Senior Application Engineer

Adobe Inc.
United States, California, San Jose
345 Park Avenue (Show on map)
Apr 08, 2025
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! 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 are passionate about empowering people to craft breathtaking and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen. We are on a mission to hire the absolute best and are committed to building exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that innovative ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours! The Opportunity We are looking for a senior application software engineer with a strong understanding of common UI toolkits, graphics applications and a deep sense of software craftsmanship to participate in the design, implementation, and deployment of our next generation multi surface collaborative 3D graphics software for the top experts across the industries we serve, including fashion, automotive, games and VFX. We are a tight-knit team developing pioneering software and delivering robust, fast, and resource-conscious components to product teams. The team will closely collaborate with Adobe's UX design and research teams to turn groundbreaking ideas and technologies into shipping features. What you will Do Closely interact with select users to present prototypes and understand their needs Work collaboratively with UX designers, engineers, and researchers to architect, develop, maintain and optimize new software solutions Design and implement modern algorithms by writing robust, high-performance code Develop experiments to explore tradeoffs between various implementations Identify and fix application bugs and performance bottlenecks Review code on a near daily basis and give detailed, constructive feedback Work closely with many different product and teams across Adobe to integrate software across organizational boundaries Provide leadership to the group and mentorship to junior-level engineers What you need to succeed Extensive experience in writing production code Deep knowledge of C++ (C++17 preferred) and its design patterns (10+ years desirable) Experience writing production-level python (5+ years desirable) Strong communication skills and attention to detail Empathy for users of the tools and you will develop Experience in API design Experience writing cross-platform code Initiative to work independently and thinking outside the box Experience in profiling, debugging, and testing native applications in at least one language Experience with optimization and profiling tools Master's degree in computer science or equivalent professional experience or education Desirable expertise: Universal Scene Description (USD) API and frameworks Modern graphics APIs (OpenGL, DirectX, Vulkan, Metal) Qt and/or QtQuick application frameworks ImGui framework Experience in integrating AI models in products Familiarity with 3D content creation tools (e.g., Blender, Cinema4D, Maya) Familiarity with principles of lighting and photography Experience in one or more scripting languages beside python At Adobe, you will be immersed in an exceptional work environment that is recognized throughout the world on the Best Companies lists. You will also be surrounded by colleagues who are committed to helping each other grow through our unique Check-In approach where ongoing feedback flows freely. If you are looking to make an impact, Adobe's the place for you. Discover what our employees are saying about their career experiences on the Adobe Life blog and explore the meaningful benefits we offer. Adobe is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage diversity in the workplace regardless of gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. 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 12:01 AM 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. 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 $153,600 -- $286,600 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. 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). 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