As a Senior Software Engineer at Adobe, you will lead the design and development of complex, scalable systems within the enterprise work management platform. You will own critical components and services end-to-end, drive architectural decisions, and mentor engineers through technical leadership and code reviews. Your responsibilities include breaking down ambiguous problems into maintainable solutions, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact features, and identifying systemic issues in performance and reliability. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of professional experience with JavaScript, React, Node.js, TypeScript, Java, Spring, RESTful systems, and cloud platforms like AWS or GCP. Expertise in frontend architecture, state management, backend APIs, data modeling, and containerization technologies is essential for this role that focuses on building scalable distributed systems and influencing engineering guidelines.
Own and lead the design, development, and delivery of large-scale features and services.
Drive architectural decisions and contribute to long-term technical strategy.
Break down complex problems into scalable and maintainable solutions.
Lead technical discussions and set standards for engineering excellence.
Mentor engineers through code reviews and provide technical guidance.
Identify and resolve systemic issues in performance, scalability, and reliability.
Fix complex production issues by leading root cause analysis.
What we're looking for
5+ years of professional software engineering experience with deep expertise in JavaScript and modern frameworks.
Proven experience designing and building scalable, distributed systems in production environments.
Strong experience with system design, architecture, and design patterns.
Expertise in frontend architecture, state management, browser internals, and performance optimization.
Solid backend experience with APIs and services (Java, Spring, RESTful systems).
Experience leading technical initiatives and driving projects across teams.
Deep understanding of concurrency, synchronization, and asynchronous systems.
Market check
Salary context
This
$139,000–$139,000
range sits above
20%
of similar postings on FindRole.
Peer median band
$117,000–$209,315
Median floor and ceiling across peers.
Typical midpoint (25–75%)
$142,175–$196,750
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.