Software Developer 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!

Adobe is redefining how enterprises harness data for customer experience. As a Software Development Engineer, you'll be atechnical leaderdriving the evolution of Adobe's Experience Platform. You'll architect scalable systems, influence governance strategy, and build tools that empower data-driven innovation across industries.

Why This Role Appeals to Visionaries

• Architectural Ownership: Lead the design of core platform services that support billions of data transactions daily.
• Strategic Impact: Shape Adobe's data governance and privacy frameworks in collaboration with product and legal teams.
• Innovation at Scale: Build intelligent systems that support real-time personalization, AI-driven insights, and secure data exchange.
• Thought Leadership: Mentor engineers and represent Adobe in technical forums.

• Distributed microservicesfor data ingestion, transformation, and governance.
• Metadata-driven APIsthat support lineage tracking, policy enforcement, and federated access control.
• AI-enhanced developer toolsfor compliance automation and anomaly detection.

What You Bring

• 4+ years of experience in backend or platform engineering, preferably in cloud-native environments.
• Expertise in Java, or Python; experience with distributed systems.
• Passion for building resilient, scalable, and secure systems.
• Strong communication and leadership skills; ability to influence across teams.

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In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

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