Senior Software Engineer

Adobe Inc.
United States, California, San Jose
345 Park Avenue (Show on map)
Jun 10, 2025
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! Job Posting Title: Senior Software Developer - Drover Job Description: The Role The Drover team collaborates with teams at Adobe by providing application support for Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop and other well known products. This support includes various user interface technologies, error reporting, threading primitives and many more. Our creative tools are used by Hollywood, major news outlets, social media influencers (YouTube / Instagram), and creatives all over the world. What you'll do As a senior software engineer, you'll be responsible for crafting and improving our technology stack to provide responsive and efficient frameworks for our creative suite of applications. You will work closely with a senior team of engineers, designers and product experts who live and breathe all things digital audio and video. This is a phenomenal opportunity to learn from, and contribute to, an outstanding group of hardworking creative professionals. Having a drive for understanding and creating modern software solutions with a quality first approach is key for this role. Specific areas of ownership and opportunity include: Update and improve Drover user interface technology stack Innovate and implement solutions that will enable host applications deliver new features quicker and more efficiently Implement UI automation and performance monitoring solutions Responsible for solving problems that arise and to continually improve and enhance the system and product quality Work hand-in-hand with senior engineers, experience designers and product experts to build the right set of features for our customers What you need to succeed Eagerness for identifying root causes for problems and understanding complex systems Interest in developing solutions to ensure we deliver nothing but the best user experiences and quality A minimum of 10 years of experience as a software engineer Experience with UI technologies Understanding the concepts of multithreading, synchronization and memory management Deep knowledge of C++ Obj-C, JS/TS, Python experience is a plus Experience developing applications for Mac and/or Windows, is a plus Exposure to and experience with video editing software is a plus Desire to learn Comfortable asking questions and seeking advice, working collaboratively 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 positionis $133,900 -- $242,000 annually. Paywithin this range varies by work locationand 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: 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. 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