Adobe

Principal Scientist, Web Video & Graphics Acceleration – WebGPU

Adobe

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: ColoradoUnited States

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Salary

💰 $190,200 - $360,500 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Define and drive the technical vision and architecture for GPU-accelerated rendering, compute, and video processing in Adobe’s web video platform
  • Lead design and implementation of performance-critical systems using WebGPU and modern browser graphics APIs
  • Evaluate, prototype, and guide adoption of emerging web standards and platform capabilities, influencing Adobe’s long-term technology roadmap
  • Partner closely with Product and Design to translate creative workflows into scalable, high-quality technical solutions
  • Provide technical leadership across teams, aligning engineers and stakeholders around shared architectural principles
  • Mentor peer engineers and senior-level contributors, raising technical rigor and growing future technical leaders
  • Act as a domain expert and external representative in the broader web graphics and video ecosystem, as appropriate

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
  • 12+ years of professional software development experience, including work on complex or performance-sensitive systems
  • Deep expertise in web graphics or GPU-accelerated technologies, including WebGPU or comparable modern graphics/compute APIs
  • Background in GPU programming concepts such as pipelines, shaders, memory models, and performance profiling
  • Strong proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript, with experience integrating low-level or high-performance components
  • Demonstrated success owning architecture and technical strategy for large-scale products or platforms
  • Proven ability to influence technical direction across teams and drive alignment without direct authority
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences
  • Experience creating and maintaining clean/testable code and creating re-usable components
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off
  • Flexible working hours
  • Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
WebGPUJavaScriptTypeScriptGPU programmingperformance profilingshadersmemory modelsperformance-sensitive systemstechnical architecturescalable solutions
Soft Skills
technical leadershipmentoringcommunicationinfluencingcollaborationalignmentarticulating complex conceptsstakeholder engagementcreative workflow translationraising technical rigor
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science