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Fintech Data Scientist/Engineer
Bundang, South Korea· <1m ago· Full-time
E-7 routeNo Korean neededKorean JD
Engineering
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Seoul· 4m ago· Full-time
F-visa holdersBusiness Korean
Engineering
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Seoul, South Korea· <1m ago
E-7 routeNo Korean needed
Engineering
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Seoul, South Korea· 1w ago
E-7 routeNo Korean needed
Engineering
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Seoul, Republic of Korea
E-7 routeNo Korean needed
Engineering
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KR-Seoul· 3m ago· Full-time
F-visa holdersBusiness Korean
Engineering
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South Korea· 1w ago· Full-time
E-7 routeNo Korean needed
Engineering
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Seongnam· 1w ago
F-visa holders
Engineering
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South Korea > Icheon· <1w ago
E-7 routeBusiness Korean
Engineering
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Seoul, Korea· 1m ago· Internship
D-10 OKSome Korean
Engineering
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South Korea > Hwaseong· yesterday
F-visa holdersNo Korean needed
Engineering
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Incheon, Korea
E-7 routeBusiness Korean
Engineering
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Seoul, South Korea· 16m ago· Full-time
E-7 routeNative Korean
Engineering
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KOR South Korea - Seoul HQ
F-visa holders
Engineering
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Seoul, South Korea· 10m ago· Full-time
E-7 routeNo Korean needed
Engineering
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Giheung, Korea, Republic of
E-7 routeNo Korean needed
Engineering
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Camp Humphreys, South Korea· yesterday
No Korean needed
Engineering
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Seoul, South Korea· <1w ago
E-7 routeNo Korean needed
Engineering
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Cheonan-si· yesterday
F-visa holdersBusiness Korean
Engineering
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Pangyo, Korea· <1w ago
E-7 routeNo Korean needed
Engineering
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Seoul, KR· <1w ago· Full-time
F-visa holdersBusiness Korean
Engineering
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Seoul, Korea
F-visa holdersNative Korean
Engineering
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Seoul, South Korea· yesterday
Native Korean
Engineering
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Remote, South Korea· <1w ago
F-visa holdersBusiness Korean
Engineering
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Incheon, Korea, Republic of· 1w ago
No Korean needed
Engineering
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Seoul, Korea· <1w ago
F-visa holdersNo Korean needed
Engineering
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Eumsung - South Korea· 1w ago
Engineering
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South Korea· 1w ago
F-visa holdersNo Korean needed
Engineering
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Seoul, South Korea· 1w ago
F-visa holdersNo Korean needed
Engineering
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South Korea· 1w ago· Full-time
E-7 routeNo Korean needed
Engineering
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Seoul· 1w ago· Full-time
F-visa holdersBusiness Korean
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Common questions
Do engineering roles in Korea require Korean?
Of the 833 engineering roles in Korea we have read, 289 do not ask for Korean in the posting. The rest ask for some Korean, from conversational to business level. Each listing shows the language requirement Seoulstart found.
Can foreigners get a work visa for engineering roles in Korea?
618 of the 833 engineering roles in Korea we have read are professional roles that usually hire foreign staff on the E-7 visa. Your employer usually applies for the E-7 for you, so ask the recruiter early whether they sponsor it. If you hold an F-2, F-4, F-5 or F-6 visa, you can usually take these roles without sponsorship.
Which Korean companies hire foreign engineers?
Coupang, LINE, Naver (especially Naver Webtoon, Naver Labs, Naver Cloud), Krafton, Daangn, Smilegate, and Pearl Abyss are the largest Korean employers of foreign engineering talent. Among foreign-invested companies, Cloudflare, Palantir, Anthropic, OpenAI, MongoDB, Sendbird, Speak, RevenueCat, and Moloco actively hire engineers in Korea on English-only postings.
Do I need to speak Korean to work as an engineer in Korea?
For roles tagged 'English JD' here, no, the team operates in English and the hiring process runs in English. Korean is a nice-to-have for company-wide all-hands and cross-functional work with non-engineering teams, but most foreign engineers function fine without it. For roles tagged 'Korean' or 'Bilingual', expect at least conversational Korean.
Does an engineering job make me eligible for an E-7 visa?
Yes, software engineering and IT roles map to E-7 visa occupation codes, such as 2222 (Systems Software Developer), 2223 (Application Software Developer), and 2224 (Web Developer). The usual requirement is a bachelor's degree in a related field plus 1 year of work experience after graduation, or 5 years of relevant work experience without a degree. Graduates of Korean four-year universities skip the 1-year experience requirement. Your employer usually files the application for you.
How fresh are these listings?
Pulled from each employer's career page every day. Listings that disappear from the source are marked expired within 24 hours.
How does Seoulstart decide if a role is 'English-friendly'?
Each posting is classified by its language signals: JD language, explicit Korean-fluency requirements, foreign-team mentions, sponsorship language, and the company's track record of hiring foreign workers. Roles that look Korean-only fall below our threshold and don't surface here. The classification is Seoulstart's read of the public JD; always verify language requirements directly with the recruiter.
Before you apply
- E-7 visa guideHow E-7 sponsorship actually works, occupation codes, and what to ask HR.
- E-7 occupation codesWhich job titles fit which E-7 code, and why the right code matters for approval.
- Salary expectationsPay ranges, negotiation norms, and benchmarks by industry.
- Korean-format resume (이력서)What Korean employers expect on a 이력서 — different from an English CV.
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