Senior Engineering Manager, Software Development

Adobe

Confirmed live yesterday High trust

Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
Seattle, WASan Francisco, CASan Jose, CA
Employment
Full-time
Posted
39 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

Market check

Salary context

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $183k
$107k $248k
below market most similar roles pay here above market

This listing doesn't post a salary. Most similar roles pay $152,955–$213,200.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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 282 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $148,100–$282,100 across 76 roles with salary data.

Most-posted roles

View all roles at Adobe

At a glance

TL;DR · Senior Engineering Manager, Software Development

JOB TITLE: Senior Engineering Manager, Software Development The Senior Engineering Manager, Software Development joins the Adobe Pro Video group to lead and mentor a development team building next-generation professional video editing solutions. You will manage the delivery of shared user interface solutions for a world-class technology stack, collaborating with Product Management, Design, and Program Management to ensure high-quality results for Premiere Pro customers. Key responsibilities include driving processes, providing roadmaps, and solving complex problems within extensive codebases. You must demonstrate expertise in desktop interface development for Mac and Windows, including performance optimization, hardware acceleration, and accessibility guidelines. Required skills include experience with Agile methodologies, modern UI conceptualization, and AI assistant tooling like Claude, Copilot, or ChatGPT. This role solves the technical challenge of creating modern, high-performance software for professional video workflows.

What does a Engineering Manager earn in Washington?

Median $268200 from 37 postings across 10 companies.

See salary data

What you'll do

  • Lead and mentor the development team to ensure career growth and daily success.
  • Deliver high-quality shared user interface solutions for the video editing technology stack.
  • Represent team progress and breakthroughs to senior leadership through regular roadmaps and schedules.
  • Determine strategic approaches for delivering high-value software solutions for Premiere Pro customers.
  • Solve technical problems and continually improve system performance and product quality.
  • Partner with design and product management to define and build the correct set of features.
  • Manage large-scale projects involving extensive codebases and legacy code modernization.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of leading/managing software engineering teams.
  • Experience developing applications for Mac and/or Windows.
  • Expertise in desktop interface development, including architectural and functional differences between macOS and Windows.
  • Strong design sensibility with a focus on UI conceptualization, layout, and user experience.
  • Experience managing and contributing to large-scale projects with extensive codebases and legacy code.
  • Understanding of software development processes, including standard Agile methodologies.
  • Solid understanding of accessibility guidelines to ensure inclusive and compliant UI experiences.
  • Strong grasp of performance optimization in UI development, including hardware acceleration and efficient rendering.

More like this

Similar roles

Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering

CVS Health

Remote (IL) +48 13 days ago $106,605–$284,280
Salesforce Apex Lightning Web Components Sales Cloud Service Cloud Marketing Cloud Data Cloud Experience Cloud Java Node.js Python Microservices REST GraphQL MuleSoft Workato AWS GCP Azure Docker Kubernetes CI/CD GitHub Actions Copado SFDX Agile Scrum LLM Generative AI
6+ yrs exp Remote

Senior Software Engineering Manager

Microsoft

87 days ago $119,800–$234,700
Azure Infrastructure-as-Code Terraform Bicep CI/CD Observability Grafana Datadog OpenTelemetry Python Java C# C++ C JavaScript Linux Distributed Systems Networking Storage
4+ yrs exp Hybrid

Senior Software Engineering Manager

Cisco

San Jose, CA 68 days ago
Cloud-native Development CI/CD Test Automation Observability Production Operations AI-assisted Development Security Automation Orchestration Platforms Distributed Systems SaaS Hybrid-cloud Secure Software Delivery
10+ yrs exp Hybrid

Senior Software Engineering Manager

Leidos

Gaithersburg, MD 12 days ago $107,900–$195,050
Java C C++ Software Development Lifecycle Software Architecture Requirements Engineering System Integration AI ADS-B SWIM NextGen
9+ yrs exp

Senior Manager Software Development Engineering

CVS Health

Remote (TN) 6 days ago $106,605–$213,210
Agile DevSecOps CI/CD Cloud APIs Distributed Systems Source Control Automated Testing Product Agile Scrum SAFe Software Development Lifecycle Modern Application Architectures
7+ yrs exp Remote