Senior Software Engineer
Quick facts
- Pay
- $180K–$250K base + competitive equity
- Type
- Full-time
- Location
- New York City, New York
- Skills
- Python, SQL
- Industry
- Information Technology — 671 open jobs
- Visa in listing
- H-1B, OPT
- Apply
- Free to apply — never pay anyone for a job offer or visa sponsorship
Job description
🚀 Founding Forward Deployed Engineer | NYC
I’m working with an exciting AI startup that is building autonomous revenue teams using AI agents, and they’re looking for their first Founding Forward Deployed Engineer.
This is a highly hands-on role where you’ll own customer deployments end-to-end, working directly with customer data and helping turn complex business requirements into working AI solutions.
What you’ll be doing:
- Own end-to-end customer deployments, from data access and schema mapping through to proving value
- Work closely with customers and stakeholders to understand their data and business requirements
- Build and deploy production data pipelines and systems
- Work extensively with SQL, data warehouses and dbt
- Help deploy and customise AI agents and LLM-powered workflows
- Contribute to the development of the wider platform and deployment processes
- Troubleshoot messy, undocumented data environments and turn them into actionable insights
What they’re looking for:
- 2–5 years’ experience in FDE, Data Science, Solutions Engineering, Customer Engineering or a similar technical role
- Strong SQL and data warehouse experience
- Solid Python and applied data science fundamentals
- Experience working with production systems and/or data pipelines
- Customer-facing experience and the ability to manage technical conversations with stakeholders
- AI-native mindset, with hands-on experience using AI coding tools and/or building agent-driven workflows
- Comfortable working with complex, messy data and doing detailed data validation
Tech stack includes:
SQL | Python | dbt | Data Warehousing | LLMs | AI Agents | Eval Frameworks
📍 Tribeca, New York City – 5 days onsite
💰 $180K–$250K base + competitive equity
🏠 Relocation support available
📈 Full-time | Founding team
Open to visa transfers, including OPT and H1B transfers
If you’re interested in getting in early at an AI company and having a direct impact on customer deployments and the product itself, get in touch.
Visa sponsorship record
No public sponsorship records foundWe didn't find H-1B, H-1B1, E-3 or green card (PERM) filings under the name Cavendish Professionals in the Department of Labor and USCIS data. That doesn't mean the job can't be sponsored — the company may file under a different legal name, be new to sponsorship, or sponsor a visa that isn't in these datasets (for example H-2B or J-1).
Tip: ask the recruiter early, in writing, which visa they sponsor and whether they cover the legal and filing fees.
Which visas can work for this job
Occupation: Software Developers (SOC 15-1252).
- Mentioned in the listing
H-1B, OPT
- H-1B cap-exempt employer
Regular cap-subject employer — a new H-1B needs to win the lottery in March (unless you already hold cap-counted H-1B status).
- TN (citizens of Canada and Mexico)
This kind of role may fit the USMCA profession “Computer Systems Analyst (or Engineer, for engineering-degree holders)” — it depends on the actual duties. No lottery, no cap; you need the matching degree or license.
- E-3 (Australia) and H-1B1 (Chile, Singapore)
Same degree requirement as H-1B, but no lottery and a separate quota that is rarely filled.
- O-1 (extraordinary ability)
For candidates with awards, publications, press, a high salary or critical roles at distinguished organizations. No cap, no lottery; the employer files a petition.
- STEM OPT extension (F-1 students)
Requires an E-Verify employer. We didn't find this company in the E-Verify list — ask HR.
Salary vs prevailing wage
Level III (experienced)Software Developers · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Annual prevailing wages set by the Department of Labor (OFLC).
| Level | Prevailing wage | H-1B lottery odds* |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | $109,845 | ~15% |
| Level II | $137,717 | ~31% |
| Level III | $165,589 | ~46% |
| Level IV | $193,461 | ~61% |
This job pays $180,000–$250,000 a year — that's Level III (experienced). In the wage-weighted H-1B lottery a Level III registration gets 3 entries; estimated selection chance about 46% — better than average.
* Odds are DHS projections for the FY2027 wage-weighted lottery (actual results vary by year and employer). Since the FY2027 cap season the H-1B lottery is weighted by wage level: Level I = 1 entry, II = 2, III = 3, IV = 4. The level is set by the offered wage against the prevailing wage for the occupation and worksite. Separately, a $100,000 fee for new H-1B petitions for workers outside the US was announced in 2025; as of September 2026 a federal court ruling keeps it unenforceable while appeals continue — check the current status.
Sources: U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure data (H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 LCA, PERM), OFLC prevailing wage data, USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, E-Verify participating employers. Data loaded: LCA FY2024–FY2026, PERM, USCIS Data Hub, OFLC wages; updated 2026-10-03. Employers are matched by name, so records of companies with similar names can occasionally be mixed up. This is general information, not legal advice — talk to an immigration attorney about your case.