Lead Customer Facing Backend Engineer

Experteer Overview In this role you bridge product engineering and real-world deployment as part of Adobe’s Forward Deployment Engineering team. You’ll work across customer teams and internal engineers to design and deliver scalable, high-quality features and RESTful services. You will own critical technical initiatives while mentoring others and staying ahead of industry trends. This role offers a startup-like pace with the scale and resources of Adobe, focused on impactful customer outcomes. Compensation / Benefits * Design, implement, and co-own features based on customer requirements with performance and reliability in mind * Develop production-ready code for highly available systems, SaaS apps, and RESTful APIs * Maintain high quality with robust testing and observability * Collaborate with engineers, tech leads, and product management to meet business and customer objectives * Contribute to root-cause analysis during outages * Stay current on relevant Adobe ecosystem technologies and industry trends * Drive tasks with ownership, clarity, and precision * Participate in technical discussions on customer needs and implementation approaches * Mentor engineers on customer-facing delivery and best practices for production solutions Tasks * 10+ years of software engineering experience * Strong Java or Scala with Spring Boot * Experience in designing and implementing RESTful web services * Solid understanding of relational and NoSQL databases * Experience building large-scale distributed systems and data pipelines (Kafka, Spark, Hadoop) * Cloud platform experience (AWS, Azure); Microservices; Databricks; Snowflake; Airflow * Knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript (React/Next.js) * Strong problem-solving and communication skills * Experience in cross-functional teamwork * Situational awareness in technical discussions and stakeholder management * Ownership mindset and commitment to high-quality results * Willingness to travel 10%-25% Key requirements * bonus and equity

to and industry trends * Drive tasks with ownership, clarity, and precision * Participate in technical discussions on customer needs and implementation approaches * Mentor engineers on customer-facing delivery and best practices for production solutions Tasks * 10+ years of software engineering experience * Strong Java or Scala with Spring Boot * Experience in designing and implementing RESTful web services * Solid understanding of relational and NoSQL databases * Experience building large-scale distributed systems and data pipelines (Kafka, Spark, Hadoop) * Cloud platform experience (AWS, Azure); Microservices; Databricks; Snowflake; Airflow * Knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript (React/Next.js) * Strong problem-solving and communication skills * Experience in cross-functional teamwork * Situational awareness in technical discussions and stakeholder management * Ownership mindset and commitment to high-quality results * Willingness to travel 10%-25% Key requirements * bonus and equity