Software Development Engineer 4

Adobe

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Work type: On-site
Location: San Jose, CASeattle, WASan Francisco, CA
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 39 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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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The Software Development Engineer 4 joins the Adobe Express Mobile App team to design and implement major user-facing features. This role involves building intelligent agents to instrument code and analyze performance and stability metrics while utilizing AI-assisted and agentic coding tools to accelerate delivery. You will work on a hybrid web and native application stack, ensuring the mobile experience offers features not achievable on the web. Key responsibilities include defining quality planning for the entire app lifecycle and collaborating with Product Management and Designers on the product roadmap. Required technical skills include Kotlin, Swift, and TypeScript or JavaScript. You must demonstrate proficiency in architectural patterns like MVC and MVVM, multi-threading, memory management, CI/CD pipelines, and automation testing frameworks to solve complex mobile software issues.

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Skills

Kotlin Swift TypeScript JavaScript Android MVC MVVM Object-Oriented Programming CI/CD Lit MobX Web Components Multi-threading Memory Management Automation Testing

What you'll do

Design and implement major user-facing features using Kotlin, Swift, or TypeScript.
Build intelligent agents to instrument code and analyze performance and stability metrics.
Develop mobile-specific features that are not achievable within the web stack.
Use AI-assisted and agentic coding tools to accelerate delivery and refactor production-quality code.
Define quality planning for the entire application lifecycle.
Collaborate with Product Management and Designers to define the product roadmap and assess new technologies.

What we're looking for

3+ years of shipping software development experience, including commercial mobile applications developed using Kotlin or Swift.
Experience with TypeScript or Javascript development.
Strong grasp of architectural patterns (MVC, MVVM), design patterns, and object-oriented programming.
Experience with multi-threading programming and memory management.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automation testing frameworks.
Proven track record investigating complex, hard-to-reproduce issues in shipping software.
Experience with hybrid web/native app development (preferred).
Familiarity with Lit, MobX, Web Components, and modern browser-based tech stack (preferred).