Senior 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  

Become an early member of a talented team building a groundbreaking AI first, Agentic Experience Delivery application.  If you’re passionate about generative AI and ponder questions about how an AI can authoritatively speak on behalf of a brand leveraging its data and content as well as facilitate acting on behalf of an end user, we should chat!  Distributed computing is being recast with language interfaces and we’re working on the cutting edge of these developments.  Adobe has long been a leader in personalizing experiences and with conversation becoming the next click, we’re poised to continue that mission in this next chapter of the software industry’s evolution. 

 

What You'll Do 

• Develop AI centric backend and mid-tier services in a distributed services environment 

• Integrate and leverage systems and models from our machine learning and data science teams  

• Work on high performance, low latency, fault-tolerant software  

• Code in multiple languages in a zero to one product cycle, i.e. develop the initial version of software 

• Work closely with initial customers, product management and design. 

• Standard software development responsibilities across the full life cycle of software development extending through quality assurance, deployment and devops. 

What you need to succeed  

• BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent  

• 5+ years of experience   

• Familiarity with machine learning and AI systems, especially in the context of data flow and pathways for model improvement, would be a valuable asset  ​  

• Strong grasp of Computer Science fundamentals specifically - algorithms and data structures  

• Extensive experience working in a distributed systems SaaS environment 

• Experience developing in Java, Scala or Python  

• Thrive in a fast paced, dynamic environment as a self-starter with a “can do” attitude 

• Desire to learn new technologies and work on the leading edge 

• Make savvy tradeoffs between expediting work while not incurring undue technical debt 

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.

Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.

Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national orig