Adobe
Principal Architect
$190K–$360K
San Jose · Principal · Full-time · Posted Sep 18, 2026
- Experience
- 20+ years of software engineering experience.
- Education
- Advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) in Computer Science or related field is preferred.
About the job
Leads the architecture and evolution of Adobe’s Enterprise Customer Experience platform, including scalable data systems and Agentic AI services.
What you'll do
- Define end-to-end architecture for large-scale data management and establish standards for performance, security, reliability, scalability, observability, resiliency, and cost efficiency.
- Drive development, integration, and adoption of AI-native services, including Agentic Tools, Skills, and Context-sensitive Agentic Loops.
- Guide architecture decisions and cross-team strategy, partner with engineering and product leaders, mentor senior technical staff, and represent architecture in executive and customer discussions.
What they ask for
- 20+ years of software engineering experience focused on end-to-end systems and application development.
- Proven experience designing and operating large-scale, reliable distributed systems with high performance and high availability.
- Strong experience with microservices, APIs, and platform engineering.
- Familiarity with Agentic AI solution design and development; demonstrated ability to influence org-wide teams and drive architecture at scale.
Nice to have
- Experience with streaming data platforms and real-time processing frameworks (e.g., Kafka, Spark).
- Experience developing Agentic AI systems and solutions; developer platforms or cloud-enabled products; or highly matrixed enterprise-scale environments.
Pay
$190,200 - $360,500 annually USD base salary; $248,900 - $360,500 USD base salary
Tools
Kafka, Spark, microservices, APIs
AI focus
Designs and drives development, integration, and adoption of Agentic AI solutions and AI-native services, including Agentic Tools, Skills, and Context-sensitive Agentic Loops.
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