Jobs / United States / Otter AI INC
Production Engineer
Otter AI INC · 🇺🇸 Mountain View, CA
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 30 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 1 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 Otter AI INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles19 certified filings for “Senior Software Engineer” (Software Developers) in CA: $188k–$226k, median $188k. Most were filed at wage level II (42%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. The pay stated here ($155,000 to $185,000 USD per year) is below what this employer usually pays sponsored hires for this role. 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).
A verdict summarises public evidence; it is not legal advice and never a guarantee — the employer and the immigration authority decide. Sign in to factor in where you can already work.
Or apply yourself on the official page →
Sponsor Radar — Otter AI INC
The US Department of Labor certified 30 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 1 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
Past sponsorship or register membership never guarantees sponsorship for this vacancy or for you. Full Sponsor Radar for Otter AI INC →
About the role
The Opportunity We are seeking a talented Engineer with extensive system knowledge who wants to be part of a team to build and operate large-scale systems that enables reliable and rapid deployment with effective monitoring and resilient operations. Your Impact • Automation! Capability! Performance! Scale! • Have a strong influence in defining our engineering best practices and deployment process • Help automate the continuous integration and testing processes to enable and scale • Manage and maintain infrastructure • Own, design and implement monitoring systems such as Prometheus and Grafana • Optimize Linux systems for performance, reliability, and security • Own configuration management process(es) and build product features as appropriate • Investigate and dig into data to find the root of a problem and strategize with our engineers on solutions • Participate in on-call rotation We're looking for someone who • Bachelor's in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering (MS preferred) • 3+ years experience in SRE/Production Engineering, and IT Systems / Enterprise IT / Systems Engineering / DevOps-internal tooling , supporting internal customers • Expert level experience architecting, developing, and troubleshooting large scale systems • Advanced level proficiency with one or more programming languages (i.e. Python, Golang) • Extensive experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (i.e. Terraform, Ansible) • You have a strong familiarity with AWS services (i.e. ECS, S3, ALB, VPC) • You have knowledge in containers and orchestration using Kubernetes • Experience building production quality cloud infrastructure that enables reliable and rapid deployment of large-scale systems with effective monitoring and resilient operations • You thrive working in a fast paced, startup environment • You have a proven track record taking on projects from inception to launch • Solid troubleshooting fundamentals across macOS/Windows/Linux , networking basics, and security hygiene • Able to work through ambiguous problems and coordinate with IT, Security, and Engineering stakeholders • Identity and access workflows (Okta/Entra, Google Workspace/M365), provisioning automation About Otter.ai We are in the business of shaping the future of work. Our mission is to make conversations more valuable. With over 1B meetings transcribed, Otter.ai is the world’s leading tool for meeting transcription, summarization, and collaboration. Using artificial intelligence, Otter generates real-time automated meeting notes, summaries, and other insights from in-person and virtual meetings - turning meetings into accessible, collaborative, and actionable data that can be shared across teams and organizations. The company is backed by early investors in Google, DeepMind, Zoom, and Tesla. Otter.ai is an equal opportunity employer. We proudly celebrate diversity and are dedicated to inclusivity. *Otter.ai does not accept unsolicited resumes from 3rd party recruitment agencies without a written agreement in place for permanent placements. Any resume or other candidate information submitted outside of established candidate submission guidelines (including through our website or via email to any Otter.ai employee) and without a written agreement otherwise will be deemed to be our sole property, and no fee will be paid should we hire the candidate. Salary range Salary Range: $155,000 to $185,000 USD per year. This salary range represents the low and high end of the estimated salary range for this position. The actual base salary offered for the role is dependent based on several factors. Our base salary is just one component of our comprehensive total rewards package. #LI-Hybrid