Lead Engineer salaries
1,168 H-1B & PERM records for "Lead Engineer", sourced from U.S. Department of Labor disclosures.
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$125352
Average Salary
$48485
Minimum
$300000
Maximum
| Employer | Role | Location | Salary | Program | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIKE USA Inc. | LEAD ENGINEER (20742.1523.14) | $184800 | Green Card | Oct 5, 2023 | |
| NIKE, Inc. | Lead Engineer | $184427 | Green Card | Jun 17, 2025 | |
| Accela, Inc. | Sr. Software Lead Engineer (Multiple Openings) | San Ramon, CA | $184000 - $214000 | Green Card | Nov 28, 2022 |
| SEPHORA USA INC | Lead Engineer, Cloud Engineering | San Francisco, CA | $183500 - $195000 | Green Card | Sep 13, 2022 |
| THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP | Lead Engineer | Manhattan Beach, CA | $183330 - $224070 | Green Card | Jan 24, 2023 |
| CBTS Technology Solutions LLC d/b/a CBTS | Lead Engineer – Public Cloud | Melissa, TX | $183330 | H-1B | Jun 18, 2026 |
| Sephora USA, Inc. | Lead Engineer | $183310 - $208204 | Green Card | Dec 22, 2023 | |
| Sephora USA, Inc. | Lead Engineer, Integrations | $183310 - $201000 | Green Card | Dec 11, 2023 | |
| FAIR ISAAC CORPORATION | Software Engineering-Lead Engineer | $183310 - $187000 | Green Card | Sep 14, 2023 | |
| SquareTrade, Inc. | Lead Engineer | $183310 | Green Card | Sep 13, 2023 | |
| SquareTrade, Inc. | Lead Engineer | $183310 | Green Card | Aug 21, 2023 | |
| Shadowboxer Studio Inc. | Lead Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $183310 | H-1B | Dec 29, 2022 |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC | MHI – Lead Engineer, EIS | LONG BEACH, CA | $183227 | Green Card | Apr 16, 2018 |
| College Board | Lead Engineer | $182875 | Green Card | Nov 27, 2023 | |
| DOCUSIGN, INC. | Lead Engineer (DevOps) | San Francisco, CA | $182738 - $202738 | Green Card | Jul 13, 2021 |
| lululemon usa inc. | Lead Engineer - Site Reliability Engineering | $182312 - $202312 | Green Card | Nov 12, 2024 | |
| Equinox Holdings, Inc. | Senior Lead Engineer/Tech Lead | $180000 - $205000 | Green Card | Feb 25, 2025 | |
| Karma Automotive, Inc. | Lead Engineer – Powertrain Control System and Sof… | $180000 | Green Card | May 28, 2025 | |
| iCreditWorks Inc. | Senior Lead Engineer (Android) | $180000 | Green Card | Apr 1, 2025 | |
| Anywhere Real Estate Operations, LLC | Lead Engineer | $180000 - $200000 | Green Card | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| Barclays Services Corp. | VP, ESaaS US Lead Engineer | $180000 | Green Card | Sep 11, 2023 | |
| BORN Group Inc. | Senior Lead Engineer | New York, NY | $180000 | Green Card | Mar 27, 2023 |
| EDMUNDS.COM, INC. | Salesforce Lead Engineer | Santa Monica, CA | $180000 | Green Card | Mar 25, 2022 |
| THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP, INC. | Lead Engineer | New York, NY | $180000 - $220000 | H-1B | Apr 19, 2021 |
| THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP, INC. | Lead Engineer | New York, NY | $180000 - $220000 | H-1B | Dec 18, 2020 |
| STARBUCKS COFFEE COMPANY | Lead Engineer – UCP Commerce Engineering | Seattle, WA | $177520 - $214300 | Green Card | Jul 22, 2022 |
| Roadie Inc. | Lead Engineer, Performance Testing | $177000 | Green Card | Oct 10, 2024 | |
| Kentz USA Inc. | Commissioning Lead Engineer | Houston, TX | $176000 | Green Card | Sep 30, 2022 |
| ADVANTAGE TECHNICAL RESOURCING, INC. | Pipe Stress Lead Engineer | NORWOOD, MA | $176000 | Green Card | Jul 22, 2015 |
| SIX CONTINENTS HOTELS, INC. | Lead Engineer IT Software Development and Mainten… | Atlanta, GA | $175947 | Green Card | Jul 18, 2022 |
| SIX CONTINENTS HOTELS, INC. | Lead Engineer IT Software Development and Mainten… | Atlanta, GA | $175947 | Green Card | Jul 15, 2022 |
| TARGET ENTERPRISE, INC. | Lead Engineer | Brooklyn Park, MN | $175261 - $204900 | Green Card | Sep 23, 2021 |
| GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC | Lead Engineer, Enterprise Integration Service | San Mateo, CA | $175000 - $195000 | Green Card | Apr 15, 2022 |
| NEXT TRUCKING, INC. | Lead Engineer | Vernon, CA | $175000 - $180000 | Green Card | Apr 1, 2022 |
| THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP, INC. | Lead Engineer | Manhattan Beach, CA | $175000 - $225000 | H-1B | May 18, 2020 |
| CANOO INC | Lead Engineer (In Charge of Seats) | TORRANCE, CA | $175000 | Green Card | Jun 27, 2019 |
| AUTODESK, INC. | Lead Engineer, Autodesk Product Delivery | San Francisco, CA | $174780 - $184780 | Green Card | Sep 28, 2020 |
| AbbVie Inc. | Lead Engineer – Data & Analytics | $174539 - $181500 | Green Card | Oct 18, 2024 | |
| GREEN DOT CORPORATION | Lead Engineer, Software Applications | Austin, TX | $174000 | Green Card | Apr 3, 2023 |
| College Board | Lead Engineer | $172216 | Green Card | Aug 20, 2024 | |
| STITCH FIX INC | Incident Response Lead Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $172000 | Green Card | Jul 19, 2022 |
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | Vice President, Application Engineer, Lead Engine… | $171000 - $210000 | Green Card | Aug 18, 2024 | |
| KELLY SERVICES, INC. | Mechanical Discipline Lead Engineer | TROY, MI | $170560 | Green Card | Jun 29, 2017 |
| KELLY SERVICES, INC. | Mechanical Discipline Lead Engineer | TROY, MI | $170560 | Green Card | Jun 29, 2017 |
| CBS INTERACTIVE, INC. | Team Lead Engineer iOS | San Francisco, CA | $170000 | Green Card | Nov 10, 2022 |
| LUCID USA, INC. | Lead Engineer, Seating Systems | Newark, CA | $170000 - $190000 | Green Card | Apr 6, 2022 |
| GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC | Lead Engineer, Cloud | SAN MATEO, CA | $170000 - $190000 | Green Card | Dec 10, 2021 |
| SITETRACKER, INC. | Lead Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $170000 | Green Card | Aug 14, 2019 |
| AERIS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. | SENOR TECHNICAL LEAD ENGINEER | SAN JOSE, CA | $169749 | Green Card | Sep 22, 2017 |
| TARGET ENTERPRISE, INC. | Lead Engineer | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $169749 - $195100 | Green Card | Jun 29, 2017 |
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