Sr. Software Developer
Adobe Software
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 a place where exceptional people work – don’t just take our word for it, our employees have recently voted us and Adobe Japan has been ranked 13th, for Great Place to Work.
We’re proud to offer market competitive employee benefits designed to suit you and your lifestyle. Some of the great benefits include health insurance, global days off, wellness fund, parental leave, access to our Employee Stock Purchase Program and programs designed to help you continue to build your career. To learn more, please visit https://benefits.adobe.com/jp
We also proudly empower our employees to get involved with corporate social responsibility and offer a broad range of opportunities to enable you to make a bigger impact through philanthropy, employee, and community engagement.
We know that people are the differentiator in our business, and that's why we want to meet you!
What You'll Do:
- Collaborate with multi-functional teams to determine software requirements and specifications for Creative Cloud and/or Document Cloud products.
- Design, develop, and maintain software solutions that meet the highest standards of quality and performance.
- Innovating with the latest technologies in typography and artificial intelligence to improve user experiences.
- Partner with teams to develop and implement Japanese typography features.
- Make recommendations on how new and existing technologies fit within our environment, supplying standard methodologies and mentorship
- Ready to champion our tech future? You'll spearhead technology and architectural decisions, owning the technical roadmap for your domain. Beyond that, you will be setting the standard for quality through rigorous review.
Required Job Qualifications:
- Proven experience as a Software Development Engineer, preferably 10+ years.
- Strong knowledge of software development principles, algorithms, and data structures.
- Experience with client-side technologies (HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, React) and hands-on programming experience with languages such as C/C++/JavaScript/TypeScript/Python.
- Working knowledge and experience with REST APIs.
- Exposure to machine learning algorithms and solving customer problems through LLMs will give your application a head start.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Work effectively as a great teammate in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, even when faced with ambiguous situations. Support the execution of high-impact business initiatives that align with global priorities and local market needs.
- Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or demonstrated experience in a related field.
- Language Proficiency (Japanese: Native Level, English: Business Level).
- Ability to work with complex text layout engines and rendering pipelines. Knowledge of common Japanese character sets (e.g., JIS, Shift_JIS, EUC-JP) and encoding.
Adobe for All
Adobe strives to create an environment where our employees can do their best work and drive their career growth and development based on their personal goals. From fair-pay practices to Employee Networks and programs designed to make everyone feel included, we're committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace for all.
Take the plunge and jump in
Like what you have read and keen to jump in? Think you might not have all the skills we are looking for? Just take the plunge and apply – we know that by bringing together a diverse group of people, we are so much better together. We'dlove to see where we can help drive Creativity for All together.
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