Rust Software Engineer

Our Company

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give everyone from emerging artists to global brands everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! We’re passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.

We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity.

We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours!

The Content Authenticity Initiative

With the increasing power and availability of generative AI tools, the world of creativity is exploding with potential. But with this power comes responsibility and digital content, provenance, or is critical to ensure transparency for consumers.

It’s also an important part of addressing the spread of disinformation and ultimately restoring trust in content, wherever we find it.

The team at Adobe believe that creating a long-term solution is a shared responsibility among creators, technology companies, civil society and media publishers.

We succeed by joining together to develop an international technical standard (), bolstered by a rich open source ecosystem and simple user experiences.

This is the work of the Adobe CAI team. With over 2500 members, the CAI serves a community of implementers and ensures leading Content Credentials experiences are available across the entire Adobe product suite.

The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced Rust Software Engineer to join our integrations team and make an impact on our solutions for internal and external customers.

You will work in a collaborative environment with designers, product management and engineers and you will interact with innovative product teams across Adobe.

You'll be expected to build features, test and maintain new and existing code. The right candidate will have a keen eye for details, deep awareness of tradeoffs and very high standards for code quality and efficiency.

What you'll do

• Own the development and maintenance of core services powering flagship products like Photoshop and Lightroom, ensuring robustness, scalability, and performance.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to drive the adoption of innovative technologies, contributing to the continuous improvement of our products and services.
• Work on highly visible technology projects that are at the forefront of the industry, playing a pivotal role in crafting the future of digital media and bringing trust and transparency to the ecosystem.
• Actively participate in architectural discussions, proposing innovative solutions to sophisticated technical challenges and driving consensus among collaborators.
• Promote engineering best practices to maintain a high standard of code quality and software craftsmanship.
• Thrive in a high-velocity team environment, prioritizing tasks effectively and delivering results with speed and precision.

Required experience

• Experience releasing production Rust applications
• 2-3 years as a backend-focused software engineer
• Understanding performance implications for database queries with large datasets
• REST API experience, both designing and consuming
• Fluency with Git and GitHub
• Reverence for exceptional documentation and excitement to produce it where sensible
• An appreciation for well-tested code and pragmatism about when and where to build test infrastructure
• Passion for solving problems of any scope elegantly every day
• Ability to embrace constructive criticism from your colleagues, and the confidence and skill to share constructive criticism with your colleagues
• Proven drive to improve your skills and knowledge

Plusses

• Polyglot language experience and interest; we like Python, C++ and many other tools
• Experience with Drupal and / or Wordpress plugins
• Familiarity with GitOps
• Proven understanding of Docker / containerization
• Experience with instrumentation, metrics, and tools like Splunk and New Relic

At Adobe, you will be immersed in an exceptional work environment that is recognized throughout the world on . You will also be surrounded by colleagues who are committed to helping each other grow through our unique approach where ongoing feedback flows freely.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets.

The pay range for this position is $108,000 $198,500 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.

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.