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Software Engineer II - Query Gateway
New Relic INC · 🇺🇸 Portland, Oregon, USA
Sponsorship verdict
Posting rules out sponsorship
The posting rules out sponsorship or requires citizenship/clearance.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 5 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 9 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting says it won’t sponsorIts own wording says sponsorship is unavailable.
- 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 New Relic INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles3 certified filings for “Lead Software Engineer” (Software Developers) in CA: $214k–$214k, median $214k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. The pay stated here ($126,000 — $158,000 USD) 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).
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The US Department of Labor certified 5 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 9 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
We are a global team of innovators and pioneers dedicated to shaping the future of observability. At New Relic, we build an intelligent platform that empowers companies to thrive in an AI-first world by giving them unparalleled insight into their complex systems. As we continue to expand our global footprint, we're looking for passionate people to join our mission. If you're ready to help the world's best companies optimize their digital applications, we invite you to explore a career with us! Your opportunity The Data, Identity, & API Platform group at New Relic builds the foundation for all of our products: data ingest, storage, and query. As an engineer working on NRDB, you’ll be contributing directly to the proprietary telemetry database technology at the core of our business. We own our software from top to bottom and are directly responsible for its quality and reliability. Each member of the team shares our pager rotation and will occasionally be on-call to respond to system failures; so we prioritize work that keeps the lights on and the pager quiet, in addition to the work that powers all of our new products and streams of data. If the idea of working on systems that process millions of messages per second and handle petabytes of data excites you, then you may be an excellent fit! What you'll do • Own the New Relic query gateway stack • Proactively participate in cross-functional committees to move the query gateway forward, ranging from collaborations with AI, Visualizations, and Data Processing teams. • Build and maintain scalable distributed Java services and Petabyte-scale Infrastructure. • Investigate and resolve critical performance, availability, and resiliency issues and risks in a multi-region, multi-cloud, multi-tenant distributed database. • Working in an agile environment with a DevOps approach — the team builds and maintains their own software, including taking turns with being on-call. This role requires • 3+ years of experience in collaborative software development. • Firm grasp of Computer Science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and modern software design and development methodologies. • Self-starter with a strong sense of ownership over your code and commitments. • Ability to go deep on the command-line and fix things when they’re broken. • Experience working in Java, or equivalent experience in an alternate OOP language (C++, C#, etc). Bonus points if you have • Experience developing and operating within a 24x7 SaaS business. • Experience or interest in database implementation, distributed systems, and/or query execution. • Experience with observability tools and platforms (such as ours). • Experience working in the public cloud (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP). • Experience with container technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker. • Experience working asynchronously in distributed teams. We are part of a group that is distributed across North America, Europe, and Asia. Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position. #LI-GK1 #LI- Remote The pay range below represents a reasonable estimate of the salary for the listed position. This role is eligible for a corporate bonus plan. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related factors such as an applicant’s skills, qualifications, and experience. New Relic provides a variety of benefits for this role, including healthcare, dental, vision, parental leave and planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, flex time-off, 11 paid holidays, volunteer time-off, and other competitive benefits designed to improve the lives of our employees. Estimated Base Pay Range $126,000 — $158,000 USD Fostering a diverse, welcoming and inclusive environment is importa