Staff Software Development Engineer 50

Adobe

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Work type: On-site
Location: San Jose
Salary: $208,300–$301,600 / yr
Posted: 67 days ago

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Above market

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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 177 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Development Engineer 50

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As a senior software engineer on the Adobe Journey Optimizer B2B team, you will design and build data pipelines that handle real-time streaming, batch ETL, and CDC to form the backbone of our platform. You'll create APIs for other teams and customer products while making architectural decisions that balance speed, reliability, and maintainability across Kafka, Spark, Snowflake, Airflow, and MySQL. Additionally, you will mentor engineers, champion engineering rigor through observability and testing, and partner with product leadership to translate ambitious goals into scalable systems. Success requires 7+ years of experience in data-intensive systems, strong Java or Scala skills with Spring Boot, and deep knowledge of distributed systems. Experience with Docker, CI/CD, and AI tooling integration is a plus, as is a track record of technical leadership and the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly.

Skills

Java Scala Spring Boot Kafka Spark Airflow MySQL PostgreSQL MongoDB Docker CI/CD Kubernetes Terraform Prometheus Grafana AI ML

What you'll do

Design and build real-time streaming, batch ETL, and CDC data pipelines for AJO-B2B.
Compose data access solutions and APIs relied upon by other engineering teams and customer products.
Make architectural decisions balancing speed, reliability, and maintainability across various tech stacks.
Mentor engineers through design reviews, pairing sessions, and collaborative learning initiatives.
Champion engineering rigor in areas like observability, testing, documentation, and operational excellence.

What we're looking for

7+ years of experience building data-intensive software systems.
Proficient in Java or Scala with Spring Boot and distributed system design.
Production experience with Kafka, Spark, Airflow, MySQL, and Snowflake.
Strong mentorship skills and technical leadership in architectural decisions.
Excellent communication to explain complex systems to various audiences.
Ownership mentality and adaptability to evolving priorities.

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