Creative Technologist & Solution Architect, Enterprise

Adobe; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 173,000 - 313,000; Full time

Job summary

Adobe seeks an experienced enterprise developer to spearhead innovative product prototypes that enhance creative workflows. The ideal candidate will have 10 years of experience, strong technical skills in API development, and the ability to communicate effectively with diverse teams and clients. Located in Seattle, this role offers a competitive annual salary within $173,300 - $312,200 based on experience and skills.

Qualifications

• 10 years as a developer (full-stack preferred).
• Deep technical and customer knowledge across various domains.
• Exceptional executive and customer communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Ideate and code product prototypes using Adobe and external APIs.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to build prototypes.
• Present product demos and represent Adobe at events.

Skills

Analytical problem-solving

Customer communication

Creative production knowledge

Full-stack development

API methodology knowledge

Tools

Pr

Ps

AEM

Workfront

Frame

Express

Job description

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 are the market leader in software products and services for the creative & marketing ecosystem with Creative Cloud, Document Cloud, Express, Firefly and Experience Cloud.

Reporting to the VP, New Business Ventures, a successful candidate will be a strong enterprise developer, embody a culture of extreme customer orientation, have a passion for coding & tinkering, share a deep interest in new technologies (generative AI, creative workflows), and have a great nose for the money (meaningful business impact).

What you’ll do

1. Ideate and code creative enterprise product and workflow prototypes using knowledge of creative production, Adobe APIs, external APIs, and customer needs.
2. Work across other internal engineering and research teams to imagine and build prototypes using existing and new available technologies.
3. Use other emerging technologies (products, APIs) and synthesize technical trends and impact to Adobe (so-what, then-what).
4. Understand business & customer needs and program into working prototypes.
5. Script & record compelling technical demo videos that bring product truth to life.
6. Influence product roadmaps. Validate and iterate with customers, partners and internal stakeholders. Gather technical product feedback from sales, customer success and professional services organizations. Embed at the customer as a customer engineer, as necessary.
7. Serve as technical expert on emerging technologies in Adobe Firefly Services (APIs), Creative Cloud technologies, and corresponding Digital Experience APIs and technologies.
8. As needed, present product demos to Adobe senior leadership, represent Adobe at CEC / customer / events / developer audiences.

What you will need to succeed

1. 10 years as a developer (full-stack preferred, familiar with API methodology / usage).
2. Deep technical and customer knowledge across creative, document, digital experience, generative AI, and workflow / low-code spaces.
3. Analytical and strategic problem solver, adept at using data to advise decisions.
4. Build the future mindset & around the corner thinking.
5. Experience across creative, document and marketing workflows (image editing, video, audio, 3D, analytics, work management, pdf).
6. Ability to work autonomously, track record of delivering on time.
7. Work well across functions and engineering teams.
8. Exceptional executive and customer communication skills, capable of conveying sophisticated technical and product ideas.
9. Ability to storyboard, produce, and edit your own demos using Pr, Ps, AEM, Workfront, Frame, Express etc.
10. Flexibility to travel as needed (max 20% of time).
11. Extreme owner mentality; founder-style work ethic.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The pay range for this position is $173,300 - $312,200 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.