Adobe · 3 days ago
Director Software Development
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$186K/yr - $358K/yrAdobe is focused on changing the world through digital experiences and is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead multiple teams in their Adobe Express and Engineering Platform organization. This role involves providing strategic direction for production delivery, embedding AI into engineering processes, and scaling platforms to support millions of users while fostering a collaborative culture across teams.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)ConsultingEnterprise SoftwareGraphic DesignImage RecognitionPhoto EditingSaaSSoftwareUX DesignWeb Design
Responsibilities
Provide strategic direction and execution for Production delivery, Developer Tools, Observability and associated engineering environments
Embed AI into every facet of the engineering lifecycle, from internal solutions to vendor integrations to elevate efficiency and customer experience
Scale platforms to support millions of users and dozens of tenants, ensuring performance and reliability at enterprise scale
Lead and grow a distributed engineering organization of 50+ professionals
Define and implement the strategy for building a self-service, enterprise-scale reliability platform
Foster a culture of collaboration, experimentation, and rapid iteration across product, engineering, and marketing teams, enabling fast prototyping and innovation with a “fail forward” approach
Establish and enforce standards around frameworks, technologies, and processes to ensure consistency and simplicity across services
Define, measure, and continuously improve engineering productivity by setting benchmark critical metrics and SLAs, demonstrating data-driven insights for optimization
Qualification
Required
Demonstrated use of AI/ML to enhance engineering productivity and organizational efficiency
Proven leadership in high-growth environments, with experience running enterprise-scale services across private and public cloud platforms
A strong track record of leading large, geo-distributed engineering organizations
Expertise in designing and managing complex development frameworks, deployment tools, test environments, and automation systems
Experience building or demonstrating A/B testing infrastructure and applying SRE operating models
Deep technical expertise with at least one major public cloud (Azure, AWS) and open-source technologies such as Kubernetes, Istio, Prometheus, Elasticsearch, Kafka, and Spark
Strong understanding of deployment systems, CI/CD pipelines, and system configuration
Experience delivering integrated end-to-end systems, including source control, build tools, artifact repositories, deployment, and monitoring
Proficiency in performance engineering and load testing at scale
Ability to define and manage SLAs for production-scale systems, ensuring reliability and data quality across platforms
Proven success in delivering high-impact dashboards, datasets, and visualizations to drive business and product decisions
Benefits
Annual Incentive Plan (AIP)
Long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award
Company
Adobe
Adobe is a software company that provides its users with digital marketing and media solutions.
Founded in 1982
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.5MKey Investors
Apple
1986-08-20IPO
1984-10-01Series Unknown· $2.5M
Leadership Team
Shantanu Narayen
CEO
Dan Durn
Chief Financial Officer
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