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Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Ixl Learning INC · 🇺🇸 Raleigh, NC
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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 May 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 5 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 Ixl Learning INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles4 certified filings for “Software Engineer” (Software Developers) in NC: $107k–$135k, median $110k. Most were filed at wage level I (50%) — 1 lottery entry, ≈15% 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 May 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 5 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
IXL Learning, a global edtech leader with personalized learning products used by millions of students worldwide, is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join our team, and help maintain the reliability and optimal performance of our products. We are seeking engineers with a passion for problem solving and optimization. We find it immensely satisfying to develop products that impact the lives of millions, and we are eager to have you join our team. This is a full-time position that requires you to be in our Raleigh, NC, area office. WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING • Work with your team to master a variety of production technology stacks • Take responsibility for site performance, uptime and scalability • Develop and maintain accurate monitoring dashboards, alerting and runbook documentation suited to each product • Identify technical problems and develop solutions • Partner with application engineering teams to understand product needs, and help deliver scalable solutions for our customers • Build and propose architecture changes that will make our products more scalable and reliable • Develop tooling for deployment and release processes WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR • Bachelor's or advanced degree in computer science or a related discipline • 6+ years of professional hands-on software engineering or site reliability experience • Experience with at least one object oriented programming language like Java, C++, C • Experience with at least one scripting language like Python, Bash, Perl • Public cloud provider experience (AWS or GCP is a plus) • Experience with containerized cloud solutions utilizing Docker and Kubernetes • Experience with common service technologies like web servers, message queues, load balancers, and databases • Fluency in observability tools and methodologies • Flexibility to work with a variety of technologies and legacy systems, balanced against a passion to streamline and modernize • Skill at troubleshooting problems across the stack, providing both immediate fixes as well as long term solutions • Flexibility about work hours and being on call • Strong communication and time management skills ABOUT IXL LEARNING IXL Learning is the country's largest EdTech company. We reach millions of learners through our diverse range of products. For example: • 1 in 4 students in the United States uses IXL.com • Rosetta Stone provides an immersive learning experience for 25 languages • Wyzant is the nation's largest community of tutors, covering 300+ subjects • Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT) is a comprehensive marketplace for millions of educator-created resources Our mission is to create innovative products that will make a real, positive difference for learners and educators and we're looking for passionate, mission-minded people to join us in achieving this goal. We have a unique culture at IXL that fosters collaboration and the open exchange of ideas. We value our team and treat one another with kindness and respect. We approach our work with passion, tenacity, and authenticity. We find it immensely satisfying to develop products that impact the lives of millions and we are eager to have you join our team. At IXL, we value diversity in age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, physical and mental ability, political and religious beliefs, and life experience, and we are proud to promote a work environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work. IXL Learning is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against applicants and employees based on any legally protected category.