Lead Software Development Engineer

Adobe Systems
San Jose
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 159,200 - 301,600 annuallyFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceExperience: 7-10 yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["User-centric","Detail oriented","Mentorship","Collaboration","Independent problem-solving","Customer empathy","Bias towards action","Communicative"]

Architect and maintain the user-facing experience for Adobe Firefly on a collaborative application/front-end engineering team. Help establish platform architecture and quality coding practices, define long-term component-based solutions with functional programming, and translate early ideas into interactive prototypes with design and product. Partner with customers to identify problems, run A/B tests, and refine workflows, while staying current with modern development, test, and deployment practices.

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Lead Software Development Engineer

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Job Summary

Architect and maintain the user-facing experience for Adobe Firefly on a collaborative application/front-end engineering team. Help establish platform architecture and quality coding practices, define long-term component-based solutions with functional programming, and translate early ideas into interactive prototypes with design and product. Partner with customers to identify problems, run A/B tests, and refine workflows, while staying current with modern development, test, and deployment practices.
Location: San Jose
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Help establish architecture and quality coding practices for the Adobe Firefly client platform.
  • •Define long-term solutions for component-based architecture using functional programming.
  • •Collaborate with design teams, product management, and internal clients to turn early ideas into interactive prototypes.
  • •Engage with customers to identify problems, run A/B tests, and refine workflows.
  • •Expand skills in development, testing, and deployment methodologies to deliver measurable impact.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 159,200 - 301,600 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •7-10+ years of professional experience developing interactive web applications, preferably in the creative tool domain.
  • •B.S. or higher in Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
  • •Well-established practice building and deploying interactive web applications using React.
  • •High proficiency in TypeScript or JavaScript (ES6+).
  • •Confidence writing high-performance, reliable, and maintainable code, with the ability to work independently in a hybrid or remote-first environment using strong written and verbal communication.
Experience:7-10 yearsAI/MLWeb applicationsCreative toolsGenerative AI
Education:Bachelor's in Computer Science
Skills:User-centricDetail orientedMentorshipCollaborationIndependent problem-solvingCustomer empathyBias towards actionCommunicative
Tech Stack:JavaScriptTypeScriptReactES6+Functional programmingRxJSWeb componentsLitTest Driven Development (TDD)CI/CDA/B testingGenerative AIText-to-imageLarge language modelsWASMWebGPUCanvas renderingAsynchronyPerformance optimizationSecurity

Company Brief

Adobe Systems
Provides creative, marketing, and document management software and cloud services, including Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, and the Adobe Experience Cloud, serving creative professionals, enterprises, and governments worldwide.
Industry: SaaS
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Jose, United States
Founded: 1982
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