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Senior Software Engineer I (Automation)
Smartsheet INC · 🇺🇸 Bellevue, WA, USA
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 22 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 12 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 Smartsheet INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles7 certified filings for “Sr. Software Engineer” (Software Developers) in WA: $164k–$195k, median $187k. Most were filed at wage level II (71%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% 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 22 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 12 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
For over 20 years, Smartsheet has empowered teams to manage work seamlessly and scale solutions smarter. Now, in our most ambitious chapter yet, we are uniting human teams with AI agents. By orchestrating the work agents do best, automating manual tasks and uncovering insights at scale, we create the space for people to focus on what truly matters: judgment, creativity, and big thinking. That is magic at work, and it’s what we show up for every day. Corporate Systems Engineering builds and operates the software platforms, integrations, and automations that power Smartsheet’s core business functions across Finance, Sales/GTM, and People & Culture. Our team owns mission-critical systems and workflows that enable how the company hires, sells, bills, pays, reports, and scales. We operate at the intersection of software engineering, enterprise platforms, and business-critical data, treating internal systems with the same rigor, reliability, and product mindset as customer-facing software. The Automation team builds human-to-system and system-to-system automations that reduce manual effort and friction across the business. We combine cloud-native services, agentic AI, and workflow orchestration to enable employees to interact with enterprise systems through intelligent, secure, and auditable automation. As a Senior Software Engineer I (Automation), you will lead the design, build, and operation of systems and workflows that directly support business execution at scale. You will own complex technical initiatives, partner with Product Managers and stakeholders on technical roadmaps, and mentor junior engineers. This full-time position reports to the Sr. Director, Development and can be located in our Bellevue, WA office, or you may work remotely from anywhere in the US where Smartsheet is a registered employer. You Will: • Architect AI Agents: Take a leading role in designing Agentic Workflows using AWS Step Functions and Bedrock Agents that reason through multi-step business problems. • Standardize Context via MCP: Drive the implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) across the org to unify how AI interacts with Smartsheet, CRM, and ERP data. • Design Human-in-the-Loop: Own the end-to-end design of high-stakes automations where UiPath Action Center acts as the safety gate for AI-driven decisions. • Optimize RAG Performance: Manage vector database indexing and retrieval strategies (e.g., chunking, embedding) to eliminate hallucinations in enterprise search. • Collaborate Across Teams: Partner with the Integration & Application Engineering Teams to consume the REST APIs they build, transforming them into user-facing AI tools. • Take part in and lead code reviews and architectural discussions, acting as a technical gatekeeper for code quality and system integrity. • Forge a strong partnership with Product Management and business stakeholders to translate high-level business goals into technical roadmaps. • Mentor & Elevate: Mentor junior/mid-level engineers on AI prompt engineering, MCP server development, and UiPath best practices • Participate in a production support weekly rotation, taking ownership of complex issue resolution and driving root-cause analysis to improve system resiliency. • Drive Agile/Scrum processes, helping to refine team velocity and ensuring the consistent delivery of high-impact features. You Have: • 5+ years of experience building highly scalable applications or enterprise-grade integration services. • Advanced AWS Expertise: Step Functions, EventBridge, and SQS/SNS for orchestrating complex, asynchronous logic. • 5+ years of programming experience with modern languages such as Javascript(Node.JS) , or TypeScript , Python. • AI Native: 1+ years of experience building AI features using Ge