Sr. Application Software Engineer

    • Adobe Systems
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Posted 45 days ago | Updated 10 hours ago

Overview

On Site
USD 124,000.00 - 234,200.00 per year
Full Time

Skills

3D computer graphics
C++
Cinema 4D
Attention to detail
User experience
Design patterns
Scripting language
Content creation
Computer science
Adobe
Design
IDEA
UI
Software deployment
Creativity
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Art
Collaboration
Research
Shipping
Algorithms
Writing
SAP BASIS
Leadership
Mentorship
Debugging
Testing
Optimization
Python
API
OpenGL
DirectX
Qt
Autodesk Maya
Communication
IMPACT
Blogging

Job Details

JOB LEVEL
P40
EMPLOYEE ROLE
Individual Contributor

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 craft 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 building 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
We are looking for a senior application software engineer with a strong understanding of common UI toolkits, familiarity with 3D graphics applications and a deep sense of software craftsmanship to participate in the design, implementation, and deployment of our next generation multi surface collaborative 3D graphics software for creative professionals. Leveraging various technologies to visualize, create, capture, and generate 3D content, we believe this new product will bring unique and artist's friendly 3D capabilities to creative professionals through a deep connection with flagship applications like Photoshop and Illustrator.

We are a tight knit team developing state-of-the-art software and delivering robust, fast, and resource-conscious components to product teams.

Our team will closely collaborate with Adobe's UX design and research teams to turn groundbreaking ideas and technologies into shipping features.
What you'll Do
  • Work collaboratively with UX designers, engineers and researchers to architect, develop, maintain and optimize new software solutions
  • Design and implement modern algorithms by writing robust, high-performance code
  • Develop experiments to explore tradeoffs between various possible implementations
  • Identify and fix application bugs and performance bottlenecks
  • Review code on a near daily basis and give detailed, constructive feedback
  • Work closely with many different product and teams across Adobe to integrate software across organizational boundaries
  • Provide leadership to the group and mentorship to junior-level engineers
What you need to succeed
  • 10+ years writing production code
  • Deep knowledge of C++ (C++17 preferred) design patterns
  • Experience writing cross platform code
  • Experience with design of high-level APIs and frameworks
    • DAG scene graph design and/or Entity Component System
    • Serialization
  • Experience in profiling, debugging and testing native applications
  • Experience with optimization and profiling tools
  • Experience in at least one scripting language, Python in particular
  • Welcomed expertise:
    • Universal Scene Description (USD) API and frameworks
    • Modern graphics APIs (OpenGL, DirectX, Vulkan, Metal)
    • Qt application framework
    • 3D content creation tools (e.g. Maya, Cinema4D)
  • Strong communication skills and attention to detail
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience or education

At Adobe, you will be immersed in an exceptional work environment that is recognized throughout the world on Best Companies lists. You will also be surrounded by colleagues who are committed to helping each other grow through our unique Check-In approach where ongoing feedback flows freely.

If you're looking to make an impact, Adobe's the place for you. Discover what our employees are saying about their career experiences on the Adobe Life blog and explore the meaningful benefits we offer.

Adobe is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace regardless of gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or veteran status.

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 $124,000 -- $234,200 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.

Internal Opportunities

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Once you apply for a role via Workday, the Talent Team will reach out to you within 2 weeks. If you move into the official interview process with the hiring team, make sure you inform your manager so they can champion your career growth.

At Adobe, you will be immersed in an exceptional work environment that is recognized around the world. You will also be surrounded by colleagues who are committed to helping each other grow through our unique Check-In approach where ongoing feedback flows freely. If you're looking to make an impact, Adobe's the place for you. Discover what our employees are saying about their career experiences on the Adobe Life blog and explore the meaningful benefits we offer.

Adobe is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace regardless of gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.

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