Front End Software Engineer Jobs in USA with Visa Sponsorship
Front end software engineer roles qualify as H-1B visa specialty occupations when the position requires a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field. Employers file a Labor Condition Application before sponsoring, and the annual cap and selection process apply. OPT and STEM OPT let you work while a petition is pending. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.
Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.
The Experience
The MeshMesh Engineering team is building the next-generation mesh networking platform for Salesforce customers. As a Front End Software Engineer, you will build the breakthrough features customers love, adopt, and use, while keeping the platform stable and scalable.
Responsibilities
- Architect, design, implement, test, and deliver highly scalable products.
- Master our development process, culture, and code base, then improve it.
- Design and execute the work needed to ensure quality in your own code as well as other engineers' code.
- Work closely with engineers, product managers, user experience experts, and performance engineers.
- Mentor others in development technologies, tools, and processes.
- Present your designs to internal and external groups and review the designs of others.
- Develop test strategies, design automation frameworks, and write unit and functional tests to drive up code coverage.
Required Skills/Experience
- You have 4+ years of proven experience in front-end engineering.
- You have solid knowledge of web technologies such as JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, HTML5, JSON, and Ajax.
- You have experience with ReactJS, Flux, Redux, Relay/GraphQL, React Native, Ember.js, or Node.js.
- You understand at least one object-oriented language (Java, JavaScript, C++, C#, Ruby, Python).
- You have experience in automated testing, including unit and functional testing (e.g. JUnit, Selenium, Mocha, QUnit).
- You are an Agentic Engineer - you build with Claude and similar AI coding tools, using agent loops, tool use, and well-grounded context engineering to ship code fast.
- You have excellent interpersonal skills.
- You have a degree or equivalent relevant experience.
Preferred Skills/Experience
- You have experience building highly scalable web applications.
- You have experience with Agile software development.
- You have good knowledge of database technologies such as SQL and relational schema design.
About Salesforce
Salesforce is the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI, Data, and CRM. We help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. We're committed to equality and creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our communities and customers.
Unleash Your Potential
When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.
Accommodations
If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via this Accommodations Request Form.
Please note that Salesforce uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help our recruiters assess and evaluate candidates’ resumes and qualifications throughout the recruiting process. Humans will always make any candidate selection and hiring decisions. Please see our Candidate Privacy Statement for more information about how we use your personal data and your rights, including with regard to use of AI tools and opt out options.
Posting Statement
Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. What does that mean exactly? It means that at Salesforce, we believe in equality for all. And we believe we can lead the path to equality in part by creating a workplace that’s inclusive, and free from discrimination. Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal. Any employee or potential employee will be assessed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications – without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law. This policy applies to current and prospective employees, no matter where they are in their Salesforce employment journey. It also applies to recruiting, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, assessment of job performance, discipline, termination, and everything in between. Recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions at Salesforce are fair and based on merit. The same goes for compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, reduction in workforce, recall, training, and education.
In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions.
The typical base salary range for this position is $148,500 - $223,900 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $178,900 - $246,000 annually.
The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.
About Salesforce
Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.
Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.
The Experience
The MeshMesh Engineering team is building the next-generation mesh networking platform for Salesforce customers. As a Front End Software Engineer, you will build the breakthrough features customers love, adopt, and use, while keeping the platform stable and scalable.
Responsibilities
- Architect, design, implement, test, and deliver highly scalable products.
- Master our development process, culture, and code base, then improve it.
- Design and execute the work needed to ensure quality in your own code as well as other engineers' code.
- Work closely with engineers, product managers, user experience experts, and performance engineers.
- Mentor others in development technologies, tools, and processes.
- Present your designs to internal and external groups and review the designs of others.
- Develop test strategies, design automation frameworks, and write unit and functional tests to drive up code coverage.
Required Skills/Experience
- You have 4+ years of proven experience in front-end engineering.
- You have solid knowledge of web technologies such as JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, HTML5, JSON, and Ajax.
- You have experience with ReactJS, Flux, Redux, Relay/GraphQL, React Native, Ember.js, or Node.js.
- You understand at least one object-oriented language (Java, JavaScript, C++, C#, Ruby, Python).
- You have experience in automated testing, including unit and functional testing (e.g. JUnit, Selenium, Mocha, QUnit).
- You are an Agentic Engineer - you build with Claude and similar AI coding tools, using agent loops, tool use, and well-grounded context engineering to ship code fast.
- You have excellent interpersonal skills.
- You have a degree or equivalent relevant experience.
Preferred Skills/Experience
- You have experience building highly scalable web applications.
- You have experience with Agile software development.
- You have good knowledge of database technologies such as SQL and relational schema design.
About Salesforce
Salesforce is the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI, Data, and CRM. We help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. We're committed to equality and creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our communities and customers.
Unleash Your Potential
When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.
Accommodations
If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via this Accommodations Request Form.
Please note that Salesforce uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help our recruiters assess and evaluate candidates’ resumes and qualifications throughout the recruiting process. Humans will always make any candidate selection and hiring decisions. Please see our Candidate Privacy Statement for more information about how we use your personal data and your rights, including with regard to use of AI tools and opt out options.
Posting Statement
Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. What does that mean exactly? It means that at Salesforce, we believe in equality for all. And we believe we can lead the path to equality in part by creating a workplace that’s inclusive, and free from discrimination. Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal. Any employee or potential employee will be assessed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications – without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law. This policy applies to current and prospective employees, no matter where they are in their Salesforce employment journey. It also applies to recruiting, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, assessment of job performance, discipline, termination, and everything in between. Recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions at Salesforce are fair and based on merit. The same goes for compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, reduction in workforce, recall, training, and education.
In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions.
The typical base salary range for this position is $148,500 - $223,900 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $178,900 - $246,000 annually.
The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.
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Align your degree to the role
H-1B eligibility depends on your degree matching the specialty occupation. A computer science, software engineering, or information systems degree maps cleanly. A general business degree usually won't, even if you've been writing React for years.
Check prevailing wage tiers before accepting
Your employer's LCA must certify a wage at or above the prevailing wage for your location and role. Use the OFLC Wage Search to verify your offered salary hits at least Level I before signing anything.
Target companies with active LCA filing history
Front end engineers have the strongest sponsorship outcomes at employers who file LCAs regularly. Use Migrate Mate to search for companies with verified filing history specific to software engineering roles, so you're not guessing.
Front-load your STEM OPT extension timeline
USCIS allows filing up to 90 days before your OPT EAD expires. Your employer must be enrolled in E-Verify and sign Form I-983 before you file. Missing this window means a gap in work authorization that disrupts active front end contracts.
Review the O*NET profile before interviews
Consular officers and RFE responses often test whether your role matches the specialty occupation definition. O*NET details the core tasks and degree requirements for software developer and front end roles, giving you precise language to use.
Prepare for cap-gap if the lottery selects you
If you're on OPT when your H-1B petition is selected, cap-gap rules automatically extend your authorization through September 30. Tell your employer's HR team early so they don't terminate your contract during the gap before October 1.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a front end software engineer role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes, in most cases. USCIS requires the position to normally require at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field. Front end engineering roles that specify computer science, software engineering, or a related technical degree in the job requirements meet the specialty occupation standard. Roles posted with vague degree requirements like 'any bachelor's degree' are more likely to draw an RFE.
Which visas can a front end software engineer use to work in the U.S.?
Front end engineers most commonly use the H-1B, which requires employer sponsorship and is subject to an annual cap and selection process. Australian citizens can use the E-3 visa, which has a 10,500 annual cap that has never been exhausted and requires no lottery. F-1 students can work on OPT for 12 months and extend to 36 months total through the STEM OPT program if their degree is STEM-designated. TN visa status is available to Canadian and Mexican nationals in qualifying computer-related professions.
How do I find employers who actively sponsor front end software engineer visas?
Browse Migrate Mate to find U.S. employers with verified LCA filing history for software engineering roles. The platform shows which companies have sponsored front end and related positions, so you can focus your applications on employers already familiar with the sponsorship process rather than those encountering it for the first time.
Does my front end engineering experience count if my degree is in a different field?
USCIS allows three years of specialized experience to substitute for one year of formal education toward a bachelor's equivalent. If your degree is in a loosely related field, supplementing it with professional experience in front end development, certifications, or continuing education can strengthen a specialty occupation claim. Your employer's immigration attorney will typically document this in a support letter attached to the I-129 petition.
What happens to my H-1B status if I change front end engineering jobs?
A worker already in H-1B status can start with a new employer once the new petition is filed, with no waiting period required. Your new employer must file a new I-129 petition with USCIS before or when you start. The H-1B transfer does not reset your six-year cap clock, so your remaining authorized period carries over to the new petition.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Front End Software Engineer jobs?
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.