Senior Software Engineer, 3D Workflows

Adobe

Confirmed live 2 days ago High trust

Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
San Francisco, CASeattle, WASan Jose, CA
Salary
$177,900–$257,550 / yr
Posted
15 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago

Market check

Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $177k
This role $218k
$119k most similar roles pay here $272k

This role pays more than 85% of similar roles. Most pay $155,750–$197,793 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $218k versus about $177k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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 218 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $187,100–$270,950 across 216 roles with salary data.

Most-posted roles

View all roles at Adobe

At a glance

TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, 3D Workflows

Sr. Software Engineer - 3D Workflows joins the 3D & Immersive organization to lead the 3D Workflows Team. This role involves planning, developing, and testing software to support enterprise customers using 3D digital twin assets for web and ecommerce. You will build and deploy 3D-centric web interfaces, pipelines, and APIs while creating scalable workflows for composing, transforming, and rendering high-quality content. The work focuses on interoperable 3D workflows involving USD scene structures, materials, lighting, and camera setups. Technical requirements include experience with distributed systems on Kubernetes using AWS or Microsoft Azure tools. Candidates should possess expertise in OpenUSD, GLB/glTF, FBX, and Substance Materials. Required programming skills include TypeScript, Node.js, Go, Python, C++, React, and Svelte. The role addresses the technical challenge of creating robust pipelines for photorealistic VFX production and complex 3D asset management.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.

See salary data

What you'll do

  • Build, implement, and deploy 3D-centric web interfaces, pipelines, and APIs for enterprise customers.
  • Develop scalable 3D asset workflows to enable the creation and delivery of high-quality digital twin content.
  • Manage USD scene structures including materials, lighting setups, cameras, and variants to support interoperable workflows.
  • Build durable distributed web services and systems deployed on Kubernetes using AWS and Microsoft Azure.
  • Implement extensive monitoring for all backend systems and distributed services.
  • Develop features across the full stack including user interfaces, APIs, persistence layers, and distributed systems.

What we're looking for

  • A bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a similar specialty is required.
  • Experience building and supporting web services at scale is required.
  • Experience with 3D graphics production at scale, including photorealistic VFX production, is required.
  • Experience with asset interchange formats and rendering workflows like USD/OpenUSD, GLB/glTF, FBX, and OpenPBR is required.
  • Familiarity with OpenUSD scene graph concepts and scripting is required.
  • Familiarity with Agentic based workflows is required.
  • Programming experience with TypeScript, Node.js, Go, Python, C++, React, or Svelte is required.

More like this

Similar roles

Senior Software Engineer, 3D Workflows

Adobe

San Francisco, CA +2 15 days ago $177,900$257,550
OpenUSD TypeScript Node.js Go Python C++ React Svelte Kubernetes AWS Microsoft Azure GLB glTF FBX OpenPBR Substance Materials Distributed Systems APIs

Senior Software Engineer

Alteryx

Remote 140 days ago $119,000$153,000
Python C++ gRPC CI/CD Git NumPy CPython SQLite OpenSSL WiX REST) API Node.js React JavaScript JSON Docker Kubernetes Rust AWS GCP Azure
Remote

Senior Full-Stack / Web Platform Engineer

Adobe

San Jose, CA +1 16 days ago $208,300$301,600
TypeScript Node.js React AWS Kubernetes Docker CI/CD Python Go Java CSS WebGL WebGPU three.js Babylon.js OpenUSD glTF GLB Infrastructure as Code

Senior Software Engineer

Adobe

San Jose, CA 179 days ago $177,900$257,550
Python Spark SQL Apache Airflow Databricks Snowflake DAX Tableau Power BI Adobe Analytics ETL Machine Learning Statistical Modeling Predictive Analytics A/B Testing Distributed Computing
3+ yrs exp

Senior Software Engineer

Palo Alto Networks

Santa Clara, CA 91 days ago $106,000$170,500
Python Node.js TypeScript SQL MongoDB BigQuery GCP AWS Azure CI/CD REST APIs Kubernetes Docker AI/ML Pipelines Data Science Model Context Protocol
2+ yrs exp

Senior Software Engineer

Alkami

Remote 37 days ago $120,000$140,000
Kotlin Java Vue.js React Angular Tailwind CSS Spring Boot Hibernate RESTful APIs AWS Kubernetes Kafka SQL NoSQL Maven OpenTelemetry Agile UI Automation
8+ yrs exp Remote