Technology E-3 Sponsorship Jobs in Washington
Technology E-3 visa sponsorship jobs in Washington are concentrated around Seattle and the Eastside corridor, where major employers like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google maintain large engineering and product teams. The state's dense concentration of enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, and AI companies makes it one of the strongest markets for Australian tech professionals seeking E-3 sponsorship.
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About the team
The USDS JV AI Infra SRE team works with engineering and product teams to build and run large-scale, globally distributed, observable, fault-tolerant systems for TikTok state-of-the-Art Recommendation and Search engines. SREs on this team will deliver on production ownership and be responsible for observability and automation across complex, large-scale service mesh architectures.
Responsibilities:
- Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of Recommendation and Search systems — from system design consulting through to launch reviews, deployment, operation and refinement
- Deliver tools/software to improve the reliability and scalability of services, automate operations and improve R&D efficiency
- Build availability of large-scale services deployed across global data centers
- Plan, manage and optimize cloud resources utilization, ensuring SLA of large-scale clusters
- Measure and monitor availability, latency and overall service health
- Practice sustainable incident response and postmortems.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or above majoring in Computer Science or related fields, with 5+ years of related work experience
- Experience in SRE of large-scale systems deployment with high reliability and scalability
- Familiar with system operation skills in Linux and network
- Experience programming in at least one of the following languages: Python, Perl, Go, or C/C++
- Experience in designing, analyzing and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems
- Familiar with popular CI/CD procedures and environments
- Effective communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior experience in SRE for Recommendation Systems, Search, or Advertising platforms.
- Familiarity with the ML lifecycle and inference engines
About USDS
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is dedicated to the safety and security of millions of Americans who create, discover, and connect with what they love on the apps we operate. The Joint Venture has been established in compliance with the Executive Order signed by President Trump on September 25, 2025. Our foundation is a comprehensive data privacy and cybersecurity program we operate under defined safeguards to protect national security and secure U.S. user data, apps and the algorithm. We safeguard the U.S. content ecosystem, holding decision-making authority for trust and safety policies and moderation. USDS Joint Venture helps ensure Americans can continue to express their creativity, discover new hobbies and interests, and build thriving communities and businesses on a global scale.
On-site presence across teams allows the company to operate with greater speed, alignment, and agility — especially in areas like real-time decision-making, team development, and integrated execution. As such, the company is shifting from a hybrid work model to a fully in-person schedule up to 5 days a week.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy – a mission we work towards every day. We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
USDS Reasonable Accommodation
USDS is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/USDS-RA
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $198360 - $416100 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
Responsibilities
About the team
The USDS JV AI Infra SRE team works with engineering and product teams to build and run large-scale, globally distributed, observable, fault-tolerant systems for TikTok state-of-the-Art Recommendation and Search engines. SREs on this team will deliver on production ownership and be responsible for observability and automation across complex, large-scale service mesh architectures.
Responsibilities:
- Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of Recommendation and Search systems — from system design consulting through to launch reviews, deployment, operation and refinement
- Deliver tools/software to improve the reliability and scalability of services, automate operations and improve R&D efficiency
- Build availability of large-scale services deployed across global data centers
- Plan, manage and optimize cloud resources utilization, ensuring SLA of large-scale clusters
- Measure and monitor availability, latency and overall service health
- Practice sustainable incident response and postmortems.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or above majoring in Computer Science or related fields, with 5+ years of related work experience
- Experience in SRE of large-scale systems deployment with high reliability and scalability
- Familiar with system operation skills in Linux and network
- Experience programming in at least one of the following languages: Python, Perl, Go, or C/C++
- Experience in designing, analyzing and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems
- Familiar with popular CI/CD procedures and environments
- Effective communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior experience in SRE for Recommendation Systems, Search, or Advertising platforms.
- Familiarity with the ML lifecycle and inference engines
About USDS
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is dedicated to the safety and security of millions of Americans who create, discover, and connect with what they love on the apps we operate. The Joint Venture has been established in compliance with the Executive Order signed by President Trump on September 25, 2025. Our foundation is a comprehensive data privacy and cybersecurity program we operate under defined safeguards to protect national security and secure U.S. user data, apps and the algorithm. We safeguard the U.S. content ecosystem, holding decision-making authority for trust and safety policies and moderation. USDS Joint Venture helps ensure Americans can continue to express their creativity, discover new hobbies and interests, and build thriving communities and businesses on a global scale.
On-site presence across teams allows the company to operate with greater speed, alignment, and agility — especially in areas like real-time decision-making, team development, and integrated execution. As such, the company is shifting from a hybrid work model to a fully in-person schedule up to 5 days a week.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy – a mission we work towards every day. We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
USDS Reasonable Accommodation
USDS is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/USDS-RA
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $198360 - $416100 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
E-3 Technology Job Roles in Washington
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Which technology companies sponsor E-3 visas in Washington?
Washington's largest E-3 visa technology sponsors include Microsoft (headquartered in Redmond), Amazon (headquartered in Seattle), and Google (Kirkland and Seattle offices). Mid-size and growth-stage companies such as Tableau, Zillow, Expedia, and Smartsheet have also filed Labor Condition Applications for technology roles. Enterprise software, cloud services, and e-commerce companies represent the highest concentration of E-3 sponsoring employers in the state.
Which cities in Washington have the most technology E-3 sponsorship jobs?
Seattle and the Eastside cities of Redmond, Bellevue, and Kirkland account for the vast majority of technology E-3 sponsorship activity in Washington. Seattle's South Lake Union and Capitol Hill neighborhoods house Amazon, Meta, and numerous mid-size tech firms. Redmond is anchored by Microsoft's main campus. Bellevue has grown significantly as a secondary tech hub, with Amazon's Bellevue expansion and a growing number of software companies establishing offices there.
What types of technology roles typically qualify for E-3 sponsorship in Washington?
Roles that consistently qualify for E-3 sponsorship are those classified as specialty occupations, requiring at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field. In Washington's technology sector, this commonly includes software engineering, data science, machine learning engineering, product management, DevOps and cloud infrastructure, UX research, and cybersecurity. Roles where any bachelor's degree satisfies the requirement, regardless of field, are less likely to qualify under the specialty occupation standard.
How do I find technology E-3 sponsorship jobs in Washington?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for this search. You can filter by visa type (E-3), industry (technology), and state (Washington) to see current openings from employers who have a demonstrated history of sponsoring E-3 workers. This is more targeted than a general job search because Migrate Mate surfaces employers with verified sponsorship activity, saving you from applying to companies that are unlikely to support an E-3 application.
Are there any Washington-specific considerations for technology E-3 sponsorship?
Washington has no state income tax, which affects how your total compensation compares to offers in other states, though the E-3 visa requirements themselves are federal and uniform nationwide. One practical consideration is that Washington's technology market is highly competitive, and employers in Seattle and Redmond are generally familiar with E-3 sponsorship given the large existing population of Australian tech workers in the region. The Labor Condition Application must reflect the prevailing wage for the specific metropolitan statistical area where you'll be working.
What is the prevailing wage for E-3 technology jobs in Washington?
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.