2026 University Graduate Research ScientistEngineer

Our Company

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give everyone-from emerging artists to global brands-everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! We’re passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.

We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours!

Our Company

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give everyone-from emerging artists to global brands- everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences. We’re passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.

Our goal is to recruit top talent and is dedicated to promoting outstanding employee experiences where all individuals are valued and offered equitable opportunities. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours.

The Opportunity

Adobe is looking for a Applied Research Scientist who will apply AI and applied research techniques to big-data problems to help Adobe better understand, lead and optimize the experience of its customers. Partnering with the business units, the candidate will be building various products that address challenging business problems through our customers’ full lifecycle, from customer analytics to marketing media optimization.

By using statistical and econometric methods, predictive models, experimental design methods, and optimization techniques, the candidate will be working on the research and development of exciting projects like attribution, media mix modeling, budget optimization, personalization, causal analysis, time series analysis.

Ideal candidates will have a strong academic background as well as technical skills including applied statistics, machine learning, data mining, and software development. Familiarity with working with large-scale datasets and big data techniques would be a plus.

What You’ll Do

• Develop predictive models on large-scale datasets to address various business problems with advanced statistical modeling, machine learning, and analytics techniques.

• Develop and implement scalable and efficient modeling algorithms that can work with large-scale data in production systems

• Collaborate with product management and engineering groups to develop new products and features.

What You Need to Succeed

• PhD or MS in Computer Science, Statistics, Electrical Engineering, Applied Math, Operations Research, Econometrics or equivalent experience requiredgraduating between December 2025 - June 2026

• 0-2+ years of experience in specific skill/field(s)

• Deep understanding of statistical modeling, machine learning, deep learning, or data mining concepts, and a track record of solving problems with these methods.

• Proficient in one or more programming languages such as Python, Scala, Java and C

• Familiar with one or more machine learning or statistical modeling tools such as R, Matlab and scikit learn

• Knowledge and experience of working with relational databases and SQL

• Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving ability.

• Excellent communication, relationship skills and a strong team player.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this positionis $120,700 -- $238,600 annually. Paywithin this range varies by work locationand may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills,and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.

In Washington, the pay range for this position is $146,300 - $211,850

At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans. Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).

In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

State-Specific Notices:

California :

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Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.

Colorado:

Application Window Notice

If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting), the application window will remain open until at least the date and time stated above in Pacific Time, in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location, no specific application window applies, and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs.

Massachusetts:

Massachusetts Legal Notice

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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