Senior Engineering Manager, Software Development

Adobe Systems
San Jose, CA, United States
7 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Microsoft Windows Agile Methodology Software Applications Design of User Interfaces Performance Tuning Software Engineering Video Editing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Adobe Virtual Agents GPT

Job description

Experteer Overview In this role you lead the Pro Video software team, driving high-quality desktop UI solutions for Adobe’s video tools used by a global audience. You mentor engineers, collaborate with product, design, and PMs, and shape roadmaps and architectures that deliver excellent user experiences. You’ll tackle performance, accessibility, and modernization challenges while aligning technical work with business goals. This is an opportunity to influence premier video editing workflows at scale. Compensation / Benefits * Lead and mentor the development team delivering shared UI solutions * Collaborate with Product Management, Marketing, Design and Program Management * Drive process improvements and strategic approaches for high-value, high-quality solutions * Represent team progress to senior leadership with roadmaps and schedules * Build modern desktop UI solutions and improve system quality * Solve problems and continuously improve product and systems * Partner with senior engineers, designers, and product managers to define features for customers Tasks * 10+ years of leading software engineering teams * Experience developing desktop applications for Mac and/or Windows * Strong UI design sensibility (layout, UX considerations) * Proven cross-team collaboration with design and product management * Experience managing large-scale projects with legacy code modernization * Familiarity with Agile software development processes * Experience with AI assistant tooling (Claude, Copilot, or ChatGPT) * Understanding of accessibility guidelines and performance optimization for UI * Comfortable learning, questioning, and collaboration Key requirements * comprehensive benefits programs

Requirements

business designers, and product managers to define features for customers Tasks * 10+ years of leading software engineering teams * Experience developing desktop applications for Mac and/or Windows * Strong UI design sensibility (layout, UX considerations) * Proven cross-team collaboration with design and product management * Experience managing large-scale projects with legacy code modernization * Familiarity with Agile software development processes * Experience with AI assistant tooling (Claude, Copilot, or ChatGPT) * Understanding of accessibility guidelines and performance optimization for UI * Comfortable learning, questioning, and collaboration Key requirements * comprehensive benefits programs

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