.
- 5+ years of experience leading and managing software engineers.
- Expertise relevant to our tech stack: Kubernetes systems in a multi-cloud environment (Azure, AWS, GCP), frontend TypeScript and React, backend Python.
- Understanding of software engineering and best practices for the full development life cycle including coding standards, build processes, testing, and operations.
- Understanding of generative AI and/or machine learning, and familiarity with the tools and methodologies around them, for instance for measuring accuracy.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE
- Experience building applications on top of AI/ML models or large language models (LLMs).
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- A genuine and keen interest in building the competency of engineers.
Equal Opportunity
Cognite is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment at work and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive the same level of consideration for employment.
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Which companies sponsor visas for software engineering managers in Arizona?
Intel's Chandler campus, Amazon Web Services, Cognizant, Infosys, and PayPal are among the employers with documented H-1B sponsorship histories for engineering leadership roles in Arizona. Semiconductor and fintech companies dominate the sponsorship activity in this state, and large enterprises with established immigration programs tend to sponsor more consistently than early-stage startups.
Which visa types are most common for software engineering manager roles in Arizona?
The H-1B is the most common visa category for software engineering managers in Arizona, given the role's clear specialty occupation classification requiring a bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or a related field. Candidates already in the U.S. on L-1A (intracompany transferee, managerial) or O-1A (extraordinary ability) status also appear in this role category, particularly at multinational technology firms.
Which cities in Arizona have the most software engineering manager sponsorship jobs?
Phoenix and Scottsdale account for the majority of software engineering manager sponsorship activity in Arizona, driven by corporate headquarters and large technology operations in those metro areas. Chandler is a significant secondary hub due to Intel's semiconductor manufacturing and engineering presence. Tempe also sees hiring volume, partly from companies located near Arizona State University's main campus.
How to find software engineering manager visa sponsorship jobs in Arizona?
Migrate Mate filters job listings specifically by visa sponsorship availability, making it straightforward to search for software engineering manager roles in Arizona without sorting through positions that won't consider international candidates. You can filter by state and role type to see active openings from employers with a history of sponsoring engineering leadership positions in the Phoenix metro and surrounding areas.
Are there any Arizona-specific considerations for software engineering manager visa sponsorship?
Arizona's semiconductor industry, anchored by Intel in Chandler and TSMC's expanding facility in Phoenix, creates demand for engineering managers with hardware and systems software backgrounds that is relatively distinct from typical software-only markets. Employers in this sector file Labor Condition Applications citing prevailing wage levels set by the Department of Labor, and the specialty occupation standard for engineering manager roles is generally well-established, which can support a more straightforward H-1B petition.
What is the prevailing wage for sponsored software engineering manager jobs in Arizona?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.
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