Adobe
Senior Software Development Engineer 5
$159K–$302K
San Jose · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 18, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of software engineering experience.
- Education
- B.S. in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience; M.S. or equivalent practical depth preferred.
About the job
Designs and leads development of scalable distributed services and tools for Adobe Experience Platform’s core platform and customer lifecycle.
What you'll do
- Design and develop resilient, highly available, scalable distributed services.
- Set architectural direction and guide technical initiatives across teams; own features through production rollout and postmortem.
- Evaluate technologies and use AI to improve efficiency and iteration speed.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of software engineering experience building maintainable, scalable systems with Scala/Java or a comparable strongly typed language.
- Deep proficiency in Java or Scala, including JVM runtime behavior, memory management, garbage collection, and thread scheduling.
- Ability to analyze system performance at scale, profile production systems, and drive measurable optimizations.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree or equivalent practical depth.
- Experience building backend distributed applications on Java/JVM and Spring or a similar framework.
Pay
$159,200 - $301,600 annually (base salary); $208,300 - $301,600 (base salary)
Tools
Scala, Java, JVM, Spring
AI focus
Use AI heavily to improve efficiency and iterate faster; Adobe also seeks candidates eager to innovate with AI.
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