Senior Forward‑Deployed Engineer & Enterprise Architect

Fdetimes; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 208,000 - 302,000; Full time

Job summary

Adobe is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer who will embed with strategic customers to architect scalable Adobe Experience Platform solutions, prototype rapidly, and drive adoption across multiple products. You will own the technical relationship from discovery through go-live and expansion, working within cross-functional Customer Pods.

You will lead architecture workshops, design reference architectures, and troubleshoot complex production issues, leveraging AI-assisted tooling as a standard

Qualifications

• 8–15+ years across solution architecture, software engineering, technical consulting, or customer-facing engineering roles.
• Master's or bachelor’s in computer science or any relevant field.
• Ability to present to executives and lead architecture workshops.

Responsibilities

• Partner with strategic customers to understand architecture, workflows, security requirements, and business objectives.
• Translate problems into scalable solution designs and reference architectures.
• Troubleshoot production-level platform issues from data ingestion to identity resolution and orchestration.
• Design end-to-end enterprise solutions across AEP, RTCDP, AJO, and adjacent Adobe systems.
• Lead architecture workshops, health checks, and deep-dives to earn customer trust.

Skills

Software Dev

Customer Empathy

Collaboration

Communication

Business Acumen

Architecture

Data Modeling

AI Fluency

Bias Toward Action

Education

Master's or Bachelor's in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

Adobe is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer who will embed with strategic customers to architect scalable Adobe Experience Platform solutions, prototype rapidly, and drive adoption across multiple products. You will own the technical relationship from discovery through go-live and expansion, working within cross-functional Customer Pods.

You will lead architecture workshops, design reference architectures, and troubleshoot complex production issues, leveraging AI-assisted tooling as a standard