Senior Engineering Manager, Media Services & Storage

Adobe; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 143,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a team responsible for transforming video collaboration. This pivotal role involves architecting systems for media processing and ensuring seamless integration with industry-leading creative tools. You will drive innovation in media workflows while fostering a culture of technical excellence. If you're passionate about media technology and want to shape the future of video collaboration, this is the opportunity for you.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Equity options

Fully remote-friendly

Health benefits

Flexible work hours

Qualifications

• 4+ years of engineering management experience leading infrastructure/platform teams.
• Proven expertise in designing cloud-native distributed systems at scale.
• Deep familiarity with video technology and streaming protocols.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team building distributed systems for video transcoding and storage.
• Architect cloud-first solutions for high-volume media processing.
• Partner with product teams for seamless tool interoperability.

Skills

Engineering Management

Cloud-Native Distributed Systems

Video Technology

Streaming Protocols

Infrastructure-as-Code

Workflow Orchestration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Temporal

Terraform

CloudFormation

FFmpeg

GStreamer

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!

About Us

At Frame.io, an Adobe company, we’re transforming video collaboration for creators worldwide. Over 1 million filmmakers, editors, and studios rely on our platform to streamline their workflows. As part of Adobe’s ecosystem, our infrastructure powers seamless integrations with flagship Adobe products like Premiere Pro and Photoshop, enabling end-to-end creative pipelines for professionals everywhere.

The Role

We’re hiring a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the team responsible for Frame.io’s media processing pipeline, global media delivery service, and cloud-native storage strategy. Your team will architect systems that handle massive-scale media assets, optimize interoperability with leading cloud storage providers (e.g., AWS S3, Google Cloud, Miscrosoft Azure), and deliver mission-critical integrations with Adobe’s creative tools.

This role is pivotal to our vision of becoming the backbone of video collaboration for the creative industry.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers building distributed systems for video transcoding, storage, and delivery.
• Architect cloud-first solutions for high-volume media processing (codecs like H.264/HEVC, protocols like HLS/DASH).
• Partner closely with Adobe product teams to ensure seamless interoperability with tools like Premiere Pro and After Effects.
• Define Frame.io’s cloud storage strategy, prioritizing scalability, cost efficiency, and cross-platform compatibility.
• Drive innovation in workflow orchestration using tools like Temporal for resilient, scalable media pipelines.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, mentorship, and operational rigor.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of engineering management experience leading infrastructure/platform teams, with 5+ years in software engineering.
• Proven expertise in designing cloud-native distributed systems (e.g., microservices, serverless architectures) at scale.
• Deep familiarity with video technology: codecs (HEVC, AV1), streaming protocols (HLS, CMAF), and open-source tools (FFmpeg, GStreamer).
• Experience collaborating with product teams to deliver user-centric infrastructure solutions.
• Passion for media technology and staying ahead of trends (e.g., 8K, AI-driven workflows).
• Bonus: Experience with content protection (DRM, watermarking).
• Bonus: Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and workflow orchestration tools (Temporal).

Why Join Us?

• Lead a high-impact team that directly shapes integrations with Adobe’s industry-leading creative tools.
• Solve complex challenges at the intersection of media infrastructure and creative workflows.
• Competitive salary, equity, and benefits.
• Fully remote-friendly.

Application Window Notice

If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting), the application window will remain open until at least 12:01 AM Pacific Time, in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location, no specific application window applies, and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs. 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 $143,700 -- $289,900 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.

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