Adobe · 2 hours ago
Senior Software Development Engineer
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$159K/yr - $302K/yr
9+ years expAdobe is a company focused on changing the world through digital experiences. They are seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to design, build, and operate their industry-leading data platform, working in a collaborative environment to develop scalable and reliable software applications.
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Responsibilities
You will be responsible for the design, development, testing, troubleshooting, measurement, optimization, and improvement of software, new products, and code libraries across platform and RTCDP apps
Lead complex application/framework/service’s design efforts in an Agile environment, optimizing for quality, cost, maintainability and scale
Develop and optimize distributed microservices and Spark applications to reduce cost, enhance availability and resiliency and deliver them to production at scale
Partner with multi-functional specialists (Product Management, Architects and other teams) to determine customer focused solutions
Articulate the choice of accurate tools and technologies
Translate high-level requirements into meaningful tasks and actions
Leverage best practices for production grade and scale, use appropriate & relevant programming languages and technologies, write code, tests & deploys to meet business requirements
Articulate ideas, prove them by quick proof of concept & market them across team and organization
Communicate clearly with the team and management to define & achieve goals
Be a technical leader with the ability and desire to mentor other members of the team. Promote a culture of continuous learning
Qualification
Required
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field
9+ years of experience designing and developing software applications
Hands-on experience and proficiency in one or more of Java, Scala, and other similar backend technologies and Spark
Proven expertise in clean Design, Design Patterns, Java and OOP Principals
Fluency in designing and implementing micro-services, RESTful services and Spark applications
Experience with Microsoft Azure and/or AWS, Spring Framework, Kafka, Snowflake, Git, CI/CD pipeline (Moonbeam, Jenkins), monitoring systems like NewRelic, Splunk, Grafana
Proven experience working with NoSQL databases, preferably MongoDB
Proven expertise in designing and developing, deploying, maintaining and supporting scalable, maintainable, performant and resilient application
Unending curiosity, thoroughness, tenacity and focus on quickly designing and building complex software systems with great quality to solve customer problems
Have a good sense of organization to set expectations and keep deliverables on a timeline, with the ability to document, communicate and justify all technology decisions and directions
Collaborate with multi-functional engineers, architects, PM's to design, develop, deploy services in a CI/CD environment
Deep understanding and experience with modern cloud technologies and design patterns for building 'always-up' services
Quick learner and ability to understand complex systems
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Preferred
Experience with B2B CDP and Generative AI is a plus
Benefits
Annual Incentive Plan (AIP)
Long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award
Company
Adobe
Adobe is a software company that provides its users with digital marketing and media solutions.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.5MKey Investors
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1986-08-20IPO
1984-10-01Series Unknown· $2.5M
Leadership Team
Shantanu Narayen
CEO
Dan Durn
Chief Financial Officer
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