Software Development Engineer at Adobe

Lehi, Utah, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Technology, SoftwareIndustries

Requirements

  • 5–7 years of programming experience, with 3+ years of recent professional experience in Python and solid professional experience with Node.js
  • Deep experience designing, building, and debugging distributed systems that use Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar messaging systems
  • Demonstrated ownership across the SDLC—design, build, validation, deployment, and support of production systems
  • Strong understanding of database fundamentals such as joins, constraints, stored procedures, triggers, and schema design
  • Ability to take a problem and represent it in an Object-Oriented or modular design while calling out assumptions, discussing design alternatives, and considering non-functional requirements (performance, maintainability, scalability, etc.)
  • Familiarity with concurrency, multithreading, and debugging distributed systems
  • Experience optimizing software for reliability, performance, and safety (e.g., failover strategies, O(n) complexity awareness)
  • Knowledge of other technologies in use at Workfront (Docker, Kubernetes, NoSQL, ElasticSearch, AWS, GCP, etc.) is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Participate in all aspects of the SDLC, including design, development, code review, testing, bug fixing, and code/API documentation
  • Build new features using our development technologies that will delight and inspire marketers, IT professionals, and other knowledge workers worldwide
  • Build engineering designs that address sophisticated problems and perform at a mass scale when thousands upon thousands of people are using it at the same time
  • Debate the efficient design and ideal user experience for a variety of unrealized features identified by our Product partners—or propose some ideas of your own!
  • Lead technical discussions about what emerging tools, technologies, and processes are coming that may impact how we improve our products and our SaaS platform in the future
  • Provide your well-considered opinions on the creation and modification of our technology roadmaps
  • Guide a small to medium-sized team to deliver in a product area by helping identify dependencies and risks for the group, being a planning consultant to the project managers, recommending improvements to our engineering practices, and helping other specialists become more proficient in solving specific problems

Skills

SDLC
Software Design
Development
Code Review
Testing
Bug Fixing
API Documentation
SaaS
Scalable Systems

Adobe

Software solutions for content creation and marketing

About Adobe

Adobe provides a range of software solutions focused on digital experiences, catering to creative professionals, businesses, and educational institutions. Its main offerings include Adobe Creative Cloud, which contains tools for photography, graphic design, video editing, illustration, UI/UX design, 3D and augmented reality, and social media content creation. Adobe also offers marketing solutions through Adobe Experience Cloud and document management services via Adobe Document Cloud. The company operates on a subscription-based model, allowing users to access its software through monthly or annual plans, with special pricing available for students, teachers, and businesses. Adobe differentiates itself from competitors by providing a comprehensive suite of tools that cover various aspects of content creation and marketing, all integrated into one platform. The goal of Adobe is to empower users to create, manage, and optimize their digital content effectively.

San Jose, CaliforniaHeadquarters
1994Year Founded
$668.9MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Consumer Software, Enterprise Software, DesignIndustries
10,001+Employees

Benefits

Company Equity
401(k) Company Match

Risks

Emerging AI-driven design tools offer similar functionalities at lower costs.
Open-source alternatives may attract users away from Adobe's subscription model.
Data privacy concerns could affect trust in Adobe's cloud services.

Differentiation

Adobe offers a comprehensive suite for content creation, marketing, and document management.
Adobe's subscription model includes special pricing for students, teachers, and businesses.
Adobe integrates advanced analytics with Experience Cloud for data-driven marketing.

Upsides

Generative AI tools enhance Adobe's content creation and editing efficiency.
Remote work boosts demand for Adobe's cloud-based document management solutions.
AR's popularity in marketing benefits Adobe's 3D and AR tools.

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