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Senior Data Engineer
Adobe INC · 🇺🇸 San Francisco
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 1,036 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 221 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 Adobe INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles170 certified filings for “Machine Learning Engineer” (Data Scientists) in CA: $164k–$215k, median $184k. Most were filed at wage level II (45%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. 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 1,036 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 221 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
The Opportunity The world of design is changing rapidly and the Pro Design team is leading that transformation. We are the Adobe organization behind Illustrator, InDesign, and emerging experiences that connect creativity, collaboration, and AI. Our teams are reimagining what professional design looks like for the next decade - building intelligent, connected tools that empower creators and teams to move faster without sacrificing craft. We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer who will build a strong and scalable foundation to support it. Join us and build Adobe’s future products! What you'll Do • Build, scale and optimize the data architecture and ETL/pipeline on Databricks across Pro Design products, spanning shared platform data and in-app usage telemetry. • Partner with Product, Engineering, and Data Science to define and implement data logging and instrumentation that enables product experimentation, AI/ML features, and analytics. • Set and evolve governance standards regarding data quality, privacy, security, lineage, and SLAs in Unity Catalog. • Build automated reporting and the data foundations that power conversational, AI-driven insights across our reporting stack. • Keep production pipelines and queries healthy and performant at scale and drive optimization for cost and latency. What you need to succeed Minimum Requirements: • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. • Proficiency in SQL and Python, PySpark, Airflow, Databricks workflows. • 5+ years in data engineering, including production pipelines at scale. • Experience with high-volume event/telemetry data from a client application, not just server-side data. • Experience integrating AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows towards higher efficiency, quality, or latency. • Experience building multi-agent AI systems or agentic workflows. • Working knowledge of AI/ML data pipelines (feature stores, embeddings, or retrieval) and modern BI/reporting tools. • A track record of partnering with Product, Engineering, and Data Science to turn ambiguous questions into reliable data models. Preferred Requirements: • MS or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. • Hands-on experience with Databricks and Unity Catalog (or comparable Lakehouse and governance tooling). • Experience deploying and managing services and applications on Azure and Azure Cloud platforms. • Familiarity with Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) techniques working in conjunction with LLMs. • Familiarity with data privacy and compliance for user-behavior data (e.g., GDPR, CCPA). About Adobe Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity. Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours. Let’s Adobe together At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture , focus on people, purpose and community , Adobe for All , comprehensive be