Application Engineer Visa Sponsorship Jobs in Texas
Application engineer roles in Texas are concentrated in Houston's energy and industrial sector, the Dallas-Fort Worth tech corridor, and Austin's software ecosystem. Major employers like Schlumberger, Dell Technologies, and Oracle regularly hire for these positions. Texas's scale and industry diversity make it one of the more active states for application engineer visa sponsorship.
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Location: Southlake, TX
Requisition ID 2026-124613
Category Engineering & Software Development
Position type Regular
Pay range USD $120,000.00 - $135,000.00 / Year
Application deadline 2026-08-05
Your opportunity
At Schwab, you’re empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, innovative thought meets creative problem solving, helping us challenge the status quo and transform the finance industry together. We believe in the importance of in-office collaboration and fully intend for the selected candidate for this role to work on site in the specified location(s).
As an Application Support Engineer supporting the Move Money domain, you will play a critical role in maintaining the stability, availability, and resiliency of complex non-production environments that enable software development, testing, performance validation, and business readiness activities. Your work directly impacts the speed, quality, and reliability of technology delivery by ensuring development and testing teams have dependable environments available when they need them.
In this role, you will partner closely with software engineering, quality assurance, infrastructure, database, DevOps, and release management teams to identify and resolve technical issues, coordinate environment activities, and proactively remove obstacles that could impact project timelines. You will leverage analytical thinking, problem solving, automation, observability tools, and AI-enabled capabilities to monitor application health, investigate incidents, identify patterns, and improve operational efficiency across distributed and mainframe technologies.
Success in this position requires the ability to navigate complex technical environments, make informed decisions under changing priorities, and collaborate effectively across teams. You will contribute to continuous improvement efforts by enhancing environment reliability, strengthening operational processes, improving deployment readiness, and helping teams deliver high-quality solutions that support critical money movement capabilities across the firm.
What you have
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years of experience supporting enterprise applications, application support functions, platform support, environment support, or environment management activities.
- 5+ years of experience supporting distributed applications utilizing Java, .NET, REST APIs, web services, microservices, and middleware technologies.
- 3+ years of experience supporting mainframe technologies, including COBOL applications, JCL, batch processing, datasets, file transfers, and service integrations.
- Demonstrated experience troubleshooting application, middleware, database, API, integration, infrastructure, and batch-processing issues across multiple technology platforms.
- Experience supporting non-production environments including Development, System Integration Testing, Quality Assurance, User Acceptance Testing, Performance Testing, and Pre-Production environments.
- Working knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), testing practices, deployment processes, and release management methodologies.
- Experience supporting incident, problem, change, and service management processes within large enterprise environments.
- Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, and root cause analysis skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve technical issues efficiently.
- Experience using application monitoring, log analysis, alerting, and operational support tools to improve reliability and availability.
- Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships and communicate effectively across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Exposure to automation, scripting, observability platforms, or AI-enabled operational tools.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting financial services, banking, payments, or money movement applications.
- Experience with observability and monitoring platforms such as Dynatrace, Splunk, AppDynamics, Grafana, ELK, or similar technologies.
- Experience leveraging AI-enabled capabilities for incident investigation, anomaly detection, predictive analytics, intelligent alerting, or automated troubleshooting.
- Experience with automation and scripting technologies such as Python, PowerShell, Shell Scripting, or similar tools.
- Experience supporting CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, DevOps practices, and release management processes.
- Experience using ServiceNow, Jira, Confluence, or similar workflow and service management platforms.
- Exposure to cloud-based, containerized, or hybrid application environments.
- Demonstrated adaptability while supporting multiple priorities, stakeholders, and technology platforms in a fast-paced environment.
In addition to the salary range, this role is eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities.
What’s in it for you
At Schwab, you’re empowered to shape your future. We champion your growth through meaningful work, continuous learning, and a culture of trust and collaboration—so you can build the skills to make a lasting impact. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.
We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you – both today and in the future:
- 401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
- Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions
- Paid parental leave and family building benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
Eligible Schwabbies receive
- Medical, dental and vision benefits
- 401(k) and employee stock purchase plans
- Tuition reimbursement to keep developing your career
- Paid parental leave and adoption/family building benefits
- Sabbatical leave available after five years of employment
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Search Application Engineer Jobs in TexasApplication Engineer Jobs in Texas: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies sponsor visas for application engineers in Texas?
Companies with consistent H-1B visa sponsorship records for application engineers in Texas include Dell Technologies, Oracle, SAP, Schlumberger, Halliburton, and Cisco. Houston-based energy and industrial automation firms also sponsor regularly, given the technical depth the role requires. Texas's large enterprise and energy sectors mean sponsoring employers are spread across multiple industries, not just software.
Which visa types are most common for application engineer roles in Texas?
The H-1B is the most common visa for application engineers in Texas, since the role typically requires a bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a closely related field, meeting the specialty occupation standard. L-1B visas are used when engineers transfer within a multinational company. TN visas are available to Canadian and Mexican nationals for qualifying engineering positions under USMCA.
Which cities in Texas have the most application engineer sponsorship jobs?
Dallas-Fort Worth leads in volume, driven by enterprise software and telecom employers concentrated in the Plano, Irving, and downtown Dallas corridors. Houston follows closely, with application engineer demand tied to energy, oilfield technology, and industrial automation companies. Austin's growing software and semiconductor presence also generates sponsorship opportunities, particularly with companies like Apple, Samsung Austin Semiconductor, and NXP Semiconductors.
How to find application engineer visa sponsorship jobs in Texas?
Migrate Mate filters job listings specifically by visa sponsorship, so you can search application engineer roles in Texas without sorting through positions that don't offer it. The platform aggregates openings from employers with active sponsorship histories across Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Austin. Filtering by role and state on Migrate Mate saves significant time compared to manually researching each company's hiring policies.
Are there any Texas-specific considerations for application engineers seeking visa sponsorship?
Texas has no state income tax, which affects how employers structure compensation packages but does not change federal H-1B prevailing wage obligations. Employers must still pay the Department of Labor's prevailing wage for the specific metro area, and Houston, Dallas, and Austin each have distinct wage determinations. University pipelines from UT Austin, Texas A&M, and Rice also mean local talent competition is high, particularly for software-focused application engineer roles.
What is the prevailing wage for sponsored application engineer jobs in Texas?
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.