The OpportunityJoin Adobe's Developer Experience team in San Jose as a Software Development Engineer! This opportunity allows you to work with world-class technology and collaborate with ambitious professionals to successfully implement innovative solutions. At Adobe, you will have the chance to contribute to our proven track record of excellence and make a significant impact.
What you'll Do- Develop and operate highly available API and AI gateway infrastructure on Kubernetes.
- Develop services, controllers, automation, and self-service tools using Go or Python.
- Use AI-assisted development throughout building, coding, testing, debugging, and documentation.
- Build AI-powered capabilities for log analysis, issue diagnosis, configuration validation, and automated remediation.
- Manage API routing, load balancing, rate limiting, DNS, TLS, service-to-service connectivity, and gateway security.
- Develop GitOps deployment workflows using Kubernetes, Helm, Argo CD, and custom resources.
- Improve platform reliability through observability, automation, managing system resources, and resilient multi-region development.
- Enable secure infrastructure for AI agents and MCP servers, including routing, authentication, authorization, guardrails, and usage controls.
What you need to succeed- Strong infrastructure and software engineering experience.
- Skilled in Go or Python and experienced in creating production-ready tools or services.
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, cloud networking, distributed systems, and API gateways.
- Experience with Envoy, Contour, NGINX, or similar proxy and ingress technologies.
- Knowledge of HTTP, DNS, TLS, OAuth, JWT, API security, load balancing, and rate limiting.
- Experience working with Helm, Argo CD, GitOps, and infrastructure automation.
- Ability to use AI coding tools effectively while maintaining strong engineering, testing, security, and production-quality standards.
- A demonstrated ability to convert recurring operational work into scalable automation or AI-powered solutions.
- Preferred qualifications: Experience building AI agents, MCP integrations, RAG solutions, or AI-assisted infrastructure tools.
Preferred Qualifications- Bachelor's or postgraduate degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of experience in infrastructure, platform, cloud, site reliability, or software engineering.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes, distributed systems, cloud networking, and API gateway infrastructure.
- Strong development experience in Go or Python, including building production services, controllers, automation, or internal tools.
- Demonstrated ability to use AI across developing, coding, testing, fixing, and infrastructure automation.
- Experience with Envoy, Contour, HTTPProxy, Helm, Argo CD, GitOps, DNS, TLS, API security, and observability.
- Experience with AI agents, MCP integrations, AI gateways, RAG, or AI-assisted infrastructure tooling.
About AdobeAdobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe's industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.
Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We're on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours.
Let's Adobe togetherAt Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.
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 protected characteristic. Learn more.
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AI Use Guidelines for Interviews:Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process.
At Adobe, we empower employees to innovate with AI - and we look for candidates eager to do the same. As part of the hiring experience, we provide clear guidance on where AI is encouraged during the process and where it's restricted during live interviews. See how we think about AI in the hiring experience.
Expected Pay Range: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 $114,100 -- $214,950 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.
In California, the pay range for this position is $148,500 - $214,950
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 OrdinancesAdobe 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 NoticeIf 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 NoticeIt 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.
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