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Senior Software Development Engineer 5
Adobe INC · 🇺🇸 San Jose
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 roles348 certified filings for “Software Development Engineer” (Software Developers) in CA: $174k–$227k, median $193k. Most were filed at wage level II (46%) — 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
Be a part of Adobe’s Experience Platform (AEP) ; our fastest growing business in the Experience Cloud! AEP manages petabytes of data on behalf of our customers, allowing them to have a centralized and standardized data platform & applying data analytics to improve the design and delivery of rich & timely personalized experiences. A EP is seeking a Software Development Engineer to join the AEP Core Platform team. We build scalable, performant services and tools to handle end-to-end customer lifecycle from building the platform for automated onboarding customers on the platform . This role requires extensive expertise in high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems. You will manage a wide technical area by d riving architectural direction within and across multiple AEP platform teams. What you will do : • Design and develop distributed services that are resilient, highly available, and scalable. • Collaborate with business partners, architects, technical leads, product management and analysts to develop high-quality customer centric solutions. • Guide multi-functional technical initiatives across related teams, establishing architectural direction for capabilities that cross service boundaries . • Own feature development from inception to production rollout and postmortem & contribute to the development of engineering processes. • E valuate innovative technologies and incorporate them , h eavily use AI for improved efficiency and iterate faster. What you will need to succeed: • B.S. in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience, required; M.S. or equivalent practical depth preferred . • 8 + years of software engineering experience having built highly maintainable, scalable systems with Scala/Java or comparable, strongly typed language. • Deep proficiency in Java or Scala — including the runtime: JVM memory management, GC tuning, thread scheduling, and how allocation patterns affect tail latency at high event rates . • Proven ability to reason about system performance at scale — predict where a build breaks under load, profile production systems, and drive optimizations that improve real metrics • Ability to multi-task simultaneously different projects , having a p ositive outlook, motivated learner with strong interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills. What will help you stand out from the crowd • Unending curiosity, thoroughness, tenacity and focus on designing and building complex software systems with excellent quality to address customer problems. • Experience developing backend distributed applications on Java/JVM and Spring (or similar framework). • Shown experience using structured, focused approaches to solving technical, data, and logical problems. 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 empl