Lead Software Engineer

• Design, develop, and test (including automated, continuous integration) key components of our platform
• Develop systems that are highly reliable, scalable, but remain easy to maintain
• Be passionate and help improve the availability, performance, scalability, and security of the product.
• Be independent in feature/component design as well as conduct effective peer code reviews
• Lead and participate in production deployment activities of features and diagnose and resolve issues brought up from the production environment
• Evaluate new technologies and help incorporate them into the technology stack
• Be an active participant in the architecture and design discussions

• 10+ years working in SaaS platforms & technologies
• Experience planning and implementing architectures for new services or components.
• Strong core Java or other object-oriented languages, design patterns and OOD/OOP skills
• Knowledge of ORM frameworks like Hibernate
• Experience in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including the ability to design SQL queries for performance and efficiency.
• Familiarity with common API and design best practices.
• Solid understanding of Docker or other container orchestration systems
• You bring a positive work attitude, are a self-starter, and a standout colleague
• Strong written and verbal communication and collaboration skills

What will help you stand out from the crowd:

• Hands of experience with Jenkins, Kubernetes, Helm charts and related concepts.
• Experience with one or more of the following MongoDB, Apache Cassandra, Kafka, Redis.
• Experience building enterprise applications with Spring framework
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Understanding of Scrum / Agile Methodologies
• Affinity for APM and monitoring tools (New Relic, Wavefront, Vivid Cortex)
• Understanding Vector Databases and their role in advanced data retrieval for Gen AI.
• Experience implementing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture for grounding models.
• Familiarity with the Agent-to-Agent (A2A) communication protocol and Multi-Agent Coordination Protocol (MCP), Langchain (or similar frameworks), LangGraph (or similar frameworks), AI Evals for complex AI workflows.
• Experience guiding other engineers on the teams.

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

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.

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