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

We are the market leader in software products and services for the creative & marketing ecosystem with Creative Cloud, Document Cloud, Express, Firefly and Experience Cloud.

Adobe has made industry-leading progress in addressing the enterprise need for new, scalable ways to create ideas and assets with GenAI-infused workflows and products. Adobe Digital Media’s recent launch of GenAI-powered products for enterprises includes Firefly Services (APIs), Firefly Custom Models, Object Composites, Style Kits and unique AI features within flagship products like Adobe Photoshop, Express and Illustrator.

We are looking for an outstanding front-end engineer to research, design, develop and deliver high-profile products that span GenAI features and customization of GenAI Firefly models to empower the next generation of enterprise creators and marketers everywhere by turning creative intent into creative success. While implementing this far-reaching strategy, we are focusing on using product driven development to drive rapid iteration and to continuously deliver measurable impact.

Thrives in start-up setting, prioritizes customer happiness, delivers outstanding experiences, completes tasks consistently, and meets high-quality bar.

Join a highly collaborative engineering team working closely with internal product teams and partners. You should have a user-centric, meticulous approach, invite constructive collaboration, and always work with a bias towards action. Most importantly you should be able to drive and solve complex problems, have a deep empathy for customers, and deliver tangible results in a team-oriented culture.

What you'll do

• Develop and maintain production-quality features with rich user experiences that maintain consistency and promote reuse to streamline customer workflows in enterprise environment
• Write design specs for product/feature/prototypes for innovative Firefly Enterprise applications
• Constantly explore, evaluate and integrate new technologies and translate ideas into interactive prototypes
• Debug issues across multiple systems to drive and fix customer problems, improve performance of existing code using profiling tools, and improve/refactor code to improve efficiency
• Expand your knowledge and skills to stay ahead of the latest development, test, and deployment methodologies

What you need to succeed

• 5+ years of full cycle experience developing interactive web applications
• B.S or higher in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
• Well established practice of building and deploying web applications or interactive sites using the latest web technologies
• Proven ability in developing software solutions using Typescript/JavaScript, ReactJS/Web components, state management and bundlers/transpilers
• Experience in working with and debugging server-side web services using Java, NodeJS, and other emerging technologies
• Experience with Test Driven Development (TDD)
• Effectively communicate and influence (verbal/written) clearly regarding complex issues

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience with UI design systems and/or close collaboration with design teams.
• Knowledge of modern web technologies like WASM, WebGPU and canvas rendering, plus security, asynchrony and performance optimization methods.

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 12:01 AM 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.

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.

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