Sr. Software Development 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!

At Adobe Digital Experience, we are growing the world’s leading engagement platforms for marketers, Marketo Engage and Adobe Journey Optimizer-B2B Edition, that empowers marketers to deliver the authentic experiences customers desire at scale. Our Generative AI-powered solutions are redefining how creatives and marketers design and deliver personalized experiences. From lead nurturing, marketing automation, to journey orchestration and performance analysis, Adobe is at the forefront of generative AI products.

Our team is fueled with a passion for innovation, growth, and a dedication to making marketers successful. We provide great work life balance and a fun and collaborative environment that empowers people to thrive.

THIS ROLE IS LOCATED IN THE SAN JOSE OFFICE.

What You'll Do
 

• Design, develop, test, and enhance cloud-based services across Marketo and other B2B applications.
• Apply Generative AI and Agentic AI tools for software development and product features.
• Actively participate in architecture and lead design discussions.
• Develop systems that are highly scalable, reliable, yet easy to maintain.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects and engineers to build high-performance backend services and data ingestion pipelines.
• Support your services in Production and make customers successful.
• Follow Agile methodologies.
• Evaluate new technologies and help incorporate them into the technology stack.
• Mentor junior engineers.
   

What You Need To Succeed
 

• BS/MS or equivalent experience in Computer Science or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in backend and distributed systems development.
• Strong leadership, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong programming skills with experience in Object-Oriented languages like Java and Scala.
• Experience with Relational databases (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB, Redis).
• Experience building and deploying microservices using tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with cloud platforms like AWS or Azure.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
   

What Will Help You Stand Out From The Crowd

Experience with CRM systems.

Full stack experience.

Experience with Akka, Spark and Kafka.

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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California:

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Colorado:

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Massachusetts:

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