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Senior Staff Engineer
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
Adobe Risk Platform (ARP) is Adobe's centralized, adaptive system for detecting, preventing, and mitigating fraud and abuse across products and services, delivering robust security without degrading customer experience. It protects surfaces like Commerce, Stock, and Firefly with real-time risk decisions. As a Sr Staff Engineer on ARP, you'll set the architectural direction for risk mitigation across Adobe. You'll define the standards, patterns, and long-term technical strategy that let ARP and Adobe stay ahead of fraud and abuse as it evolves. What you'll do • Architect systems built for the next three to five years of risk mitigation, while delivering impact iteratively and solving today's most important priorities along the way. • Push the platform to the forefront of AI and ML to strengthen fraud and abuse detection. • Lay the foundational building blocks of the Risk Platform that future risk-mitigation capability builds on, including the platform's shift toward event-driven, continuously-reasoning risk intelligence. • Set architectural standards for risk-decisioning services that other teams across Adobe adopt. • Share architectural thinking broadly, through design docs that become org-wide standards, white papers, tech talks, or cross-org design reviews. • Simplify complex, interlinked systems into designs other teams can build on with confidence. • Mentor senior and staff engineers across teams, growing the next generation of technical leaders. What you need to succeed • Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience; Master's preferred. • 12+ years architecting high-scale, highly performant platforms, and leading the technical teams that build them. • Deep understanding of AI and ML, both to strengthen fraud detection and to counter AI-powered attacks. • Deep expertise in distributed systems and databases, including SQL, NoSQL, and DynamoDB-class stores. • Track record architecting systems with multi-year relevancy, not just solving today's scaling or reliability problem. • Experience with data lakes and large-scale data platforms like Databricks or Spark. • Proven ability to influence engineering direction across teams and Business Units without formal authority. • A track record of publishing or presenting technical work that shaped how others build. Nice to have • Experience with graph databases or identity/relationship graphs applied to fraud or abuse detection (e.g., detecting rings, relay networks, or coordinated account abuse via graph traversal). • Device fingerprinting or AI agent design experience. • A payments, commerce, or fraud background. • Familiarity with regulatory and compliance constraints relevant to payments and fraud decisioning (e.g., PCI, regional payment regulations). 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 v