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Forward Deployed Engineer
Adobe INC · 🇺🇸 San Jose
Sponsorship verdict
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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).
- Last confirmed live 2 days agoWhen 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 Mobile experiences are often the most important touchpoint between global brands and their customers. Adobe's Mobile SDKs power personalized experiences, customer engagement, analytics, messaging, experimentation, and AI-driven interactions inside some of the world's largest mobile applications. We're looking for experienced Mobile Forward Deployed Engineers who thrive at the intersection of software engineering, customer architecture, and technical consulting. As an FDE, you'll partner directly with Adobe's largest enterprise customers to integrate Adobe's mobile technologies into complex iOS and Android applications. You'll help customers solve difficult implementation challenges, design scalable mobile architectures, troubleshoot production issues, and influence the future of Adobe's mobile platform through direct customer feedback. This is not a traditional consulting role. You'll write production-quality code, build reference implementations, prototype AI-powered mobile experiences, and work alongside customer engineering teams to accelerate successful deployments. What You'll Do • Partner directly with enterprise mobile engineering teams to understand application architecture, technical constraints, and business objectives. • Design and implement scalable integrations using Adobe Mobile SDKs, APIs, and cloud services. • Develop production-quality iOS and Android code, sample applications, reusable SDK integrations, and reference implementations. • Troubleshoot complex production issues across mobile applications, backend APIs, authentication, networking, and SDK behavior. • Lead architecture workshops, implementation reviews, and technical deep dives with customer engineering organizations. • Collaborate closely with Product Management and Engineering by translating customer feedback into product improvements. • Prototype new AI-powered mobile experiences using LLMs, on-device intelligence, and Adobe AI capabilities. • Help customers adopt modern mobile engineering practices including CI/CD, observability, testing, release management, and performance optimization. • Travel to customer locations approximately 20–40% of the time. What Success Looks Like We hire engineers who combine deep technical expertise with exceptional customer empathy. Successful candidates demonstrate: Mobile Engineering Excellence You have built and shipped production iOS or Android applications that serve large user bases. Customer Partnership You enjoy working directly with engineering teams, understanding customer problems, and becoming a trusted technical advisor. Systems Thinking You understand how mobile applications interact with APIs, identity systems, authentication, backend services, and cloud infrastructure. Software Development You write clean, maintainable production code—not just prototypes or proof of concepts. Technical Leadership You can lead architecture discussions while also contributing hands-on engineering work. Communication You explain complex technical concepts clearly to engineers, architects, product leaders, and executive stakeholders. AI Fluency You actively leverage AI-assisted development tools such as Copilot, or equivalent, and understand how LLMs can enhance modern mobile experiences. Bias Toward Action You rapidly diagnose problems, build solutions, and continuously improve customer outcomes. What We're Looking For We're less interested in titles than demonstrated impact. Strong candidates typically bring: Required Qualifications • 6–12 years of professional software engineering experience. • Deep expertise in iOS (Swift/Objective-C) or Android (Kotlin/Java) development. • Experience integrating complex mobile SDKs into production