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Software Development Engineer

Adobe Inc.
United States, California, San Jose
345 Park Avenue (Show on map)
Feb 28, 2026

At Adobe, we're changing the world. How? We give people the tools to bring their ideas to life and create content that makes life more fun and work more meaningful. We give businesses and organizations the power to truly engage their customers. We are the ones behind the gorgeously designed content that streams across your laptop, TV, phone, and tablet every day-and we're the ones who harness the power of data to help companies move from data to insight and insight to action by delivering content that people crave most.

We're a company that understands that product innovation comes from people innovation, a culture of inclusiveness, and why we invest in fostering leaders throughout the organization. Are you passionate about leading from where you sit? Do you thrive in an open culture of diversity and innovation? Are you eager be at a company where our most valuable assets truly are the people? Come join us!

The challenge

Are you interested in the chance to work on professional creative and innovative software product that touches millions of customers across the world? If so, the Photoshop team is looking for a passionate C++ developer to join us in shaping the future of Photoshop. You will be partnering closely with fellow developers, quality engineers, designers, and product managers in helping modernize this world-class product and lead our customer base to an outstanding user experience. We are looking for someone who holds high standards and is technical, driven, and committed. Strong candidates will have clear communication skills, adaptability, and collaborative approaches to working productively across the team to bring Photoshop to life on multiple platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to Photoshop's modernization effort by evolving Adobe's shared UI technology

  • Build exceptional experiences for our customers and developers

  • Write automated unit tests for new and existing UI elements

  • Shape architectural and product design details when tasks or specifications are open-ended

  • Collaborate with teammates across all functional groups to guarantee quality in all phases of development and inspire confidence in the product.

  • Work closely with core technology teams and other platform teams to balance cross-platform consistency with platform optimizations

  • Write beautiful, self-documenting code that others can easily read and adapt, and participate in code reviews

  • Write and review engineering documents and review design specs

  • Explore new perspectives and ideas to innovate

About you

You are someone who...

  • Is passionate about excellent software architecture and is willing to dive in to improve code

  • Loves software and marrying art with science to enable creative people to fully express themselves more efficiently and productively

  • Is a team-player and is looking to contribute to something greater than yourself

  • Is a motivated self-starter who can make progress quickly even when there is ambiguity

  • Is a critical thinker who possesses strong analytical skills tempered with empathy and emotional intelligence

  • Organizes and prioritizes your work in order to make the best use of your time and resources

  • Cares deeply about customers, quality, craftsmanship, and polish!

  • Is an excellent listener and communicator, able to digest, synthesize, and distill complex information and communicate clearly

  • In the face of adversity is able to adapt and persevere, all while maintaining a healthy, balanced long-term perspective

  • Is a quick learner and is always looking to improve yourself, and see challenges and setbacks as opportunities to learn

  • Loves solving problems and coming up with solutions that are both creative and robust

Experience & education

  • A bachelor's degree (or masters) in Computer Science or equivalent

  • 5+ years of experience developing advanced C++ applications

  • A very strong background in modern C++ and programming fundamentals

  • Experience working with front end coding and UI implementation

  • Strong understanding of Photoshop preferred, and familiarity working with large products and codebases

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe's industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We're on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours.


Let's Adobe together

At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

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 protected characteristic. Learn more.

Adobe aims to make our Careers website and recruiting process accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email accommodations@adobe.com or call +1 408-536-3015.

AI Use Guidelines for Interviews:
Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process.

At Adobe, we empower employees to innovate with AI - and we look for candidates eager to do the same. As part of the hiring experience, we provide clear guidance on where AI is encouraged during the process and where it's restricted during live interviews. See how we think about AI in the hiring experience.

Expected Pay Range:

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 positionis $139,000 -- $257,550 annually. Paywithin this range varies by work locationand 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 $177,900 - $257,550

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.

State-Specific Notices:

California:

Fair Chance Ordinances

Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and "fair chance" ordinances.

Colorado:

Application Window Notice

If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting), the application window will remain open until at least the date and time stated above in Pacific Time, in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location, no specific application window applies, and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs.

Massachusetts:

Massachusetts Legal Notice

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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