SW Engineer salaries
5,298 H-1B & PERM records for "SW Engineer", sourced from U.S. Department of Labor disclosures.
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$116051
Average Salary
$48000
Minimum
$376031
Maximum
| Employer | Role | Location | Salary | Program | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42dot Inc. | Embedded SW Engineer (Real-time Frameworks) | Sunnyvale, CA | $188000 - $208000 | H-1B | Nov 12, 2025 |
| Pentangle Tech Services LLC | Telematics SW Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $187741 | H-1B | Apr 21, 2026 |
| Lucid USA, Inc. | Sr. SW Engineer Maps and Navigation ADAS/AD | Newark, CA | $187574 - $207574 | H-1B | Jul 11, 2025 |
| Visa U.S.A. Inc. | Sr. Staff SW Engineer | Foster City, CA | $187472 - $262100 | H-1B | Oct 30, 2023 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Sr SW Engineering Manager – Explicit Proxy (Prism… | Santa Clara, CA | $187178 - $246529 | H-1B | Feb 13, 2026 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Manager, SW Engineering | Santa Clara, CA | $185520 | H-1B | Dec 23, 2021 |
| CLS US Services Inc | Assistant VP, Application Development SW Engineer | New York, NY | $185000 | H-1B | Dec 18, 2024 |
| COINBASE, INC | Sr. SW Engineer, Enterprise Apps, Integrations | San Francisco, CA | $185000 | Green Card | Feb 28, 2022 |
| PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. | Senior Staff SW Engineer (SD Branch Platform and … | SANTA CLARA, CA | $185000 | Green Card | Apr 1, 2022 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Sr. Staff SW Engineer (SD Branch Platform and Mod… | Santa Clara, CA | $185000 | H-1B | Oct 21, 2020 |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | Systems SW Engineer (Sr. Systems SWE) | Santa Clara, CA | $185000 | Green Card | Jun 30, 2020 |
| SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC. | SW ENGINEER SENIOR STAFF I | MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA | $185000 - $200000 | H-1B | Aug 23, 2017 |
| VERIZON DATA SERVICES LLC | SR. PD ENGINEER-SW DEVELOPMENT (SR. SW ENGINEER) | SAN JOSE, CA | $184551 | H-1B | Sep 27, 2018 |
| Visa Technology & Operations LLC | Chief SW Engineer | Austin, TX | $184100 - $294700 | H-1B | Feb 27, 2025 |
| Roku, Inc. | Sr. SW Engineer, Backend Payment Services | San Jose, CA | $184080 - $658750 | H-1B | Aug 18, 2021 |
| Visa Technology & Operations LLC | Staff SW Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $184080 - $194400 | H-1B | Feb 16, 2022 |
| CEPHEID | Senior Manager, Embedded SW Engineer | Sunnyvale, CA | $183801 | H-1B | Feb 26, 2021 |
| VISA TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS, LLC | Lead SW Engineer | Foster City, CA | $183744 - $233900 | Green Card | Jul 25, 2022 |
| MOVE, INC | SW ENGINEER, PRINCIPAL | Santa Clara, CA | $183611 | H-1B | Sep 11, 2019 |
| Visa Technology & Operations LLC | Sr. SW Engineer | $183310 | Green Card | Jan 18, 2024 | |
| Visa Technology & Operations LLC | SW Engineer IV | $183310 - $227700 | Green Card | Dec 6, 2023 | |
| Visa Technology & Operations LLC | Staff SW Engineer | $183310 - $209200 | Green Card | Dec 14, 2023 | |
| Visa Technology & Operations LLC | SW Engineer (DevOps) - Sr. Consultant | $183310 - $227700 | Green Card | Jan 4, 2024 | |
| Visa Technology & Operations LLC | Staff SW Engineer | $183310 - $209200 | Green Card | Jan 7, 2024 | |
| Visa Technology & Operations LLC | Staff SW Engineer | $183310 - $209200 | Green Card | Nov 21, 2023 | |
| Visa Technology & Operations LLC | Sr. Staff SW Engineer | $183310 - $248600 | Green Card | Jan 24, 2024 | |
| VISA TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS, LLC | Staff SW Engineer | Foster City, CA | $183310 - $209200 | Green Card | May 9, 2023 |
| Visa U.S.A. Inc. | Chief SW Engineer | Foster City, CA | $183310 - $292900 | H-1B | Feb 27, 2023 |
| Visa Technology & Operations LLC | Lead SW Engineer | Foster City, CA | $183310 - $233900 | H-1B | Oct 13, 2022 |
| Visa Technology & Operations LLC | Lead SW Engineer | Foster City, CA | $183310 - $248600 | H-1B | Mar 14, 2023 |
| Visa U.S.A. Inc. | Lead SW Engineer | Foster City, CA | $183310 - $248600 | H-1B | Mar 13, 2023 |
| Visa Technology & Operations LLC | Lead SW Engineer | Foster City, CA | $183310 - $248600 | H-1B | Feb 2, 2023 |
| Visa U.S.A. Inc. | Staff SW Engineer | Foster City, CA | $183310 - $194400 | H-1B | Oct 5, 2022 |
| Visa U.S.A. Inc. | Sr. Staff SW Engineer | Foster City, CA | $183310 - $233900 | H-1B | Aug 4, 2022 |
| Camp Systems International Inc. | Manager, SW Engineering | Ronkonkoma, NY | $182934 | H-1B | Jan 29, 2026 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | Embedded SW Engineer | Sunnyvale, CA | $182000 | H-1B | Apr 24, 2024 |
| Visa U.S.A. Inc. | Sr. Staff SW Engineer | Foster City, CA | $181917 - $220300 | H-1B | Nov 18, 2020 |
| CyberSource Corporation | Sr. Staff SW Engineer | Foster City, CA | $181813 - $262100 | H-1B | Feb 19, 2024 |
| Visa Technology & Operations LLC | Lead SW Engineer | Foster City, CA | $181813 - $262100 | H-1B | Nov 15, 2023 |
| CyberSource Corporation | Staff SW Engineer | Foster City, CA | $181813 - $211600 | H-1B | Mar 12, 2024 |
| Visa U.S.A. Inc. | Sr. Staff SW Engineer | Foster City, CA | $181813 - $262100 | H-1B | Nov 14, 2023 |
| Science Applications International Corp… | SW Engineer Sr. Principal | Ashburn, VA | $181558 | H-1B | May 1, 2026 |
| Visa Technology & Operations LLC | Staff SW Engineer | Foster City, CA | $180960 - $221400 | H-1B | May 13, 2025 |
| CyberSource Corporation | Staff SW Engineer | Foster City, CA | $180960 - $211600 | H-1B | Aug 12, 2024 |
| Digital First Holdings LLC (D/B/A Cande… | Staff SW Engineer | Sunnyvale, CA | $180548 | H-1B | Apr 17, 2026 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Manager, SW Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $180450 | H-1B | Oct 21, 2020 |
| NXP USA, Inc. | SW Engineering | Austin, TX | $180000 | Green Card | Apr 16, 2023 |
| EMC Corporation | Manager 2, SW Engineering | Durham, NC | $180000 | H-1B | Nov 8, 2022 |
| OUSTER, INC. | Test Automation SW Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $180000 | Green Card | Apr 26, 2022 |
| SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORP… | SW Engineer Sr Principal | Alexandria, VA | $180000 | Green Card | Jun 3, 2021 |
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