Software Development Engineer

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
AEM Cloud Service is a $1.4B line of business and the industry leader in experience
management, used by Fortune 100 companies.
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and operate high-performance,
cloud-native backend services supporting Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) as a Cloud
Service. This role focuses on distributed systems, Java-based service development, cloud
operations, and automation, with data engineering, analytics, and AI experience as a plus.

What You Will Do
Design, develop, and test backend services using Java, Spring Boot, and cloud-native
patterns.
Build and own high-traffic, mission-critical services running on Adobe and container
platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS/Fargate).
Implement CI/CD automation using Jenkins, CircleCI, or similar tools to enable fast,
reliable deployments.
Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and operational readiness
assessments.
Analyze service telemetry, improve performance, and contribute to on-call rotations for
production systems.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver backend services and integrate data
pipelines, SQL queries, and ETL workflows where required.
Leverage AI tools to improve developer productivity and efficiency.
Build GenAI and agentic workflows using the latest AI frameworks and tools.
(Plus) Enhance ingestion and processing pipelines using data engineering frameworks,
including Spark, Kafka, Kinesis, Airflow, and data lakes.
(Plus) Support data flow, modeling, and analytics integration using Snowflake or
Databricks, DBT, PowerBI, and modern data pipelines.

Experience
Strong experience in Java development, API design, distributed services, messaging,
concurrency, and performance tuning.
8+ years of industry experience in software engineering or distributed system
development.
Deep understanding of cloud platforms including compute, storage, streaming,
networking, and security.

Hands-on experience with container technologies: Docker, Kubernetes, and/or AWS
ECS/Fargate.
Experience building automated systems using Jenkins or similar CI/CD frameworks.
Familiarity with observability platforms: New Relic, Grafana, Prometheus, CloudWatch,
ELK, or similar.

Additional requirements:
Understanding of modern data processing frameworks such as Spark, Iceberg, Parquet,
Airflow, and event-driven architectures.
Experience with real-time streaming systems: Kafka, Kinesis, Flink.
Experience building scalable ingestion pipelines, data platforms, or enterprise data
services.
Familiarity with AEM or other large-scale CMS platforms (plus but not required).
Knowledge of LLM integrations, RAG architectures, or vector databases.
Experience with data modeling, SQL, Snowflake or Databricks, DBT, and PowerBI.

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 $139,000 -- $257,550 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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In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

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