Staff Design Engineer, Insights

Adobe

Remote

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Work type
Remote
Location
San Francisco, CASan Jose, CA
Salary
$208,300–$301,600 / yr
Posted
2 days ago

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Above market

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This role $255k
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This role pays more than 85% of similar roles. Most pay $172,500–$232,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $255k versus about $202k for comparable roles.

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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 325 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Staff Design Engineer, Insights

Adobe Design seeks a Staff Design Engineer to join its Insights design team, ideal for those adept at prototyping new product experiences with AI and crafting the tooling that enables efficient design operations. This role involves architecting internal tools and workflow infrastructure to streamline processes, enabling designers to focus on high-impact user experience work. You will develop functional prototypes using LLM-powered applications to validate designs before production and create scalable systems for insight-driven product experiences. The position requires 10+ years of experience at the design-engineering intersection, hands-on experience with AI-driven apps, and a track record of delivering quality products. Familiarity with data visualization libraries like Vega or D3, and expertise in building internal tools that foster adoption among designers and engineers, is beneficial. This role offers an opportunity to innovate within a company known for its industry impact, working on cutting-edge projects at the forefront of design and engineering convergence.

What you'll do

  • Architect and build internal tools to streamline the design team's operations.
  • Design high-fidelity prototypes in LLM-powered applications for testing assumptions.
  • Develop a shared prototyping toolkit for use by design teams and business partners.
  • Ensure emerging development processes are architected to deliver high-quality UX.
  • Raise quality standards by partnering with production engineers on technical implementation.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of experience at the intersection of design and engineering.
  • Hands-on experience building and shipping LLM-powered applications or agentic systems.
  • Demonstrated ability to create high-quality, production-level shipped products.
  • Proven track record in building internal tools adopted by designers and engineers.
  • Experience working in enterprise product development or SaaS environments.
  • Background in designing data analytics tools or using visualization libraries.

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