Senior Software Development Manager

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. 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! The Opportunity

As a Software Development Engineering Manager, you will lead a team building customer-facing SaaS applications developed with a foundational generative AI focus. In this role, you’ll guide a group of dedicated engineers in delivering intelligent, scalable, and creative software experiences that bring real value to marketing-focused customers.

You’ll work closely with product managers, applied research teams, and other engineering leaders to deliver applications built with a generative AI-first approach. As a key member of the engineering management team, you’ll be responsible for mentoring engineers, driving technical excellence, and ensuring consistent delivery of high-quality, reliable, and innovative software. Come join our team! What you'll Do

• Drive consensus between product management, design, and clients to define and refine the product roadmap, user experience, priorities, and schedule.
• Take ownership of the development life cycle, closely supervising progress, identifying risks and opportunities, and ensuring access to senior leadership when needed. Navigating challenges and providing clear insight into the product's status will be essential to its success.
• Foster a culture that values teamwork, a passion for emerging AI technologies, and accomplishment celebration to encourage collaboration and drive innovation. Your leadership will contribute to a positive and productive work environment.
• Facilitate team effectiveness: You will guide and coach a team of highly skilled web and backend engineers, providing technical mentorship, unblocking challenges, and celebrating their achievements. Your role is to ensure they are building the right things in the right way, and help expand their impact each day.
• Build proposals for the creation and enhancement of our processes and technology roadmaps in your designated areas as well as across our management organization, especially crafting quality excellence in our applications.
• Play a pivotal role in attracting, hiring, onboarding, and retaining exceptional engineers and grow them professionally and personally.

What you need to succeed

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience)
• 7+ years in engineering with 2+ years of recent experience leading software engineering teams, preferably with knowledge of technologies/languages in the team stack (Python, Lit, Kubernetes, Azure/AWS, GitLab, etc.).
• Excellent technical skills in evaluating systems architecture, particularly using extensive knowledge of full-stack technologies
• Bonus if experience delivering generative AI applications, especially AI Agents.
• Expertise creating a culture of engineering excellence by owning the quality, scalability, and reliability of services through rigorous testing, validation, and monitoring practices.
• Passion for collaborating with design teams from concept to production is important. Demonstrate success in effective communication and collaboration between engineers and designers.
• Collaborate and adapt to different cultures, time zones, and work styles.

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 $143,700 -- $289,900 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on