TigerGraph
Software Engineer
Milpitas, CA · Mid
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Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~45% per draw at Level III). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
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the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
The bottom of this range ($140,000) is below the Level I prevailing wage of $152,797. An H-1B cannot be filed below the prevailing wage, so an offer at the floor of this band could not be sponsored as posted.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- If the selected candidate is located near one of our company offices, the candidate will have a hybrid work arrangement (2-3 days in-office).
- The anticipated salary range for candidates who will work in Milpitas, CA is $140,000- $160,000.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
- 5 years of relevant experience
- Deep, hands-on experience with one or more vector databases or similarity search libraries.
- Other responsibilities as required.
Skills
- Proven experience designing and working with any graph database and query languages like Cypher
- Solid programming fundamentals; experienced with C++, Go, or any other major programming language.
- Familiar with Kafka, ETCD or similar technologies;
- Open to adopting AI-assisted engineering practices ("vibe coding") to improve productivity and code quality.
- Familiar with container tools such as Docker.
- Hands-on experience with gRPC or REST APIs.
- Passionate about systems performance profiling, tuning, or debugging.
- TigerGraph's core technology is the only scalable graph database for the enterprise.
Compensation
- The anticipated salary range for candidates who will work in Milpitas, CA is $140,000- $160,000.
This listing is sourced directly from TigerGraph's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.