Software Development Engineer

Adobe

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Location
San 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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TL;DR · Software Development Engineer

JOB TITLE: Software Development Engineer The Software Development Engineer joins the Adobe Express Branding team within the Assets and Collaboration pillar. You will build and deliver customer-facing features for branding, asset management, and collaboration, specifically focusing on automated brand extraction and reusable design elements. A primary responsibility involves developing AI and LLM-powered experiences, including testing approaches, establishing measurement methods for output quality, and managing evaluation datasets. You will own projects from technical development through deployment while contributing to frontend and full stack architecture. Required skills include TypeScript, modern JavaScript, React, Web Components, Node.js, and Python. You must understand browser APIs, rendering, and Shadow DOM. The role solves the technical challenge of making brand identities, colors, and fonts consistently available and accessible for creators across various web applications and services.

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What you'll do

  • Build and deliver customer-facing features for branding, asset management, and collaboration.
  • Develop AI and LLM-powered experiences using real-world use cases and testing methods.
  • Establish metrics to measure AI output quality through structured outputs and evaluation datasets.
  • Own projects from technical development through implementation, testing, deployment, and post-launch improvements.
  • Contribute to frontend and full-stack architecture while reviewing code for performance and security.
  • Make technical decisions regarding security, privacy, performance, and brand governance.
  • Operate and maintain the services developed for web applications and AI-enhanced experiences.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of software development experience building and shipping production web applications.
  • Strong frontend engineering skills in TypeScript, modern JavaScript (ES6+), React, and Web Components.
  • Proficiency with Node.js and npm.
  • Familiarity with MobX or LitElement (preferred).
  • Understanding of browser APIs, JavaScript engines, rendering, Shadow DOM, Service Workers, CDNs, CSS, and web performance.
  • Experience crafting or owning backend services using Node.js, Python, or similar technologies (preferred).
  • Hands-on experience developing or integrating AI or LLM-powered features in production.
  • Knowledge of timely engineering, structured outputs, context management, output validation, LLM evaluation methods, and RAG (preferred).

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