Senior Software Development Engineer - C++
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!
The Challenge
We’re redefining Adobe’s Content Platform by building a cohesive set of cloud-based collaboration services that power seamless experiences across platforms. As part of this mission, we’re looking for a senior engineer to help us develop and evolve the client libraries that connect our microservices to the applications our users love.
The Opportunity
Join the Collaboration Services team and help define how Adobe products connect to our cloud-native microservices.
In this dedicated engineering role, you’ll be responsible for crafting, developing, and maintaining client libraries and SDKs that connect Adobe applications to the Adobe Content Platform. You’ll play a key role in integrating collaboration features into our products—shaping how users experience connected, real-time workflows across platforms.
You should be self-directed and team oriented. Your primary team is based in Hamburg, but you will also collaborate with other development teams in the USA and India. Your colleagues are forward-thinking and encouraging and provide an outstanding work environment.
Here, you'll build meaningful solutions, continuously grow your skills, be heard, and receive recognition for the impact you make.
What You’ll Do
- Together with your multi-functional team you fully own client libraries and SDKs you built.
- The focus area of your work is to drive the implementation of sophisticated features.
- To guarantee a high standard of quality, you contribute to the test strategy and make decisions on automation technologies.
- With the goal of robustness and security in code, you establish relevant practices and patterns.
- Together, we promote a culture of continuous learning. You share knowledge and mentor others.
- In a joint effort with your fellow team members, you work with Adobe internal client teams that integrate with the Content Platform.
What you need to succeed
- BS/MS degree in Computer Science or a related area (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years of experience in the field
- Strong knowledge of modern C++ including concepts like event loops, callbacks and futures
- Ability to investigate and resolve problems with client teams integrating the SDKs
- Proficient in writing and maintaining tests
- Good written and spoken English language
- Comfortable in technical discussions and code reviews with constructive feedback
- Interest in continuous learning and working with innovative technologies
Desirable but not mandatory qualifications
- Good understanding of JavaScript and TypeScript
- Experience in container technologies like Kubernetes and Docker
- Experience in monitoring technologies like Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, and New Relic
- Experience with Java and application frameworks like Spring
- Experience with AWS cloud provider
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