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Platform Engineering Manager roles attract strong H-1B visa and O-1 sponsorship because employers treat infrastructure leadership as a specialty occupation requiring a degree in computer science, software engineering, or a closely related field. Most openings are at mid-to-large tech companies with established immigration programs. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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Aerospike is the real-time database for mission-critical workloads, including machine learning, generative AI, and agentic AI. Aerospike powers millions of transactions per second with millisecond latency, at a fraction of the total cost of ownership compared to other databases. Global leaders rely on Aerospike for fraud detection, customer 360, recommendation engines, real-time bidding, and other demanding use cases.
At Aerospike, we dream big and deliver even bigger. Our mission is to unleash the power of the world’s real-time data with a database built for infinite scale, speed, and sustainability. If you’re ready to shape the future of data, join us.
We’re looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a team building the Aerospike Cloud Platform — our multi-cloud, multi-tenant offering that brings the power of Aerospike to developers everywhere.
This is a hands-on leadership role: you’ll guide and grow a team of frontend and backend engineers while staying close to architecture, product decisions, and execution. You’ll partner closely with product, design, and backend teams to deliver performant, reliable, and intuitive user experiences at scale.
What You’ll Do
- Lead, coach, and grow a team of frontend and backend engineers, creating a high-performing and inclusive team environment
- Drive execution against the platform technical roadmap, ensuring clarity, prioritization, and consistent delivery
- Partner with product and design to translate business needs into clear technical plans and high-quality user experiences in both a UI and API
- Stay close to the code: contribute to architecture, unblock engineers, and raise the technical bar across the team
- Own the control plane architecture for the Cloud Platform, with a focus on performance, scalability, and reliability
- Collaborate with other engineering teams to define and evolve APIs and services and deliver their product services on your platform
- Ensure strong engineering practices: testing, observability, CI/CD, and operational excellence
- Establish and track meaningful product and user experience metrics
- Support production systems, including participating in on-call rotations when needed
- Hire and develop top engineering talent, and build a culture of mentorship and continuous improvement
What We’re Looking For
- 5–10+ years of experience building and shipping customer-facing applications
- 1–3+ years of experience leading or managing engineers (formal or informal leadership)
- Strong hands-on experience with a broad but not exhaustive set of modern microservice technologies (Kubernetes, Go, OpenAPI, Temporal, React, etc.)
- Proven ability to deliver high-quality customer services in production environments
- Experience translating product requirements into scalable technical solutions
- Solid understanding of performance, security, and scalability in microservice ecosystems
- Experience working with at least one cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Familiarity with API design and integration
- Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally
- Experience supporting production systems and on-call in a 24x7x365 environment
Nice to Have
- Experience building and operating distributed systems (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
- Familiarity with CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.)
- Experience with observability tools (Datadog or similar)
- Experience working with NoSQL databases
Why This Role
This is an opportunity to step into a true ownership role — shaping both the product experience and the team that builds it. You’ll have a direct impact on how developers interact with Aerospike in the cloud, while helping grow a strong, thoughtful engineering culture.
Aerospike is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran
INTRODUCTION
Aerospike is the real-time database for mission-critical workloads, including machine learning, generative AI, and agentic AI. Aerospike powers millions of transactions per second with millisecond latency, at a fraction of the total cost of ownership compared to other databases. Global leaders rely on Aerospike for fraud detection, customer 360, recommendation engines, real-time bidding, and other demanding use cases.
At Aerospike, we dream big and deliver even bigger. Our mission is to unleash the power of the world’s real-time data with a database built for infinite scale, speed, and sustainability. If you’re ready to shape the future of data, join us.
We’re looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a team building the Aerospike Cloud Platform — our multi-cloud, multi-tenant offering that brings the power of Aerospike to developers everywhere.
This is a hands-on leadership role: you’ll guide and grow a team of frontend and backend engineers while staying close to architecture, product decisions, and execution. You’ll partner closely with product, design, and backend teams to deliver performant, reliable, and intuitive user experiences at scale.
What You’ll Do
- Lead, coach, and grow a team of frontend and backend engineers, creating a high-performing and inclusive team environment
- Drive execution against the platform technical roadmap, ensuring clarity, prioritization, and consistent delivery
- Partner with product and design to translate business needs into clear technical plans and high-quality user experiences in both a UI and API
- Stay close to the code: contribute to architecture, unblock engineers, and raise the technical bar across the team
- Own the control plane architecture for the Cloud Platform, with a focus on performance, scalability, and reliability
- Collaborate with other engineering teams to define and evolve APIs and services and deliver their product services on your platform
- Ensure strong engineering practices: testing, observability, CI/CD, and operational excellence
- Establish and track meaningful product and user experience metrics
- Support production systems, including participating in on-call rotations when needed
- Hire and develop top engineering talent, and build a culture of mentorship and continuous improvement
What We’re Looking For
- 5–10+ years of experience building and shipping customer-facing applications
- 1–3+ years of experience leading or managing engineers (formal or informal leadership)
- Strong hands-on experience with a broad but not exhaustive set of modern microservice technologies (Kubernetes, Go, OpenAPI, Temporal, React, etc.)
- Proven ability to deliver high-quality customer services in production environments
- Experience translating product requirements into scalable technical solutions
- Solid understanding of performance, security, and scalability in microservice ecosystems
- Experience working with at least one cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Familiarity with API design and integration
- Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally
- Experience supporting production systems and on-call in a 24x7x365 environment
Nice to Have
- Experience building and operating distributed systems (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
- Familiarity with CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.)
- Experience with observability tools (Datadog or similar)
- Experience working with NoSQL databases
Why This Role
This is an opportunity to step into a true ownership role — shaping both the product experience and the team that builds it. You’ll have a direct impact on how developers interact with Aerospike in the cloud, while helping grow a strong, thoughtful engineering culture.
Aerospike is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Platform Engineering Manager
Target companies with dedicated immigration counsel
Large tech firms and well-funded scaleups typically have in-house immigration teams or retained law firms, which makes H-1B sponsorship faster and more reliable. Smaller companies often lack the infrastructure to sponsor management-level engineering roles.
Frame your degree as directly relevant to the role
USCIS approves Platform Engineering Manager petitions most cleanly when your degree is in computer science, software engineering, or information systems. A general business degree paired with strong engineering experience is harder to defend during a Request for Evidence.
Document your team leadership and technical scope
Sponsoring employers must show the role qualifies as a specialty occupation. Concrete evidence of platform ownership, headcount managed, and infrastructure decisions strengthens the petition and reduces the chance of USCIS questioning the management-to-technical ratio.
Ask about cap-exempt sponsorship if you're in academia or research
Universities, nonprofit research institutions, and government-affiliated organizations are exempt from the H-1B annual cap. Platform engineering leadership roles at these organizations can be filed any time of year without waiting for the lottery.
Consider the O-1A if you have a strong professional track record
Platform Engineering Managers with patents, published work, speaking engagements at major conferences, or recognized contributions to open-source infrastructure may qualify for the O-1A, which has no cap and no lottery requirement.
Use Migrate Mate to filter for verified sponsoring employers
Not every job posting that mentions visa sponsorship will actually follow through for a management-level engineering hire. Migrate Mate surfaces roles from employers with documented sponsorship history, saving significant time during your search.
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Find Platform Engineering Manager JobsFrequently Asked Questions
Does a Platform Engineering Manager role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, in most cases. USCIS evaluates whether the position normally requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specific technical field. Platform Engineering Manager roles typically require a degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related discipline, and that direct connection is what satisfies the specialty occupation standard. Hybrid roles that lean heavily toward general people management with minimal technical scope carry more risk during adjudication.
What degree do I need for an employer to sponsor my H-1B as a Platform Engineering Manager?
A bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, software engineering, information systems, or a closely related field is the strongest foundation. Degrees in unrelated fields create complications even if you have years of hands-on platform experience. If your degree field doesn't match, three years of specialized work experience can substitute for each year of missing education, but this pathway requires more documentation and attorney support.
Are Platform Engineering Manager roles common among H-1B sponsoring employers?
Yes. Infrastructure and platform leadership is consistently among the more actively sponsored engineering management categories, particularly at cloud-native companies, enterprise software firms, and large-scale SaaS businesses. These employers file high volumes of H-1B petitions annually and typically have established processes. Migrate Mate lists Platform Engineering Manager openings specifically from employers with verified sponsorship history, which narrows your search considerably.
Can I transfer my H-1B to a new Platform Engineering Manager role mid-cycle?
Yes. H-1B portability allows you to change employers and begin working for the new company as soon as they file a transfer petition, without waiting for approval, as long as your previous H-1B was approved and you've maintained valid status. The new employer still needs to file a fresh Labor Condition Application and I-129 petition. The specialty occupation analysis restarts, so the new role needs to meet the same technical degree requirements.
Does my seniority as a manager reduce my chances of H-1B approval compared to an individual contributor engineer?
Not inherently, but the risk profile is different. USCIS scrutinizes management roles more carefully to confirm that day-to-day duties require a specialized degree rather than general administrative oversight. Platform Engineering Managers whose work involves hands-on architecture decisions, technical roadmaps, and direct systems ownership fare better than those whose role is primarily headcount and budget management. Clear job duty documentation from the employer is critical.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Platform Engineering Manager 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.
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