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Java Backend Engineers are among the most consistently sponsored roles in the U.S. tech industry. Employers regularly file H-1B visa and O-1 visa petitions for this title, and the specialty occupation standard is straightforward to meet with a computer science or software engineering degree. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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Java Backend Engineer
Specialist I - Software Engineering
Who We Are:
Born digital, UST transforms lives through the power of technology. We walk alongside our clients and partners, embedding innovation and agility into everything they do. We help them create transformative experiences and human-centered solutions for a better world.
UST is a mission-driven group of 29,000+ practical problem solvers and creative thinkers in more than 30 countries. Our entrepreneurial teams are empowered to innovate, act nimbly, and create a lasting and sustainable impact for our clients, their customers, and the communities in which we live.
With us, you’ll create a boundless impact that transforms your career—and the lives of people across the world.
You Are:
UST is looking for a strong Java Backend Engineer to work on a multi-vendor multi-geo team to help build a NextGen High Scale Enterprise Platform. This is strictly a work from office position and is not open to remote roles.
The opportunity:
- Designed, developed, and maintained enterprise-grade Java applications using Java 18+, adhering to object-oriented programming principles and design patterns.
- Developed and deployed Spring Boot microservices with RESTful APIs, dependency injection, exception handling, security, and ORM frameworks.
- Built scalable and resilient microservices-based architectures to support distributed business applications.
- Implemented and managed event-driven systems using Apache Kafka, including producers, consumers, topic management, message serialization, and performance tuning.
- Deployed, monitored, and managed containerized applications on Kubernetes, including pod configuration, service discovery, scaling, and troubleshooting.
- Worked with Microsoft Azure services such as Azure App Services, Azure Functions, Azure SQL Database, and Azure Cosmos DB for cloud-native application deployment and management.
This position description identifies the responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the performance of the position. Other relevant essential functions may be required.
What you need:
- Experience range: 6 - 10 Years
- Mandatory: Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, Kubernetes Rest API, SQL, Cosmos DB (or any NO SQL)
- Nice to have: Azure or GCP experience
- Skills and experiences: 5-6 years hands-on experience in Java development at the enterprise level (recent).
- Experience in working with Java Version 18 or above is mandatory.
- 3-4 years of hands-on experience with Kafka.
- 2-3 years of solid experience in Kubernetes.
- Strong programming skills in Java, including object-oriented programming principles, design patterns, and familiarity with Java frameworks.
- Understanding of microservices architecture and experience in building and deploying microservices-based applications.
- Hands-on experience in developing Spring Boot applications, including dependency injection, ORM (Object-Relational Mapping), and REST API development.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Azure cloud platform, including Azure App Service, Azure Functions, Azure SQL or Cosmos DB.
- Familiarity with Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) practices, including automated testing, build pipelines, and deployment strategies.
- Proficiency in writing SQL queries as per industrial standards, fine-tuned for optimization.
- Strong problem-solving abilities, good communication (written & verbal) skills, and the ability to work effectively in a team are also important for this role.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or a related field is required as it is a complex specialized program.
- Candidate should be available for in-person (face-to-face) evaluation and is expected to go in detail about the recent project roles and responsibilities.
Compensation can differ depending on factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, education, and level of experience. UST provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in various U.S. markets as set forth below.
Role Location: California
Compensation Range: $94,000-$141,000
Benefits
Full-time, regular employees accrue a minimum of 10 days of paid vacation per year, receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year), 10 paid holidays, and are eligible for paid bereavement leave and jury duty. They are eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching. They and their dependents residing in the US are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as the following Company-paid Employee Only benefits: basic life insurance, accidental death and disability insurance, and short- and long-term disability benefits. Regular employees may purchase additional voluntary short-term disability benefits, and participate in a Health Savings Account (HSA) as well as a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for healthcare, dependent child care, and/or commuting expenses as allowable under IRS guidelines. Benefits offerings vary in Puerto Rico.
Part-time employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year) and are eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching.
Full-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year) and are eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) program with employer matching. They and their dependents residing in the US are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance.
Part-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year).
All US employees who work in a state or locality with more generous paid sick leave benefits than specified here will receive the benefit of those sick leave laws.
What we believe:
We proudly embrace the values that have shaped UST since day one. We build our culture of Humility, Humanity, and Integrity. These values inspire us to nurture a people-first, human-centric culture that fosters diversity, prioritizes sustainable solutions, and keeps our people and clients at the forefront of all decisions.
Humility:
We will listen, learn, be empathetic and help selflessly in our interactions with everyone.
Humanity:
Through business, we will better the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves.
Integrity:
We honor our commitments and act with responsibility in all our relationships.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
UST is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. We will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.
UST reserves the right to periodically redefine your roles and responsibilities based on the requirements of the organization and/or your performance.
UST
LI-YG1
Skills
Apache Kafka, Microservices, Design Patterns, Object-Oriented Programming, Azure Cosmos DB, Microsoft Azure, NoSQL, Spring Boot, SQL
Benefits
Compensation range: $94,000.00 to $141,000.00 per year
About UST
UST is a global digital transformation solutions provider. For more than 20 years, UST has worked side by side with the world’s best companies to make a real impact through transformation. Powered by technology, inspired by people and led by purpose, UST partners with their clients from design to operation. With deep domain expertise and a future-proof philosophy, UST embeds innovation and agility into their clients’ organizations. With over 30,000 employees in 30 countries, UST builds for boundless impact—touching billions of lives in the process.
Role description
Java Backend Engineer
Specialist I - Software Engineering
Who We Are:
Born digital, UST transforms lives through the power of technology. We walk alongside our clients and partners, embedding innovation and agility into everything they do. We help them create transformative experiences and human-centered solutions for a better world.
UST is a mission-driven group of 29,000+ practical problem solvers and creative thinkers in more than 30 countries. Our entrepreneurial teams are empowered to innovate, act nimbly, and create a lasting and sustainable impact for our clients, their customers, and the communities in which we live.
With us, you’ll create a boundless impact that transforms your career—and the lives of people across the world.
You Are:
UST is looking for a strong Java Backend Engineer to work on a multi-vendor multi-geo team to help build a NextGen High Scale Enterprise Platform. This is strictly a work from office position and is not open to remote roles.
The opportunity:
- Designed, developed, and maintained enterprise-grade Java applications using Java 18+, adhering to object-oriented programming principles and design patterns.
- Developed and deployed Spring Boot microservices with RESTful APIs, dependency injection, exception handling, security, and ORM frameworks.
- Built scalable and resilient microservices-based architectures to support distributed business applications.
- Implemented and managed event-driven systems using Apache Kafka, including producers, consumers, topic management, message serialization, and performance tuning.
- Deployed, monitored, and managed containerized applications on Kubernetes, including pod configuration, service discovery, scaling, and troubleshooting.
- Worked with Microsoft Azure services such as Azure App Services, Azure Functions, Azure SQL Database, and Azure Cosmos DB for cloud-native application deployment and management.
This position description identifies the responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the performance of the position. Other relevant essential functions may be required.
What you need:
- Experience range: 6 - 10 Years
- Mandatory: Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, Kubernetes Rest API, SQL, Cosmos DB (or any NO SQL)
- Nice to have: Azure or GCP experience
- Skills and experiences: 5-6 years hands-on experience in Java development at the enterprise level (recent).
- Experience in working with Java Version 18 or above is mandatory.
- 3-4 years of hands-on experience with Kafka.
- 2-3 years of solid experience in Kubernetes.
- Strong programming skills in Java, including object-oriented programming principles, design patterns, and familiarity with Java frameworks.
- Understanding of microservices architecture and experience in building and deploying microservices-based applications.
- Hands-on experience in developing Spring Boot applications, including dependency injection, ORM (Object-Relational Mapping), and REST API development.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Azure cloud platform, including Azure App Service, Azure Functions, Azure SQL or Cosmos DB.
- Familiarity with Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) practices, including automated testing, build pipelines, and deployment strategies.
- Proficiency in writing SQL queries as per industrial standards, fine-tuned for optimization.
- Strong problem-solving abilities, good communication (written & verbal) skills, and the ability to work effectively in a team are also important for this role.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or a related field is required as it is a complex specialized program.
- Candidate should be available for in-person (face-to-face) evaluation and is expected to go in detail about the recent project roles and responsibilities.
Compensation can differ depending on factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, education, and level of experience. UST provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in various U.S. markets as set forth below.
Role Location: California
Compensation Range: $94,000-$141,000
Benefits
Full-time, regular employees accrue a minimum of 10 days of paid vacation per year, receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year), 10 paid holidays, and are eligible for paid bereavement leave and jury duty. They are eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching. They and their dependents residing in the US are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as the following Company-paid Employee Only benefits: basic life insurance, accidental death and disability insurance, and short- and long-term disability benefits. Regular employees may purchase additional voluntary short-term disability benefits, and participate in a Health Savings Account (HSA) as well as a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for healthcare, dependent child care, and/or commuting expenses as allowable under IRS guidelines. Benefits offerings vary in Puerto Rico.
Part-time employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year) and are eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching.
Full-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year) and are eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) program with employer matching. They and their dependents residing in the US are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance.
Part-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year).
All US employees who work in a state or locality with more generous paid sick leave benefits than specified here will receive the benefit of those sick leave laws.
What we believe:
We proudly embrace the values that have shaped UST since day one. We build our culture of Humility, Humanity, and Integrity. These values inspire us to nurture a people-first, human-centric culture that fosters diversity, prioritizes sustainable solutions, and keeps our people and clients at the forefront of all decisions.
Humility:
We will listen, learn, be empathetic and help selflessly in our interactions with everyone.
Humanity:
Through business, we will better the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves.
Integrity:
We honor our commitments and act with responsibility in all our relationships.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
UST is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. We will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.
UST reserves the right to periodically redefine your roles and responsibilities based on the requirements of the organization and/or your performance.
UST
LI-YG1
Skills
Apache Kafka, Microservices, Design Patterns, Object-Oriented Programming, Azure Cosmos DB, Microsoft Azure, NoSQL, Spring Boot, SQL
Benefits
Compensation range: $94,000.00 to $141,000.00 per year
About UST
UST is a global digital transformation solutions provider. For more than 20 years, UST has worked side by side with the world’s best companies to make a real impact through transformation. Powered by technology, inspired by people and led by purpose, UST partners with their clients from design to operation. With deep domain expertise and a future-proof philosophy, UST embeds innovation and agility into their clients’ organizations. With over 30,000 employees in 30 countries, UST builds for boundless impact—touching billions of lives in the process.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Java Backend Engineer
Target companies with a proven H-1B filing history
Large tech employers and mid-size software companies file H-1B petitions for Java Backend Engineers regularly. Prioritizing companies with a track record of sponsorship dramatically reduces the risk of an offer falling through at the visa stage.
Make your degree field explicit on your resume
USCIS requires a direct connection between your degree and the role. A computer science, software engineering, or information systems degree maps cleanly to Java Backend Engineer. State the full degree title and field clearly in your application materials.
Understand the H-1B cap and lottery timing
The H-1B has an annual cap with registration opening in March for an October 1 start. If you're on OPT, confirm your STEM extension eligibility and plan your job search timeline so an offer aligns with the next registration window.
Cap-exempt employers are a serious option
Universities, research institutions, and nonprofits affiliated with higher education are exempt from the H-1B lottery. Backend engineering roles exist at these organizations, and a cap-exempt petition can be filed and approved at any time of year.
Highlight distributed systems and cloud experience
Employers sponsoring Java Backend Engineers typically need specialized expertise, not generalist skills. Emphasizing experience with microservices, Kubernetes, AWS, or high-throughput APIs strengthens both your candidacy and the specialty occupation argument in the H-1B petition.
Ask about sponsorship scope before investing in interviews
Some employers sponsor H-1B transfers for experienced candidates but won't file new-cap petitions. Clarifying whether a company supports new filings, transfers, or both early in the process saves weeks of effort on roles that won't work for your situation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Java Backend Engineer role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, in the vast majority of cases. USCIS consistently treats software engineering and backend development roles as specialty occupations when the job requires a bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, software engineering, or a closely related field. The critical factor is that the job description specifies a degree in a specific technical discipline, not just any bachelor's degree. Generic job postings that say 'degree preferred' rather than 'degree required in a specific field' can complicate the petition, so the employer's LCA and support letter need to reflect a genuine degree requirement.
What degree do I need to get sponsored as a Java Backend Engineer?
A bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, information technology, or a closely related field is the standard. Degrees in unrelated fields like business or liberal arts make the specialty occupation argument harder, though not impossible if paired with substantial relevant coursework. Foreign three-year bachelor's degrees, including those from India and Australia, are generally accepted as equivalent to a U.S. four-year degree for H-1B visa purposes, though the employer's attorney will typically need to document that equivalency in the petition.
How competitive is H-1B sponsorship for backend engineers compared to other roles?
Backend engineering is one of the most sponsored occupations in the H-1B program. USCIS approval rates for software developer petitions have historically run above 85%, and the volume of filings means many employers have established internal processes for this role type. The lottery remains the biggest variable, not the petition itself. If you're not selected in the lottery, cap-exempt employers and visa alternatives like the O-1A or TN visa (for Canadians and Mexicans) are worth exploring. Migrate Mate lists sponsoring employers actively hiring for this role.
Can I transfer my H-1B to a new employer if I'm already a Java Backend Engineer on an H-1B?
Yes. H-1B portability allows you to start working for a new employer as soon as they file a transfer petition, without waiting for approval, as long as your current H-1B status is valid and you've maintained lawful status. The new employer files a new Form I-129 with a new LCA reflecting the updated job and location. You don't re-enter the lottery. Most backend engineering employers are comfortable with H-1B transfers since the process is faster and lower-risk than a new-cap petition.
Do startups sponsor H-1B visas for Java Backend Engineers?
Some do, but it's less common than at established companies. H-1B sponsorship requires the employer to demonstrate financial ability to pay the prevailing wage and meet DOL requirements, which creates barriers for early-stage startups. Seed-stage companies often can't or won't commit to the cost and administrative burden. Series B and later companies with HR infrastructure are more likely to sponsor. When browsing on Migrate Mate, you can filter specifically for companies that have confirmed sponsorship willingness, which saves time on outreach to employers who won't file.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Java Backend 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.