Software Development Engineer (SDE34) Evergreen

Software Development Engineer

Our Company

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobes all about. We give everyonefrom emerging artists to global brandseverything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! Were passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images videos and apps and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.

Were 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 Opportunity
We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Software Engineer to help drive the evolution of Adobe Journey Optimizer (AJO). In this backend role you will play a key part in designing and delivering the next generation of features that empower our customers to create exceptional experiences across billions of interactions a day! As part of the AJO data team youll build high throughput enterprise-grade solutions with a strong focus on performance reliability and innovation.

Journey Optimizer is an application built on Adobe Experience Platform that enables real-time orchestration and delivery of personalized digital experiences across any channel. It empowers brands to engage customers in the moments that matter by combining unified customer profiles intelligent decisioning and dynamic content to deliver contextually relevant experiences at scale.

What Youll Do

• Technical Ownership: Design implement and maintain backend components of AJO witha focus on reliability scalability and performance.

• Innovation & Impact: Help drive the agentic evolution of our platform and create differentiated value through the effective application of AI in solving customer needs.

• Engineering Excellence: Apply strong engineering practices including code quality automated testing observability and CI/CD

• Design and Operate at Scale: Lead in the architecture and operation of large-scaleglobally distributed systems. Ensure high availability and low latency in enterpriseenvironments.

• Mentorship & Collaboration: Contribute to design discussions collaborate across teams and support the growth of junior engineers.

• Customer Focus: Work closely with product managers and customer-facing teams tounderstand user needs and translate them into robust technical solutions.
  

What You Need To Succeed

• Education: BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field.

• Experience: 6 years of experience building testing and operating complex softwaresystems focused on the backend. Experience with AI/ML systems and enterprisesoftware development is a strong plus.

• Technical Expertise: Deep understanding of modern software development practicesdistributed systems and cloud-native architectures. Proficiency in Scala Java with expertknowledge of streaming architectures (e.g. Kafka) relational and NoSQLdatabases caching frameworks microservices and containerizedenvironments (e.g. Docker Kubernetes).

• Problem Solving: Strong analytical skills and a data-driven attitude. Ability to breakdown complex problems and deliver elegant maintainable solutions.

• Operational Mentality: Demonstrated skill and enthusiasm for rigorous quality practices observability and incident response in production environments. Sense ofurgency in maintaining operational excellence.

• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to clearlyarticulate technical concepts and collaborate effectively with technical and non-technicalpartners.

• Customer Empathy: A strong sense of ownership and a passion for building productsthat delight users.

• Industry Exposure: Experience building enterprise B2B or B2C products in the marketing automation analytics experimentation decisioning or personalization spaceis a plus.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobes industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio Adobe Express Adobe Firefly Creative Cloud Adobe Experience Platform Adobe Experience Manager and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

Our 30000 employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. Were on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours.

Lets Adobe together

At Adobe we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life including our values and culture focus on people purpose and community Adobe for All comprehensive benefits programs the stories we tell the customers we serve and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

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Expected Pay Range:

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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