Principal Rendering Architect — Cross-Product Graphics

adobe; Arnhem; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Adobe is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to define the architecture for Film Impact as it expands across Premiere Pro desktop, mobile, After Effects and web-based experiences. You will lead cross-team architectural decisions and drive a unified, scalable foundation for effects and rendering across Adobe products.

You will partner with multiple teams—Premiere Pro, After Effects, Firefly, mobile, and web—to align on architecture, improve performance, and reduce duplication.

Qualifications

• Significant experience designing and evolving complex software architectures across products or platforms.
• Deep expertise in graphics, rendering, GPU computing, media processing, or related technologies.
• Experience leading major technical decisions and influencing multiple engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical architecture and long-term direction for Film Impact across Adobe products and platforms.
• Partner with Premiere Pro, After Effects, Firefly, mobile, and web teams to drive architectural convergence.
• Lead major architectural decisions and design reviews spanning macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, and WebGPU environments.
• Help modernize and simplify Adobe’s effects and rendering extensibility frameworks.
• Identify opportunities to reduce duplicated technology and establish shared capabilities across products.

Skills

Graphics architectures

Rendering systems

GPU computing

Cross-team leadership

Performance optimization

Tools

macOS

Windows

iOS

Android

WebGPU

Job description

Adobe is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to define the architecture for Film Impact as it expands across Premiere Pro desktop, mobile, After Effects and web-based experiences. You will lead cross-team architectural decisions and drive a unified, scalable foundation for effects and rendering across Adobe products.

You will partner with multiple teams—Premiere Pro, After Effects, Firefly, mobile, and web—to align on architecture, improve performance, and reduce duplication.