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Staff AI-Native Software Engineer
Cricut INC · 🇺🇸 South Jordan, UT, US
Sponsorship verdict
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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 20 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 2 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 Cricut INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles2 certified filings for “Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer” (Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers) in UT: $118k–$121k, median $119k. Most were filed at wage level II (50%) — 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.
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The US Department of Labor certified 20 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 2 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
We're looking for a Staff AI-Native Software Engineer to architect the future of a cross-platform design product—spanning desktop and mobile apps for manual and AI-assisted design creation, cloud-saved projects, and rock-solid connectivity and execution on cutting machines over Bluetooth, USB, and Wi-Fi. This role demands deep systems thinking across client apps, backend services, device connectivity, and hardware/firmware integration, with a mandate to make the entire stack secure, scalable, extensible, maintainable, observable, and genuinely delightful to use. Just as important, you'll shape how AI gets woven into both the product experience itself and the way our engineering organization builds software. Key Responsibilities • Champion AI-native engineering practices (agentic coding, AI-assisted review, test generation, AI-augmented design/ADRs) while staying hands-on in critical code paths and maintaining quality, security, and human oversight. • Drive end-to-end architecture across app, cloud, and device layers—data/control flow, latency, reliability, failure recovery, APIs/integration contracts (with versioning), cross-platform app design, and reliable Bluetooth/USB/Wi-Fi connectivity. • Lead architecture governance up front for major initiatives: author/review ADRs, run architecture reviews, and keep major PRs traceable to their ADR. • Own planning, estimation, and delivery accountability—scrutinizing estimates and separating engineering effort from calendar time. • Ensure reliability, security, and performance through retries, secure auth, encryption, certificate validation, and permissions. • Partner cross-functionally with product, design, QA, manufacturing, firmware/EE, AI/ML, support, and security, and mentor engineering leaders on performance/UX/reliability/cost tradeoffs. • Own safe shipping and release health—feature flags, progressive rollout, kill-switches, A/B experiments, and telemetry-driven tracking of crash-free rate, performance budgets, and defect counts. • 8+ years shipping production software across the full stack—client apps, backend services, and device integration—with strong proficiency in several of the following technologies: Swift, Kotlin, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, React, and Python. • At least a year of hands-on, pragmatic use of modern AI engineering tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, agentic SDKs), with the credibility to lead a team in adopting them safely—paired with production experience integrating AI/LLM capabilities: model orchestration, retrieval, agentic patterns, evals, and managing latency/cost/reliability tradeoffs. • Experience developing backend APIs using at least one modern technology stack, such as .NET/ASP.NET Core, Node.js with NestJS/Express, Java with Spring Boot, or Python with FastAPI/Django. • Proven track record building cross-platform products at scale across iOS, Android, desktop, and web, using shared code, platform abstraction layers, and disciplined API contracts; React Native or Flutter experience a plus. • Strong expertise in device connectivity—Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and USB—including BLE GATT design, Wi-Fi provisioning, and mDNS/SSDP discovery, plus the real-world grit of pairing, interference, bandwidth, reconnection, and platform constraints. • Working knowledge of embedded and hardware integration: firmware constraints, command protocols, calibration, safety, OTA updates, and error codes/telemetry. • Strong backend experience with REST APIs, microservices, and backend integration, plus a solid security foundation including hands-on asymmetric cryptography. • A track record leading large-scale refactors and modernization efforts, with the ability to communicate architecture clearly—diagrams, ADRs, tradeoffs—and influence across teams. • Comfortabl