Software Development 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 powerful generative AI tools, the world of creativity is exploding with potential. But with this power comes responsibility, and digital content, provenance, oris critical to ensure transparency for ’salso an important part of addressing the spread of disinformation andultimately restoringtrust in content, wherever we find it.

Theteam at Adobe believes that creating a long-term solution is a shared responsibility among creators, technology companies, civil society, and media publishers. Wesucceedby 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 5000 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 Systems Engineer to join our team and make an impacttoour solutions for Adobe applications and external customers. You will work in a collaborative environment with designers, product management, and engineers and will interact with innovative product teams across 'llbe expected to build features, test, andmaintainnew and existing code. The ideal candidate will have a keen eye for detail,deepawareness of tradeoffs, andvery highstandards for code quality and efficiency.

Whatyou'lldo

Develop andmaintainSDKs used within flagship products like Photoshop,Premiere Pro, Express, and more

Collaborate closely with various teams to drive the adoption ofC2PAContent Credentials.

Work on highly visible technology projects that are at the forefront of the industry, playing a pivotal role in shaping the future of digital media and bringing trust and transparency to the ecosystem

Activelyparticipatein architectural discussions, proposing innovative solutions to complex technical challenges and driving consensus with the team

Promote 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 developing production grade C / C++ and Rust SDK libraries

Understanding of inter-language bindingsandinteroperability across different operating systems

Ability to design solutions to be implemented by yourself or others

Fluency with Git and GitHub

Reverence for great 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 give and embrace constructive criticism from your colleagues

Demonstrated drive to improve your skills and knowledge

Plusses

Polyglot language experience and interest; we like Rust, Node, Python,C++and many other tools

Experience with Build systems

Experience with contributing toopen-sourceprojects

Experience withdebuggingand profilingtools.

ABachelor’sand / or advanced degree in a related field or equivalent experience

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 $139,000 $257,550 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.

State-Specific Notices :

California :

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Colorado :

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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 :

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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.