Senior Software Development Engineer

Adobe Software

Adobe Software

Software Engineering
San Jose, CA, USA
USD 153,600-286,600 / year + Equity
Posted on Apr 22, 2025

JOB LEVEL

P50

EMPLOYEE ROLE

Individual Contributor

Adobe's mission is to change the world through digital experiences. The B2B CDP team of the Adobe Experience Platform (AEP) is looking for a software engineer with high potential who is eager to learn new technologies and help design, build, and operate our industry-leading data platform at scale. This is a great opportunity to work in a start-up like environment backed by one of the greatest software companies in the world. It's the perfect place to advance your career and achieve your potential. As an experienced software engineer, your responsibilities will include building and maintaining scalable, reliable platform apps that will enable customers to market their products and services.

What you'll Do

  • You will be responsible for the design, development, testing, troubleshooting, measurement, optimization, and improvement of software, new products, and code libraries across platform and RTCDP apps.
  • Lead complex application/framework/service’s design efforts in an Agile environment, optimizing for quality, cost, maintainability and scale.
  • Develop and optimize distributed microservices and Spark applications to reduce cost, enhance availability and resiliency and deliver them to production at scale.
  • Partner with multi-functional specialists (Product Management, Architects and other teams) to determine customer focused solutions.
  • Articulate the choice of accurate tools and technologies.
  • Translate high-level requirements into meaningful tasks and actions.
  • Leverage best practices for production grade and scale, use appropriate & relevant programming languages and technologies, write code, tests & deploys to meet business requirements.
  • Articulate ideas, prove them by quick proof of concept & market them across team and organization.
  • Communicate clearly with the team and management to define & achieve goals.
  • Be a technical leader with the ability and desire to mentor other members of the team. Promote a culture of continuous learning.

What you need to succeed

  • Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related field
  • 9+ years of experience designing and developing software applications
  • Hands-on experience and proficiency in one or more of Java, Scala, and other similar backend technologies and Spark.
  • Proven expertise in clean Design, Design Patterns, Java and OOP Principals
  • Fluency in designing and implementing micro-services, RESTful services and Spark applications
  • Experience with Microsoft Azure and/or AWS, Spring Framework, Kafka, Snowflake, Git, CI/CD pipeline (Moonbeam, Jenkins), monitoring systems like NewRelic, Splunk, Grafana
  • Proven experience working with NoSQL databases, preferably MongoDB Experience with other big data tech stacks is highly desirable
  • Proven expertise in designing and developing, deploying, maintaining and supporting scalable, maintainable, performant and resilient application
  • Unending curiosity, thoroughness, tenacity and focus on quickly designing and building complex software systems with great quality to solve customer problems
  • Have a good sense of organization to set expectations and keep deliverables on a timeline, with the ability to document, communicate and justify all technology decisions and directions
  • Collaborate with multi-functional engineers, architects, PM’s to design, develop, deploy services in a CI/CD environment.
  • Deep understanding and experience with modern cloud technologies and design patterns for building "always-up" services
  • Quick learner and ability to understand complex systems
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Experience with B2B CDP and Generative AI is a plus

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 $153,600 -- $286,600 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:

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

Colorado:

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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 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.

Massachusetts:

Massachusetts Legal Notice

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Internal Opportunities

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At Adobe, you will be immersed in an exceptional work environment that is recognized around the world. You will also be surrounded by colleagues who are committed to helping each other grow through our unique Check-In approach where ongoing feedback flows freely. If you’re looking to make an impact, Adobe's the place for you. Discover what our employees are saying about their career experiences on the Adobe Life blog and explore the meaningful benefits we offer.

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