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Software Development Engineer, Photoshop Ecosystem

Adobe Inc.
United States, California, San Jose
345 Park Avenue (Show on map)
Sep 25, 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!

The Opportunity

The Photoshop Applied Research and Technology team is looking for a Photoshop engineer with a passion for technology and building compelling GenAI and AI/ML experiences that delight customers and boost productivity. This individual will work with a very dynamic, customer-focused engineering team, and will be responsible for productizing research ideas. The successful candidate will help define and build "Adobe magic" into digital imaging applications.

What you'll Do
  • Collaborate with researchers, ML engineers, application developers, UI designers, product managers, quality engineers and customers to integrate advanced AI/ML components into Photoshop as polished features, with an outstanding user experience.
  • Prototype mature research ideas with AI models. Iterate and improve upon these ideas, with the goal of productization.
  • Develop end-to-end solutions, and build front-end user experiences that are performant and responsive
  • Maintain, evolve and improve existing features in a large, complex codebase
  • Participate in formal and informal code and design reviews
  • Write unit tests and/or automation tests to verify code and product quality
  • Serve as a customer advocate and quality champion
  • Take initiative, tackle new challenges and acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to get the job done
What you need to succeed
  • BS or MS in Computer Science or related field
  • 5+ years of software development experience with a proven track record of designing, implementing and delivering high quality software
  • Solid foundation in computer science fundamentals, MVC architecture, design patterns and software engineering best practices
  • Proficient in modern C/C++ with extensive large-scale application development experience required. Working knowledge of Python and Javascript preferred.
  • Skills and passion to build compelling user experiences leveraging well defined UI frameworks required.
  • Familiarity with AI productivity tools.
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
  • Passion for creating high quality applications that professionals love
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 $133,900 -- $242,000 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).

In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

State-Specific Notices:

California:

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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:

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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.

Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunityemployer. 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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