Senior Design Engineer, Spectrum Desktop

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San Francisco, CASeattle, WASan Jose, CA
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TL;DR · Senior Design Engineer, Spectrum Desktop

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The Sr Design Engineer, Spectrum Desktop joins the Drover team to modernize the UI foundations of Adobe’s desktop applications. This high-ownership systems role focuses on the technical implementation of the Spectrum design system, ensuring consistent look and feel across native frameworks. You will build and maintain framework capabilities, APIs, and abstractions for layout, adaptive sizing, animation, motion, compositing, rendering, and theming. Daily responsibilities include prototyping new UI capabilities, building automation and performance systems, and collaborating with designers and engineers to ensure high-quality, fast, and reliable user experiences. The role requires deep production C++ expertise, systems-design experience, and knowledge of cross-platform software for Windows and macOS. Proficiency in Objective-C, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Python is also a plus for this high-performance native framework project.

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C++ Objective-C JavaScript TypeScript Python Windows macOS Rendering Animation Layout Automation systems-design

What you'll do

  • Modernize Drover’s UI foundations to provide fast, polished, and native user experiences.
  • Shape framework capabilities, APIs, and abstractions to help product teams ship UI consistently.
  • Prototype, validate, and ship new UI capabilities through close collaboration with stakeholders.
  • Build automation, validation, and performance systems to make quality measurable at scale.
  • Influence the technical implementation and ongoing support of Adobe’s Spectrum design system.
  • Solve complex technical problems regarding layout, animation, compositing, rendering, and theming.
  • Participate in design and code reviews to set high standards for UI craft.
  • Use AI-assisted tools to maintain high standards for correctness, performance, and quality.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience with deep production C++ expertise.
  • Strong systems-design experience, including framework or platform architecture.
  • Depth in at least one UI framework area, such as layout, animation, rendering, theming, or performance.
  • Experience building cross-platform software for Windows and macOS.
  • Track record of solving complex technical problems while keeping software fast, reliable, and maintainable.
  • Design sensibility, strong communication skills, and experience developing alignment across design and engineering teams.
  • Experience with Objective-C, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Python (preferred).

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