Forward Deployed Engineer

Adobe Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Adobe Inc. seeks an experienced Mobile Forward Deployed Engineer to partner with enterprise mobile teams, integrating Adobe's SDKs and APIs into complex iOS and Android applications.

You will design scalable mobile architectures, troubleshoot production issues, prototype AI-powered experiences, and travel 20-40% to customer sites while leading architecture reviews.

Qualifications

• 6-12 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Deep expertise in iOS (Swift/Objective-C) or Android (Kotlin/Java) development.
• Experience integrating complex mobile SDKs into production applications.
• Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Strong understanding of mobile architecture, application lifecycle, networking, security, and performance optimization.
• Experience working with enterprise-scale mobile applications.

Responsibilities

• Partner directly with enterprise mobile engineering teams to understand application architecture, constraints, and objectives.
• Design and implement scalable integrations using Adobe Mobile SDKs, APIs, and cloud services.
• Develop production-quality iOS and Android code, sample apps, reusable SDK integrations, and reference implementations.
• Troubleshoot production issues across mobile apps, backend APIs, authentication, networking, and SDK behavior.
• Lead architecture workshops, reviews, and technical deep dives with customer teams.
• Translate customer feedback into product improvements with Product and Eng teams.
• Prototype AI-powered mobile experiences using LLMs and on-device AI capabilities.
• Advise customers on modern mobile engineering practices including CI/CD, observability, testing, release management, and performance.

Skills

iOS/Android development

SDK integration

RESTful APIs

Enterprise mobile apps

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Swift/Objective-C

Kotlin/Java

API integration platforms

Job description

The Opportunity

Mobile experiences are often the most important touchpoint between global brands and their customers. Adobe's Mobile SDKs power personalized experiences, customer engagement, analytics, messaging, experimentation, and AI-driven interactions inside some of the world's largest mobile applications.

We're looking for experienced Mobile Forward Deployed Engineers who thrive at the intersection of software engineering, customer architecture, and technical consulting.

As an FDE, you'll partner directly with Adobe's largest enterprise customers to integrate Adobe's mobile technologies into complex iOS and Android applications. You'll help customers solve difficult implementation challenges, design scalable mobile architectures, troubleshoot production issues, and influence the future of Adobe's mobile platform through direct customer feedback.

This is not a traditional consulting role.

You'll write production-quality code, build reference implementations, prototype AI-powered mobile experiences, and work alongside customer engineering teams to accelerate successful deployments.

What You'll Do

• Partner directly with enterprise mobile engineering teams to understand application architecture, technical constraints, and business objectives.


• Design and implement scalable integrations using Adobe Mobile SDKs, APIs, and cloud services.


• Develop production-quality iOS and Android code, sample applications, reusable SDK integrations, and reference implementations.


• Troubleshoot complex production issues across mobile applications, backend APIs, authentication, networking, and SDK behavior.


• Lead architecture workshops, implementation reviews, and technical deep dives with customer engineering organizations.


• Collaborate closely with Product Management and Engineering by translating customer feedback into product improvements.


• Prototype new AI-powered mobile experiences using LLMs, on-device intelligence, and Adobe AI capabilities.


• Help customers adopt modern mobile engineering practices including CI/CD, observability, testing, release management, and performance optimization.


• Travel to customer locations approximately 20-40% of the time.

What Success Looks Like

We hire engineers who combine deep technical expertise with exceptional customer empathy.

Successful candidates demonstrate:

Mobile Engineering Excellence

You have built and shipped production iOS or Android applications that serve large user bases.

Customer Partnership

You enjoy working directly with engineering teams, understanding customer problems, and becoming a trusted technical advisor.

Systems Thinking

You understand how mobile applications interact with APIs, identity systems, authentication, backend services, and cloud infrastructure.

Software Development

You write clean, maintainable production code-not just prototypes or proof of concepts.

Technical Leadership

You can lead architecture discussions while also contributing hands-on engineering work.

Communication

You explain complex technical concepts clearly to engineers, architects, product leaders, and executive stakeholders.

AI Fluency

You actively leverage AI-assisted development tools such as Copilot, or equivalent, and understand how LLMs can enhance modern mobile experiences.

Bias Toward Action

You rapidly diagnose problems, build solutions, and continuously improve customer outcomes.

What We\'re Looking For

We're less interested in titles than demonstrated impact.

Strong candidates typically bring:

Required Qualifications

• 6-12 years of professional software engineering experience.


• Deep expertise in iOS (Swift/Objective-C) or Android (Kotlin/Java) development.


• Experience integrating complex mobile SDKs into production applications.


• Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs and backend services.


• Strong understanding of mobile architecture, application lifecycle, networking, security, and performance optimization.


• Experience working with enterprise-scale mobile applications.

Preferred Qualifications

We especially value candidates with experience in one or more of the following:

• Enterprise B2B SaaS platforms


• API integration platforms


• Identity and authentication (OAuth, OpenID Connect, SSO)


• Customer implementation or professional services engineering


• Solution Architecture


• Technical Consulting


• Developer Relations


• Mobile DevOps and CI/CD


• AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure


• Mobile analytics platforms


• Push notifications and messaging platforms


• AI-powered mobile applications


• LLM integration into mobile experiences


• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)


• On-device AI or GenAI frameworks

Ideal Background

We're looking for engineers who have built software and partnered with customers.

Common backgrounds include:

• Senior iOS Engineer


• Senior Android Engineer


• Mobile Solutions Engineer


• Mobile SDK Engineer


• Mobile Solutions Architect


• Customer Engineer


• Mobile Platform Engineer


• Developer Relations Engineer


• Technical Consultant (Mobile)


• Professional Services EngineerStaff Mobile Engineer

Why Adobe

You’ll help shape the mobile experiences used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide.

You’ll work directly with Fortune 500 engineering teams, solve some of the most challenging mobile integration problems in the industry, influence Adobe’s product roadmap, and help define the next generation of AI-powered mobile experiences.

If you enjoy building software, solving customer problems, and working at the intersection of engineering and product innovation, we’d love to talk with you.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours.

Let’s Adobe together

At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

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Expected Pay Range

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 $114,100 - $214,950 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. In California, the pay range for this position is $148,500 - $214,950.

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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