Full-Time

Software Development Engineer

Posted on 12/13/2025

Adobe

Adobe

10,001+ employees

Global software company delivering Creative Cloud

Compensation Overview

$114.1k - $214.9k/yr

+ Equity + AIP

San Jose, CA, USA

In Person

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Requirements
  • B.S. in Computer Science or a related field is required
  • M.S. in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent practical experience is preferred
  • Experience building a scalable query engine or equivalent practical experience is required. Experience in language design is a plus
  • Strong grasp of algorithms and data structures
  • Proficiency in Databases or compilers is preferred
  • Strong programming skills with extensive experience in Java or Scala
  • Proficiency in Apache Spark is preferred
  • Leadership skills to collaborate and drive cross-team efforts
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Adaptable to evolving priorities, accepting challenges outside one's comfort zone, learning new technologies, and delivering viable solutions within defined time boundaries
Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with a team of engineers & product managers in building a high-performance segmentation engine. Own responsibility for design and implementation of key components
  • Develop query compilation algorithms that transform and rewrite segment definition queries
  • Develop query optimization and evaluation algorithms including multi-query optimization, incremental evaluation and streaming evaluation
  • Work on cross functional themes involving advanced data pipelines using Apache Spark
  • Build tools to monitor query performance and identify & debug potential semantic errors
  • Deploy production services and iteratively improve them based on customer feedback
  • Follow Agile methodologies using industry leading CI/CD pipelines
  • Participate in architecture, design & code reviews
Desired Qualifications
  • M.S. in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent practical experience is preferred
  • Proficiency in Apache Spark is preferred
  • Proficiency in Databases or compilers is preferred
  • Experience in language design is a plus

Adobe offers software for creating and managing digital content across media, organized into Creative Cloud, Marketing Cloud, and Document Cloud. Its products run on desktop and mobile apps that sync with cloud services, letting users create, edit, share, and optimize content across devices. Adobe differentiates itself with a broad, integrated ecosystem that covers design, marketing workflows, and document management, backed by a large user base and scalable enterprise solutions. Its goal is to help people and organizations produce and improve digital content at scale.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

San Jose, California

Founded

1994

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What believers are saying

  • India teams drive one-third of innovation from new Noida office housing 700 employees.
  • AI revenue exceeds $400M in Q1 2026, growing 200% year-over-year.
  • Airtel partnership delivers Express Premium to 360 million users.

What critics are saying

  • Canva 2.0 disrupts per-seat subscriptions within 12-18 months.
  • AI credits model causes revenue volatility and churn in 6-12 months.
  • Semrush acquisition delays impair AI marketing competition in 12-18 months.

What makes Adobe unique

  • Adobe dominates creative software with Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat since 1982.
  • Firefly AI Assistant integrates Claude for conversational workflows across apps.
  • GenStudio agentic tools automate content supply chains for 20,000+ brands.

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Company Equity

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Company News

Yahoo Finance
Apr 15th, 2026
Adobe's Creative and Marketing revenues surge 12% to $4.39B driven by AI adoption

Adobe's Creative and Marketing Professionals segment grew 12% year-over-year to $4.39 billion in first-quarter fiscal 2026, driven by AI adoption and subscription strength. Creative Cloud freemium monthly active users surpassed 80 million, up over 50% annually, whilst generative credit consumption through Firefly surged 45% quarter-over-quarter. The company's enterprise digital experience business showed strong momentum, with GenStudio and Adobe Experience Platform each growing over 30% in annual recurring revenue. Adobe's remaining performance obligations reached $22.22 billion. However, Adobe faces significant competition from Microsoft and Alphabet in AI. Microsoft reported $625 billion in remaining performance obligations and 15 million Microsoft 365 Copilot paid seats, whilst Alphabet's AI Overview feature now reaches 2 billion monthly users.

Tech in Asia
Apr 14th, 2026
Oracle, Adobe rally as AI peace hopes lift battered software sector down 23% YTD

Software stocks rallied on hopes for a US-China trade deal, with Oracle and Adobe leading gains. However, the sector remains under pressure this year amid fears that AI tools from OpenAI and Anthropic could enable customers to build software faster and potentially displace vendors. The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF is down over 23% year-to-date, with average sales multiples falling from 9x to 6x. A record $25 billion in software-sector leveraged loans now trade at distressed levels, raising concerns about private credit markets where the sector is a major borrower. Some firms are monetising AI successfully — ServiceNow's Now Assist product reached $600 million in annual contract value in Q4 2025. Yet deteriorating valuations could trigger a credit crisis through "shadow defaults" and forced fund withdrawals, with potential spillover to banks increasingly exposed to private credit.

Yahoo Finance
Apr 13th, 2026
BTIG initiates Adobe and Figma with Neutral ratings on AI growth concerns

BTIG has initiated coverage of Adobe and Figma with Neutral ratings, citing strong market positions but uncertainty around AI-driven growth sustainability. Adobe, which generated approximately $24 billion in revenue in FY25, faces concerns about generative AI's impact on Creative Cloud, which accounts for roughly 60% of revenue. Despite resilient growth and strong margins, Adobe shares have fallen about 55% over five years as questions emerge around pricing power and competition. Figma has achieved over $1 billion in FY25 run-rate revenue with 41% growth, pioneering UI/UX design. BTIG noted strong early adoption of its AI-powered "Make" features but said monetisation potential remains unclear in the near term. Both companies demonstrate solid fundamentals, but AI's long-term impact on revenues and margins remains ambiguous.

TechCrunch
Apr 7th, 2026
Adobe launches free AI study tool Acrobat Spaces for students

Adobe has launched Acrobat Spaces, a free AI-powered study tool designed for students. The platform allows users to upload PDFs, documents, PowerPoint files, URLs, handwritten notes and transcripts to generate flashcards, mind maps, quizzes, podcasts and editable presentations. Available on a separate URL without requiring login, Acrobat Spaces competes with tools like Google's NotebookLM, Goodnotes and Turbo AI. Students can also access an AI assistant to ask questions, with responses grounded in uploaded documents to reduce errors. Adobe developed the product by testing it with 500 students from universities including Harvard, Berkeley and Brown. Charlie Miller, VP of Education at Adobe, said the company aims to create a one-stop shop for reading and material creation, eliminating the need to move documents between different platforms.

Fortune
Apr 1st, 2026
Adobe tests whether creative tools giant can survive AI era with $6.4B revenue amid investor fears

Adobe is navigating the challenge of integrating AI without alienating the creative professionals who built its business. Anil Chakravarthy, who leads Adobe's customer experience division, describes the company as caught between AI's rapid pace and customers' need for reliability. Despite reporting record first-quarter revenue of $6.40 billion, Adobe's shares have declined as investors question whether AI agents could erode demand for traditional software. The company must balance innovation with maintaining enterprise customers' trust in mission-critical systems. The central tension centres on Adobe's generative AI system, Firefly. Whilst the company positions AI as enhancing creativity, many core users worry about training data sources and whether such tools devalue creative work. Chakravarthy argues Adobe's value lies not in content generation but in helping customers maintain brand consistency, governance and creative distinctiveness at scale.

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