Staff software 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!

The Opportunity
We’re looking for a highly motivated Staff Engineer to join the team building Adobe’s next-generation AI-first marketing application. This platform is redefining customer engagement workflows with speed, agility, and full-stack productivity for modern marketers. What You’ll Do
Architect, develop, and deploy critical components of a new Agentic App , delivering production-grade solutions.
Translate high-level product goals into actionable engineering tasks and technical plans.
Evaluate and advocate for the right tools, frameworks, and technologies.
Write clean, testable, and scalable code; conduct peer reviews and drive best practices in CI/CD, observability, and performance optimization.
Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Engineering to launch customer-centric features.
Communicate effectively with leadership to align on goals and priorities.
Act as a technical leader and mentor, fostering growth across the team. What You Need to Succeed
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
10+ years of hands-on software development experience.
Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms , and object-oriented design .
Proven expertise in Java , Scala , and clean architecture principles.
Experience with Campaign Execution systems and Generative AI is a strong plus.
Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures , microservices, and “always-up” systems.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines , GitOps , and container orchestration tools like Argo CD .
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
A mindset of curiosity, ownership, and relentless focus on solving real customer problems with high-quality software.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $153,600 -- $286,600 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.

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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