Software Development Engineer

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 

Adobe Express is an innovative mobile and web platform designed to empower individuals, businesses, and creative professionals with the ability to easily create spectacular visuals, designs, and multimedia content. Fully integrated in the Adobe Creative Cloud ecosystem, the next generation of Express builds on our in-house expertise in graphics, video, audio and generative AI to allow users to create social posts, stories, ads, banners, logos, flyers and more in mere minutes. 

Our team is mainly based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a strong hybrid and remote work culture. We are on the lookout for a senior front-end engineer to join our dynamic and fast-paced team, as we embark on building the future of Creative Cloud and Adobe’s Digital Media business, growing from millions to 10s of millions of users! Are you up for the challenge? 
 

What you'll do 

• Develop tools that empower creators to craft stunning content. 

• Collaborate seamlessly with researchers, engineers, UX designers, and product managers to prototype and build a next-generation web and mobile application. 

• Deliver a responsive and scalable solution tailored for a widespread audience. 

• Engage in peer reviews, collaborating with fellow engineers on an array of challenges, from code-related tasks to novel concepts and methodologies. 

• Employ user compassion when defining requirements 
   

What you'll need to succeed 

• A minimum of 5 years' proven experience in building and deploying production web applications or interactive websites. 

• Exceptional skills in JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS. 

• Experience with MobX, Lit and other web frameworks. 

• Ability to independently deliver a product feature, covering the full cycle from requirements to deployment. 

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, HCI, web design, or a related field. 

• A keen eye for visual and web design and a fervent passion for applying CSS and contemporary techniques to construct visually dynamic and interactive experiences. 

• Proficiency in constructing web apps that efficiently operate on diverse platforms, encompassing mobile browsers and in-app environments.  
   

Bonus Qualifications 

• Exposure to Entity Component System (ECS) Architectures (i.e. Game development or Unity) 

• Understanding of WebAssembly and Emscripten 

• Experience with NodeJS 

• Experience with Web Workers 

• Exposure to Rush, NPM, Webpack and other web build tooling 

• Experience with video and audio web technologies 

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