Senior Design Engineer, UI Systems & Design Frameworks

Adobe; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 178,000 - 258,000; Full time

Job summary

Adobe is seeking a Senior Design Engineer to advance Drover and the Spectrum design system across desktop UI. You will own architecture decisions, shape APIs, and collaborate with designers, engineers, and product teams to deliver fast, polished native experiences.

In this high-ownership role, you will tackle layout, animation, theming, and performance challenges, advocating quality, correctness, and maintainability while embracing AI-assisted tooling where appropriate.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with deep production C++ expertise.
• Strong systems-design experience, including framework or platform architecture.
• Depth in at least one UI framework area (layout, animation, rendering, theming, or performance).
• Experience building cross‑platform software for Windows and macOS.
• Track record of solving complex technical problems while keeping software fast and maintainable.
• Design sensibility, strong communication, and ability to align design and engineering teams.
• Experience with Objective-C, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Partner with designers, engineers, and product teams.
• Modernize Drover’s UI foundations for fast, polished, native experiences.
• Shape framework capabilities, APIs, and abstractions to help product teams ship UI faster and more consistently.
• Prototype, validate, and ship new UI capabilities through close collaboration.
• Build automation, validation, and performance systems that make quality measurable at scale.
• Participate in design and code reviews, helping set the standard for UI craft.
• Use AI-assisted tools thoughtfully while maintaining high standards for correctness, performance, and quality.

Skills

C++

System design

UI framework development

Cross-platform (Windows/macOS)

Communication & collaboration

Objective-C

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

Tools

Objective-C

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

Job description

Adobe is seeking a Senior Design Engineer to advance Drover and the Spectrum design system across desktop UI. You will own architecture decisions, shape APIs, and collaborate with designers, engineers, and product teams to deliver fast, polished native experiences.

In this high-ownership role, you will tackle layout, animation, theming, and performance challenges, advocating quality, correctness, and maintainability while embracing AI-assisted tooling where appropriate.