As a Forward Deployment Engineer at Adobe’s Digital Experience organization, you will join the innovative FDE team to bridge customer needs with core product capabilities. Your role involves rapid prototyping and implementation of features based on real-time customer requirements, leveraging Generative AI and agentic workflows to create cutting-edge demos and automation tools. You will write production-grade Java or Scala code for high-availability systems and RESTful APIs while troubleshooting complex integration issues in real time. This position requires 3+ years of software engineering experience with a strong foundation in Java/Scala, Spring Boot, REST API concepts, and SQL/NoSQL databases. Familiarity with LLM development and prompt engineering is essential, as is a hacker mindset for quick learning and creative problem-solving. Bonus points for experience with agentic frameworks like LangChain or Semantic Kernel, full-stack development skills, cloud deployment expertise, and side projects involving AI technologies.
Skills
Java
Scala
Spring Boot
REST API
SQL
NoSQL
LLM Development
OpenAI
Anthropic
Gemini
prompt engineering
LangChain
Semantic Kernel
AutoGPT
RAG
React
Angular
Vue
AWS
Azure
GCP
Kafka
What you'll do
Design and implement features based on immediate customer requirements.
Prototype solutions using Generative AI and agentic workflows to showcase future capabilities.
Write production-grade Java/Scala code for high-availability systems and RESTful APIs.
Troubleshoot complex integration issues in real-time, performing root cause analysis.
Provide feedback to product teams on how customers use APIs and AI features.
What we're looking for
3+ years of software engineering experience with Java or Scala.
Experience building backend services using Spring Boot and REST APIs.
Familiarity with LLM development, including prompt engineering and API usage.
Practical experience with SQL/NoSQL databases for query writing and schema design.
Hacker mindset: Curious, quick to learn new technologies, and enjoys creative problem-solving.
Bonus: Experience with agentic frameworks like LangChain or Semantic Kernel.
Bonus: Understanding of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) concepts.
Market check
Salary context
This
$177,900–$257,550
range sits above
90%
of similar postings on FindRole.
Peer median band
$140,650–$220,000
Median floor and ceiling across peers.
Typical midpoint (25–75%)
$144,000–$214,500
Middle half of comparable postings.
Based on 240 comparable postings.*
* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.
Employer
About Adobe
Adobe Inc. is a global software company known for creative and multimedia software products including Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, and its cloud-based Creative Cloud and Document Cloud suites. Industry: Creative & Digital Experience Software
Adobe currently has
290 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$183,300–$265,350
across 290 roles with salary data.
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