Software Development Engineer
Adobe Software
JOB LEVEL
P50EMPLOYEE ROLE
Individual ContributorThe Opportunity
At Adobe, our team is dedicated to Adobe Journey Optimizer, a cutting-edge enterprise software solution. We are responsible for delivering personalized experiences to millions of users globally, every second of the day. Our services act as the gateway for all inbound channel delivery, including Web, Mobile, and customized Code-Based experiences. These experiences are dynamically composed at request time, utilizing content from various decisioning, experimentation, ranking, and recommendations engines. Our service orchestrates the communications between these content engines to deliver the most relevant and engaging experiences possible.
What You'll Do
Design, develop, and maintain back-end services and APIs using Kotlin.
Ensure the application handles extremely high throughput with extremely low latency.
Architect and implement distributed systems to support a globally deployed edge network.
Write highly concurrent and efficient code to optimize performance.
Operate with a high degree of autonomy, owning the specification and design of features that span multiple internal systems.
Coordinate the execution of projects across multiple organizationally matrixed teams.
Collaborate with front-end developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions.
Continuously monitor and improve system performance, reliability, and scalability.
What you need to succeed
MS/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent with over 8 years of software development experience.
Expertise in back-end development.
Proven experience in designing and implementing distributed SaaS systems.
Strong knowledge of concurrency and multithreading.
Experience with high throughput, low latency systems.
Familiarity with edge computing and globally distributed networks.
Proficiency in Kotlin is preferred, but expertise with Java or Scala is also acceptable.
Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
Strong written and oral communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
Make savvy tradeoffs between expediting work while not incurring undue technical debt
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.
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