Adobe Experience Manager Jobs for OPT Students
Adobe Experience Manager jobs are a strong fit for F-1 OPT students with backgrounds in computer science, information systems, or digital marketing technology. AEM roles at enterprise companies frequently involve H-1B sponsorship, and your 12-month OPT window, extendable to 36 months with a STEM OPT extension, gives you enough runway to secure it.
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The Device Experience Platform Engineer is responsible for the administration, development, and continuous optimization of the Nexthink platform to improve enterprise Digital Employee Experience (DEX). This role partners closely with Endpoint, Workplace, and IT Operations teams to transform device telemetry into actionable insights, proactive remediations, and automated workflows that improve device reliability, performance, and end-user satisfaction. This is a hands-on engineering role requiring deep Nexthink expertise, strong scripting and automation skills, and the ability to translate experience data into measurable outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Nexthink Platform Administration & Governance:
- Administer and maintain the Nexthink platform, including configuration, upgrades, feature onboarding, and governance.
- Own platform health, data quality, and reliability.
- Establish standards and protocols.
Digital Experience Analytics & Insights:
- Analyze telemetry, DEX scores, and sentiment data.
- Build dashboards and reports.
- Track key performance indicators and trends.
Nexthink Development & Automation:
- Develop Remote Actions using PowerShell.
- Build workflows using Nexthink Flow.
- Create NQL queries.
Integration & Engineering Enablement:
- Integrate Nexthink with Intune, M365, APIs, and IT systems.
- Partner with endpoint and operations teams.
Continuous Improvement:
- Evaluate new Nexthink features and drive platform evolution.
Required Qualifications
- Hands-on Nexthink administration and engineering experience.
- Expertise in Remote Actions, Flow, NQL, dashboards.
- Advanced PowerShell scripting.
- Experience with REST APIs.
- Strong Windows endpoint and Intune knowledge.
Preferred Qualifications
- Enterprise DEX experience.
- ITSM integration familiarity.
- Excellent communication skills.
What Success Looks Like
- Improved DEX scores.
- Reduced incidents through automation.
- High Nexthink adoption.
- Scalable, well-governed platform.
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 or call +1 408-536-3015.
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.
Expected Pay Range: 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 position is $115,200 - $218,650 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and 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 California, the pay range for this position is $151,000 - $218,650.
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:
Fair Chance Ordinances
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.
Job Summary
The Device Experience Platform Engineer is responsible for the administration, development, and continuous optimization of the Nexthink platform to improve enterprise Digital Employee Experience (DEX). This role partners closely with Endpoint, Workplace, and IT Operations teams to transform device telemetry into actionable insights, proactive remediations, and automated workflows that improve device reliability, performance, and end-user satisfaction. This is a hands-on engineering role requiring deep Nexthink expertise, strong scripting and automation skills, and the ability to translate experience data into measurable outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Nexthink Platform Administration & Governance:
- Administer and maintain the Nexthink platform, including configuration, upgrades, feature onboarding, and governance.
- Own platform health, data quality, and reliability.
- Establish standards and protocols.
Digital Experience Analytics & Insights:
- Analyze telemetry, DEX scores, and sentiment data.
- Build dashboards and reports.
- Track key performance indicators and trends.
Nexthink Development & Automation:
- Develop Remote Actions using PowerShell.
- Build workflows using Nexthink Flow.
- Create NQL queries.
Integration & Engineering Enablement:
- Integrate Nexthink with Intune, M365, APIs, and IT systems.
- Partner with endpoint and operations teams.
Continuous Improvement:
- Evaluate new Nexthink features and drive platform evolution.
Required Qualifications
- Hands-on Nexthink administration and engineering experience.
- Expertise in Remote Actions, Flow, NQL, dashboards.
- Advanced PowerShell scripting.
- Experience with REST APIs.
- Strong Windows endpoint and Intune knowledge.
Preferred Qualifications
- Enterprise DEX experience.
- ITSM integration familiarity.
- Excellent communication skills.
What Success Looks Like
- Improved DEX scores.
- Reduced incidents through automation.
- High Nexthink adoption.
- Scalable, well-governed platform.
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 or call +1 408-536-3015.
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.
Expected Pay Range: 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 position is $115,200 - $218,650 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and 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 California, the pay range for this position is $151,000 - $218,650.
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:
Fair Chance Ordinances
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.
How to Get Visa Sponsorship as an Adobe Experience Manager
Target enterprise employers with AEM licensing commitments
Large enterprises that have already invested in AEM licenses, typically in retail, healthcare, financial services, and media, are far more likely to sponsor H-1B visas than consulting firms or small agencies. Their AEM dependency creates long-term demand for qualified developers.
Frame your degree as a specialty occupation match
AEM developer roles qualify as specialty occupations under H-1B standards because they require a specific technical degree, not just any bachelor's. Explicitly connect your computer science, IT, or engineering degree to your AEM experience in your resume and cover letter.
Get AEM certifications to differentiate your profile
Adobe's official certifications, particularly the AEM Sites Developer and AEM Assets certifications, signal verified expertise to employers unfamiliar with evaluating international candidates. Certified candidates face less internal resistance when employers consider the cost and effort of sponsorship.
Ask directly whether a company has sponsored before
During interviews or informational conversations, ask whether the company has sponsored H-1B visas for similar AEM roles in the past. Companies with a sponsorship track record have established legal processes and are far less likely to let visa complexity derail an offer.
Highlight AEM integrations, not just implementation skills
Employers weighing sponsorship costs want senior-level impact, not entry-level execution. Lead with cross-functional AEM work, integrations with Salesforce, Marketo, or Adobe Analytics, and results like page load improvements or content velocity gains that justify the investment.
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Get Access To All JobsFrequently Asked Questions
Do Adobe Experience Manager jobs typically sponsor H-1B visas?
Yes, AEM developer and architect roles at enterprise employers sponsor H-1B visas with regularity because qualified AEM talent is genuinely scarce. The platform's complexity means companies that have already deployed AEM need specialists, not generalists. Consulting firms vary more than direct employers. You can browse OPT-friendly AEM roles on Migrate Mate to identify companies with active sponsorship histories.
Does my degree qualify me for AEM jobs on OPT?
AEM developer, engineer, and architect roles almost always require a degree in computer science, information systems, software engineering, or a closely related field. That degree-to-role alignment is what makes the position a specialty occupation, which is required for H-1B eligibility later. A digital marketing or communications degree alone is unlikely to satisfy that threshold for technical AEM roles.
Am I eligible for a STEM OPT extension in an AEM role?
Yes, if your degree is in a STEM-designated field such as computer science, information technology, or software engineering, and your employer is enrolled in E-Verify, you qualify for a 24-month STEM OPT extension. That gives you up to 36 months total of work authorization, covering at least two H-1B cap lottery cycles and substantially increasing your chances of securing a visa.
What types of employers hire OPT students for AEM roles?
Enterprise companies in retail, financial services, healthcare, and media are the heaviest AEM users and the most consistent sponsors. Consulting firms that implement AEM for multiple clients, such as digital transformation practices at large IT services companies, also hire OPT students but sponsorship decisions vary by engagement model and internal policy. Startups rarely use AEM due to its enterprise licensing cost.
What AEM skills should I prioritize to strengthen my OPT job search?
Hands-on experience with AEM Sites and AEM Assets is the baseline. Employers also value Sling framework knowledge, OSGi configuration, HTL templating, and Java-based component development. Familiarity with Adobe's cloud deployment model and integrations with the broader Adobe Experience Cloud suite, including Adobe Analytics and Adobe Target, meaningfully expands your marketability and justifies sponsorship conversations.
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