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Senior Software Development Engineer

Adobe
San Jose, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 30 Jun 2025
💰 $242,000/yr($133,900/yr$242,000/yr)

About the role

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

Our team is a creative and collaborative group passionate about our users' needs and dedicated to constantly improving our applications. Our web development team is part of the larger Adobe Express organization building web-based cross platform experiences. As a member of our team, you'll work closely with our Product and Design teams to build intuitive, high-quality experiences.

We are looking for a hardworking and self-motivated Software Engineer with experience building web applications. This is an outstanding opportunity for you to join a motivated team that is innovating, evolving, and growing our tools to meet the needs of storytellers! We believe in building small, learning fast, and iterating to refine and enhance user workflows.

A successful candidate will be a strong technical leader on this team. You'll make use of your excellent social skills to effectively communicate ideas and collaborate with others. You’ll plan your work in conjunction with partner teams across the org. You'll write performant, high-quality code and work with the team to build high quality features providing accountability and ownership for everything you do.

What you need to succeed

  • B.S or higher in Computer Science, or equivalent experience

  • 5+ years  of professional experience developing interactive web applications

  • High proficiency in TypeScript or JavaScript (ES6+)

  • Experience building web components with Lit.js

  • Familiarity with Single-Page Web Applications 

  • Experience creating and maintaining testable code

  • Confidence to be an outspoken, pragmatic developer - especially in the areas of writing high-performance, reliable and maintainable code

  • Strong ability to identify, align, and manage dependencies

  • Passion for learning, sharing of new ideas, and creative thinking to provide innovative solutions to challenges

  • Ability to perform independently in a hybrid or remote first work environment supported by proficient written and verbal communication skills

What you'll Do

  • Work closely with product management and design teams to iterate on ideas and turn prototypes into reality

  • Optimize loading time performance and runtime memory management

  • Partner with other engineering teams throughout the org

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 $133,900 -- $242,000 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.

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 Co

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