Senior Software Development Engineer

The Opportunity
Are you enthusiastic about solving meaningful problems at scale? Are you eager to build cloud-native systems that operate perfectly across devices? Are you passionate about crafting the future of creativity by making it fast, fun, and flawless to build sophisticated content? Most significantly, are you dedicated to developing modern solutions for the next generation of users that connect to leading social and digital platforms?

Join our team of hardworking storytellers, technology innovators, and change agents. We are working on the Adobe Express application to redefine how people find, build, and distribute various types of media—such as graphics, imaging, and video—directly on the browser and mobile devices. Our objective is to deliver fast and intuitive product experiences that empower students, social influencers, marketers, small businesses, and anyone with a message to generate impressive content for their audiences!

Join our bold and fast-paced team as an expert Software Development Engineer 5. Help build a new creativity platform that will define the future of Creative Cloud and Adobe’s Digital Media business.

What you’ll do:

• Collaborate with Quality Engineers, Software Engineers, user experience designers, and product managers to prototype and build a next-generation web application.

• Provide technical leadership to solve exciting design and automation challenges, delivering outstanding user experiences across web and various devices.

• Influence design thinking within development teams, appreciating design-thinking principles and promoting reusable code and consistent user experiences.

• Develop and assist in regression and feature testing.

• Engage in pair programming and peer reviews, collaborating on diverse problems and innovative methodologies.

• Deliver responsive, scalable solutions for a mass audience.

• Apply analytics tools, user research, and community feedback to improve product usability and drive new ideas.

What you need to succeed:

• 10+ years of validated experience in building and deploying web applications or interactive websites.

• Degree in Computer Science, web design, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

• Demonstrating expertise in building web apps that run across multiple browsers, including mobile, addressing performance and resource constraints and bringing to bear polyfills as needed.

• Proficiency and interest in developing with and for AI toolsets including agents, MCP, and RAG.

• Strong web architecture experience in crafting and developing robust, complex user interfaces.

• Advanced skills in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, with experience in ES6, Web components, Lit, React, Vue, or equivalent UI frameworks.

• Deep knowledge of web technologies, including the DOM, canvas and WebGL rendering, web security, asynchrony, workers, and performance optimization.

• Familiarity with modern web development tools/patterns such as npm, WebPack, loading optimization, and cloud deployment strategies.

• A strong appreciation for visual and web design, with a passion for applying CSS and modern techniques to build visually captivating and interactive experiences.

• Experience implementing support for accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG 2.1) and different input modalities and assistive technologies.

Nice to have:

• Experience in UX Design.

• Familiarity with Agile/SCRUM development practices.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours. 

Let’s Adobe together

At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. Learn more.

Adobe aims to make our Careers website and recruiting process accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email [email protected] or call +1 408-536-3015. 

AI Use Guidelines for Interviews:
Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process.

At Adobe, we empower employees to innovate with AI — and we look for candidates eager to do the same. As part of the hiring experience, we provide clear guidance on where AI is encouraged during the process and where it’s restricted during live interviews. See how we think about AI in the hiring experience.

Expected Pay Range:

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several  U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $159,200 -- $301,600 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process. 



In California, the pay range for this position is $208,300 - $301,600
In Washington, the pay range for this position is $190,200 - $275,400


At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans.  Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).

In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

State-Specific Notices:

California:

Fair Chance Ordinances

Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.

Colorado:

Application Window Notice

Mar 27 2026 12:00 AM

If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting), the application window will remain open until at least the date and time stated above in Pacific Time, in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location, no specific application window applies, and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs.

Massachusetts:

Massachusetts Legal Notice

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.