Adobe—Research Scientist (Applied) - IV

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Description: Our Company Adobe is seeking a highly motivated and versatile Research Scientist to join our Media and Data Science Research (MDSR) Laboratory (https://adobe.mdsr.live/) in the Customer Experience Orchestration (CXO) business unit. This role provides an outstanding opportunity to engage in world-class research that will craft the future of digital experiences. As part of our ambitious research team, you will tackle cutting-edge research challenges and develop innovative solutions that transform how businesses operate, engage with customers, market their products, and create impactful advertising experiences. You will have the unique opportunity to see your research evolve into products used by millions of users while also publishing your work at top-tier conferences and journals. Our research and products power the digital experiences of 1,900 of the Fortune 2,000 companies, giving your work the opportunity to create impact at an unparalleled global scale. At Adobe, you will be immersed in an outstanding work environment that is recognized around the world. Adobe has been consistently listed as Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” for 20 consecutive years. You will also be surrounded by colleagues who are dedicated to supporting each other's growth. If you’re looking to make a difference, Adobe's the place for you. Learn more about our employees' career experiences on the Adobe Life blog and explore the valuable benefits we provide. Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give global brands everything they need to craft and deliver outstanding digital experiences. We’re passionate about redefining how companies connect with customers across every screen. Our goal is to recruit top talent and provide excellent employee experiences that prioritize respect and equal opportunity. We acknowledge that valuable insights can originate from any team member, including yourself. Responsibilities - Develop and lead research initiatives in areas such as Natural Language Processing, Computational Social Science, and Machine Learning. - Collaborate with product teams to turn research advances into impactful products. - Design challenging evaluations related to creative intelligence and marketing performance. - Develop scalable synthetic data generation and evaluation techniques. - Manipulate and analyze complex, high-volume, and high-dimensional data from diverse sources. - Train models and run experiments to study data and model quality. - Iteratively refine research experiments and clearly communicate insights to the team. - Integrate core machine learning models into the Adobe Experience Manager and Adobe Experience Platform. - Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to rapidly prototype and transition conceptual prototypes from research to production. Requirements - (PhD degree and 3 years of experience) or (six years of experience) in industrial research in Computer Science, Statistics, Economics, or other relevant technical fields. - Hands-on experience and a track record of deploying solutions in production environments. - Multiple publications in top-tier conferences such as ICLR, NeurIPS, ICML, PNAS, Nature, Science, ACL, EMNLP, CHI, WWW, KDD, CVPR, etc. - Proven expertise in one or more of the following areas: Large Language Models, Natural Language Processing, Computational Social Science, Behavioral Sciences, Agentic Workflows, Social Network Analysis, Causal Inference, Recommendation Systems, Multimodal Content Understanding. You Will Thrive In This Role If You: - Experience in deriving concrete conclusions and actionable insights from large datasets. - Ability to take research risks and solve hard problems independently. - Are a great teammate who is willing to take on a variety of tasks to contribute to the success of the team - Have a proven track record and an impulse for empirical research, answering complex questions with data. - Are capable of leading ambitious projects and possessing clear communication skills. - Have familiarity with crafting quality research experiments and evaluations with rapid iterations. - Have experience working in complex technical environments and improving research velocity. - Possess a flexible analytic approach that allows for results at varying levels of precision. 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 benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create. Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. Learn more. Adobe aims to make our Careers website and recruiting process accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email accommodations@adobe.com. AI Use Guidelines for Interviews: Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process. At Adobe, we empower employees to innovate with AI — and we look for candidates eager to do the same. As part of the hiring experience, we provide clear guidance on where AI is encouraged during the process and where it’s restricted during live interviews. See how we think about AI in the hiring experience. Skills: natural language processing, machine learning, computational social science, large language models, statistical analysis, data analysis, causal inference, recommendation systems, social network analysis, behavioral sciences, research communication, project leadership, analytical thinking, team collaboration, empirical research