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Principal System Engineeringi
AT&T Services INC · 🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 393 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 80 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What AT&T Services INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles34 certified filings for “Lead System Engineering” (Information Technology Project Managers) in TX: $155k–$187k, median $170k. Most were filed at wage level IV (67%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 393 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 80 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
JOB TITLE: Principal System Engineering JOB LOCATION: 211 S Akard St., Dallas, TX 75202 DUTIES: Architect, design and analyze large-scale distributed systems by defining end-to-end system architecture across software components, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards for performance, scalability, reliability, security, and usability. Determine and implement integrated architecture solutions by evaluating and selecting appropriate technologies (e.g. cloud platforms, micro services, event-driven systems, APIs and data platforms) to meet evolving business and technical requirements. Lead architectural design decisions and serve as primary point of contact for complex technical solutions, ensuring consistency, scalability and alignment across multiple engineering teams and systems. Coordinate system design and integration efforts across multiple applications including frontend, backend, APIs, data stores and infrastructure to deliver cohesive and scalable enterprise solutions. Design and develop multiple system versions and prototypes to evaluate and optimize performance scalability and fault tolerance under varying workloads and production scenarios. Drive development of new technologies and modernize initiatives including migration from legacy systems to cloud-native architectures, micro services and API driven platforms. Research, evaluate and recommend emerging technologies and tools (e.g. AI/ML, cloud services, GraphQL, caching strategies) to improve system efficiency, developer productivity and overall system quality. Define and enforce technical standards, design patterns and best practices for application development, system integration, API design, caching, session management and error handling across engineering teams. Collaborate with cross functional teams and leadership (including architects, product managers and engineering directors) to align technical solutions with business objectives and strategic initiation. Review and refine architectural solutions for large scale epics and initiatives ensuring technical feasibility, readiness and alignment prior to implementation. Develop and maintain comprehensive technical documentation including architectural diagrams, design documents, API specifications and operation guidelines. Mentor and provide technical leadership to engineers and development teams including conducting design reviews, code reviews and knowledge sharing sessions to improve engineering quality and productivity. Identify and implement process improvements in software development lifecycle including CI/CD pipelines, release processes, testing strategies and automation of engineering workflows. Lead performance optimization efforts including tuning application performance, improving response times and optimizing resource utilization across distributed systems. Participate in production support and incident management including troubleshooting complex issues, implementing hot fixes and ensuring system continuity and high availability. Build multiple versions systems addressing performance and scale. Develop technical documentation on applications and systems. Utilize modern frontend technologies including React.js, Next.js, TypeScript, Redux, MUI, Styled Components, Tailwind CSS, React Native, and Java development (Java/Kotlin). Utilize backend frameworks and enterprise application development using Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security, Spring Cloud, Hibernate, Struts2, and integration with REST, SOAP APIs, and GraphQL along with database systems Cassandra NoSQL, RDBMS Oracle/Postgres/MySQL. Use event-driven and messaging systems such as Kafka, along with networking protocols including HTTP, HTTPS, TCP, and UDP. Utilize DevOps, CI/CD, and code quality tools such as Jenkins, SonarQube, Ve