Senior Software Development Engineer

Adobe

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San Jose, US Posted 17 days ago $177,900–$257,550 / year

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At a glance

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TL;DR

As a Software Development Engineer at Adobe in Lehi, you will join the Experience Platform team, contributing to the development of high-performance microservices that power data governance and security features for global brands. Your day-to-day responsibilities include designing and building public-facing APIs with an emphasis on reliability and scalability, understanding customer use cases through documentation and support interactions, and engaging in architecture design to ensure long-term platform health. You will work with technologies such as Java or Python, Neo4j databases, Kubernetes, AWS, Kafka for messaging queues, and AI-powered coding tools like GitHub Copilot. This role requires a strong background in microservices development, agile methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, and experience with large-scale data processing and distributed systems.

Skills

Java Python Kubernetes AWS Azure Neo4j GitHub CI/CD Apache Kafka SaaS Agile Prometheus Grafana AI-Assisted Development Tools Docker

What you'll do

Design, build, and maintain public-facing APIs focusing on reliability and scalability.
Understand product documentation and customer use cases to support integrations and resolve issues.
Contribute to architecture design, balancing immediate needs with long-term platform health.
Solve complex problems involving large-scale data processing in distributed systems.
Implement metrics, monitoring, and alerting for transparency in system performance.
Utilize AI-assisted development tools to enhance engineering productivity and quality.

What we're looking for

5-8 years of professional software development experience with a degree in Computer Science or related field.
Strong object-oriented programming skills, preferably in Java but other OO languages are welcome.
Experience developing microservices, HTTP APIs, and working with databases like Neo4j.
Familiarity with source control systems (GitHub), Kubernetes, and cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
Background in Big Data, asynchronous operations, messaging queues (Kafka), and SaaS environments.
Detail-oriented approach to solving complex challenges and contributing to architecture design.
Experience with agile development methodologies, sprint work, CI/CD pipelines, and AI-powered coding tools.

Market check

Salary context

This $177,900–$257,550 range sits above 84% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$117,000–$208,150

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$140,643–$187,900

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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