This role pays more than
82%
of similar roles. Most pay
$186,981–$239,125
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$255k
versus about
$213k
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.
As a Staff Software Development Engineer, you will join the team building an AI-first marketing platform designed to redefine customer engagement workflows through autonomous experiences and enterprise-scale orchestration. This backend-focused role involves designing and delivering foundational systems for Agentic applications, where you will architect and scale distributed, high-availability systems with a focus on reliability, observability, and performance. You will collaborate with leadership to translate business goals into technical solutions while driving excellence in CI/CD, testing, GitOps, and software design. The role requires expertise in Java, Scala, Go, or Python, along with experience in microservices, cloud-native architectures, Kubernetes, Docker, and event-driven systems. You will solve complex problems involving campaign execution platforms, personalization systems, and Generative AI technologies to create performant, resilient, and intelligent customer engagement solutions within a high-scale distributed environment.
What does a Software Development Engineer earn in California?
Median $217725 from 77 postings across 8 companies.
Java
Scala
Python
C++
Go
Generative AI
Microservices
Cloud-native Architecture
CI/CD
GitOps
Argo CD
Container Orchestration
Data Structures
Algorithms
Object-Oriented Design
Clean Architecture
Java
Scala
Python
C++
Go
Generative AI
Microservices
CI/CD
GitOps
Argo CD
Container Orchestration
Cloud-native Architecture
Data Structures
Algorithms
Object-Oriented Design