Software Development Engineer - Platform and Automation

Software Development Engineer

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!

The Challenge

Adobe is looking for an exceptional Developer focused on platform and automation to join a distributed engineering team. In this role, you will own and evolve large-scale automation systems that support build, integration, release workflows, and engineering visibility across client-side and web/mobile platforms.

You will help architect resilient CI/CD platforms, select and extend toolchains, support peer engineering teams, and ensure systems produce reliable, actionable signals that enable high-quality, customer-ready releases. Building software at Adobe’s scale demands automation that is fast, dependable, and data-driven.

If you enjoy working in complex, high-impact problem spaces and shaping platforms that influence how engineering teams build and ship software, this role is for you.

What you’ll do

• Develop and maintain fully automated CI build and deployment pipelines across multiple environments in support of Desktop and Web and Mobile applications.

• Be accountable for the setup, stability, and continuous evolution of large-scale build and integration infrastructure that powers engineering workflows at scale

• Drive end-to-end automation to streamline operational procedures and enable clear access to build, release, and engineering health signals

• Partner with product and engineering teams to improve developer experience, release confidence, and decision-making through reliable system signals

• Evaluate, implement, and enforce application, OS, and security requirements across build and release systems

• Use and maintain version control and infrastructure-as-code practices to ensure reproducibility, scalability, and auditability

What you need to succeed

• Experience building and shipping desktop applications in a large, high-volume enterprise environment

• Hands-on experience with one or more of the following languages: Python, Java, Groovy, or Ruby

• Production-level expertise with containerization and orchestration platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)

• Strong experience in both building and operating platform services, including:

  • CI/CD deployments

  • Monitoring and alerting (Splunk, Prometheus, New Relic)

  • Kubernetes-based deployments

  • Infrastructure-as-code and provisioning tools (Terraform, SaltStack, or similar)

• Ability to research, learn, and adopt new technologies quickly

• Ability to write and maintain unit tests

• Proven strength in debugging complex issues and delivering long-term, systemic solutions

• Strong grounding in agile development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Continuous Delivery)

• Experience supporting large, globally distributed engineering teams, especially where compiling, deploying, and technical insights are critical

• Expert-level experience with Xcode, Visual Studio, and compiler/toolchain requirements

• Demonstrated ability to document system architecture, operational workflows, and APIs

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Passion for solving complex problems, with comfort operating in ambiguous, platform-first problem spaces

Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. Learn more.

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Experience Level

Senior Level