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Senior Systems Software Engineer
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company · 🇺🇸 5 Locations
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 486 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 167 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 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company paid sponsored hires in similar roles59 certified filings for “Systems/Software Engineer III” (Software Developers) in CA: $149k–$206k, median $183k. Most were filed at wage level II (43%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Last confirmed live 2 days agoWhen 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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Sponsor Radar — Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company
The US Department of Labor certified 486 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 167 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Senior Systems Software Engineer This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office. Who We Are: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE. Job Description: Work on challenging, system-level problems that directly impact product quality and customer experience. Build software that matters alongside experienced engineers across software, firmware, and hardware domains. Grow into broader technical leadership while staying deeply hands-on and leverage and advance industry-leading AI tool chains. We are looking for a Senior Systems Software Engineer who will thrive on building software that solves complex, system-level problems. This role focuses on designing and developing production-quality software that drives validation, analysis, and system understanding for enterprise storage systems, at scale, under stress, and in real-world environments. This is not a test role . The ideal candidate works across the stack, partners closely with firmware, hardware, and systems teams, and plays a key role in shaping both technical direction and engineering best practices. Key Responsibilities: • Design and build robust software, tools, and frameworks that enable validation and analysis of complex storage systems • Develop solutions that exercise systems in realistic scenarios to uncover edge cases, performance limits, and reliability opportunities • Debug and resolve challenging issues that span multiple layers, including application, OS, driver, and hardware interactions • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve system design, observability, and overall product quality • Lead technical efforts within projects, such as driving design discussions, influencing decisions, and ensuring high-quality execution • Contribute to the evolution of internal tooling, frameworks, and development practices, especially ones accelerating through AI integration • Mentor and guide other engineers through hands-on support, code reviews, and technical coaching Requirements: • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field (Master's or higher preferred) • 6+ years of experience designing and developing software for complex systems • Strong programming skills in languages such as C or C++ • Strong scripting skills in languages such as Python • A solid foundation in operating systems concepts, concurrency, and system interactions • Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex, cross-layer issues • Experience delivering well-designed, maintainable software • Experience with storage systems, distributed systems, or low-level system behavior (drivers, OS internals, kernel interactions) is a plus Knowledge and Skills: • Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively across teams • Ability to take ownership of complex problem areas and drive them to resolution • Demonstrated ability to influence design and architecture beyond immediate deliverables • Familiarity with storage or networking protocols such as SCSI, iSCSI, NVMe, or Fibre Channel • Ex