Senior Engineering Manager

Adobe; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company in Edinburgh seeks a Senior Engineering Manager to mentor a team, deliver production offerings, and collaborate with multiple teams. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience in software development, particularly in agile environments, and strong skills in Java. This role offers a supportive work environment and opportunities for innovation.

Benefits

Supportive working environment

Opportunities for innovation

Collaboration across teams

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software development experience on enterprise software.
• Experience building high-scale, data intensive distributed systems.
• Ability to lead complex projects and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and guide a strong team of engineers.
• Develop and deliver production offerings.
• Collaborate with product management for technical vision.

Skills

Software development experience

Agile project management

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Java

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Job description

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

As a Senior Engineering Manager, you will help scale Adobe’s business by delivering value through our global Adobe Unified Platform organisation.

Adobe Edinburgh's engineering centre builds and operates key technologies at the heart of Adobe’s $21 billion business. Our mission is to invent the technologies that allow our product leaders’ dreams to come true. We work to solve problems on a scale few other companies face.

We build high-availability and low-maintenance services that play a critical role for Adobe customers, whether they be individuals or multinational enterprises.

An opportunity is available in Edinburgh for you to develop and lead all aspects of the offerings and solutions that support Adobe’s future vision. You will get the opportunity to collaborate with diverse teams from different departments within the company.

What you'll Do

• Mentor and guide a strong team of engineers, recruit and retain valuable team members
• Develop and assume accountability for crucial elements of the offerings and deliver them for production
• Brainstorm and prototype new concepts and approaches
• Review features, architecture, design, code, time & budget estimates, and test strategies
• Articulate the design and code choices to multi-functional teams
• Collaborate with product management and other engineering teams to create the technical vision and roadmap for the team
• Drive multiple simultaneous projects, mitigate risks, solve problems, and deliver on time
• Develop and evolve engineering and business processes to optimise team efficiency
• Partner with other teams across Adobe for achieving common goals, specifically our Design and Program Management teams
• Learn new technologies/technical solutions

What you need to succeed

• 10+ years of software development experience on enterprise software
• Demonstrated track record of guiding engineers and projects within an agile setting
• Ardent desire to drive engineering excellence across teams
• Highly motivated, works well in a dynamic collaborative team environment
• Experience building, and maintaining high-scale, data intensive distributed systems
• Ability to lead complex projects and deliver solutions under time and resource pressure
• Deep understanding and hands on experience in Java (or similar)
• Phenomenal communication and collaboration skills
• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience in engineering

What you can expect

• A supportive, trusting and transparent working environment.
• An opportunity to do things differently with an expectation you will challenge assumptions and offer solutions.
• Collaboration across widely distributed teams.
• To be part of an agile team that prioritises the value it provides to Adobe and its customers.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or colour, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. Learn more.

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