Senior Software Development Engineer

Adobe; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 133,000 - 242,000; Full time

Job summary

Adobe is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to join their dynamic team focused on building innovative web applications. This role involves collaborating with researchers and designers, applying technical leadership, and delivering scalable, user-friendly solutions that enhance digital experiences. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in web application development and a passion for building modern, accessible technologies.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building and deploying web applications or interactive websites.
• Experience designing robust, complex full-stack architectures.
• Attention to detail in building visually appealing designs.

Responsibilities

• Work with teams to build next-gen web applications.
• Provide technical leadership and influence design thinking.
• Deliver a responsive, scalable solution for mass audiences.

Skills

Javascript

HTML

CSS

React

Vue

Web Security

Performance Optimization

Education

Bachelor degree in Computer Science

Tools

npm

webpack

Job description

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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.

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!

The Opportunity

Do you thrive on solving hard problems at scale? Do you want to build cloud-native systems that work seamlessly across devices? Are you interested in defining the future of creativity by making it fast, fun, and streamlined to build sophisticated-looking content? Most of all, are you passionate about the next generation of users and building modern solutions for them that connect to leading social and digital platforms?

We are a team of passionate storytellers, technology innovators, and change agents. Building off Creative Cloud Express ’s initial success, we are now re-imagining (from the ground up!) the way people discover, build, and publish the full range of media types - from graphics to imaging to video - right in the browser and on their mobile devices. Our aim is to build fast and easy product experiences that empower students, social influencers, marketers, small businesses - really anyone with something to say - to make something that will stand out and impress their audience.

We are seeking an experienced web front-end engineer to join a highly motivated and fast-paced team to join us in building a new creativity platform that will help define the future of Creative Cloud and Adobe’s Digital Media business.

What you’ll do:

• Work hand-in-hand with researchers, engineers, user experience designers and product managers to prototype and build a next-generation web application
• Provide technical leadership to solve ambitious design problems to deliver best-in-class user experience in web and a broad range of devices
• Influence design thinking among development teams. You have an appreciation for design-thinking and you believe that creating reusable code and consistent user experiences that work well together can empower engineers and designers to create better products.
• Participate in pair programming and peer reviews. You’ll collaborate with other engineers on problems of all shapes and sizes, from code to new ideas and methodologies.
• Deliver a responsive, scalable solution ready for a mass audience.
• Provide recommendations on how to make the products more usable. You will use our analytics tools, user research, and in-house community team to gather information and gain insights as to how people use our product to drive new ideas.
  
  

What you need to succeed:

• 5+ years proven experience building and deploying web applications or interactive websites
• Bachelor degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, HCI, web design, or a related field
• Tried expertise building web apps that run across multiple browsers, including mobile, where there are different performance and resource constraints as well as capabilities that may require polyfills.
• Shown web architecture experience designing and developing robust, complex full-stack architectures
• Strong skills in Javascript/HTML/CSS, experience with ES6 and React, Vue or equivalent UI frameworks.
• Proficient knowledge of web technologies, e.g. the DOM, canvas and WebGL rendering, web security, asynchrony, workers, performance optimization.
• Familiarity with modern web dev tools/patterns, e.g. npm, web pack, etc; loading optimization, cloud deployment strategies
• Demonstrate strong attention to detail and ability to build visually appealing designs using CSS and modern techniques to improve user experiences
• Experience with implementing support for accessibility standards (e.g, WCAG 2.1) and support for different input modalities and assistive technologies used by users.
  
  

Nice to have:

• Experience in UX Design
• Familiarity with Agile/SCRUM development practices
  
  

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 positionis $133,900 -- $242,000 annually. Paywithin this range varies by work locationand 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.

State-Specific Notices:

California:

Fair Chance Ordinances

Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.

Colorado:

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 the date and time stated above in 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.

Massachusetts:

Massachusetts Legal Notice

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. Learn more about our vision here.

Adobe aims to make Adobe.com accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email [e-mail] or call [phone].

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Advertising Services, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Software Development

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