Lead Software Engineer, Backend

Adobe

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San Francisco, CASan Jose, CA
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39 days ago
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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

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Lead Software Engineer - Backend The Senior Software Engineer will join the Project Graph services team to develop HTTP APIs for a new creative system that combines AI models and interactive components within a node graph editor. In this backend-focused role, you will write scalable, resilient APIs to manage plugin versioning, publishing, and access control, while also contributing to an async job scheduling system for cloud-based graph execution. You will design and implement cloud infrastructure to meet reliability and performance goals. The role requires expertise in Node.js, Typescript, Kubernetes, Postgres, Redis, Terraform, and AWS. You must also possess skills in bash, CircleCI, and HTTP API security to support a platform that enables users to build modular workflows and tools for web and desktop applications.

Skills

Node.js TypeScript Kubernetes AWS Redis Terraform CI/CD CircleCI Bash HTTP APIs Cloud Infrastructure

What you'll do

  • Write scalable and resilient HTTP APIs for the Project Graph services.
  • Develop an async job scheduling system using Kubernetes and Postgres.
  • Design and implement cloud infrastructure to meet reliability, performance, and cost goals.
  • Manage Graph plugins including versioning, publishing, access control, and search functionality.
  • Build and maintain an async compute platform for running Graphs on the cloud.
  • Utilize AWS infrastructure and Terraform to support backend services.
  • Implement and secure HTTP APIs to ensure robust system security.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science.
  • 5-10 years of backend software development experience.
  • Strong hands-on experience in any server-side language, specifically Node.js/Typescript.
  • Expertise with Kubernetes.
  • Experience with Postgres, Redis, or other data stores.
  • Experience with Terraform and AWS.
  • Experience with bash and CI/CD tools like CircleCI.
  • Expertise in HTTP API security.

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