Engineering Manager, Full Stack

Adobe•San Jose, CA

About The Position

The Opportunity Do you thrive on solving hard problems at scale? Do you want to build cloud-native systems that work seamlessly across devices? Are you interested in defining the future of creativity by making it fast, fun, and frictionless to create sophisticated-looking content? Most of all, are you passionate about the next generation of users and building modern solutions for them that connect to leading social and digital platforms? Join the Adobe Express team of passionate storytellers, technology innovators, and change agents! We are now re-imagining the way people discover, create, and publish the full range of media types - from graphics to imaging to video - right in the browser and on their mobile devices. Our aim is to build fast and easy product experiences that empower students, social influencers, marketers, small businesses - really anyone with something to say - to make something that will stand out and impress their audience. We are seeking a versatile, hands-on Engineering Manager to lead and grow a team of hardworking, high-impact engineers delivering experiences for industry-leading web applications. You’ll work closely with partners in business, design, and project management, and you’ll serve a team that is equally capable of giving and receiving technical guidance.

Requirements

At least 5 years of web application development, plus a minimum of 3+ years of managing engineers
BA/BS in computer science, or equivalent work experience
Experience developing world-class HTML, CSS, & JavaScript with Web Components, Vue, React, or equivalent frameworks
Experience developing cloud services with Java, Python or Node
Experience with AI tooling to improve code quality, tackle tech debt, and shorten dev cycles
Track record of designing and developing robust, scalable high impact web applications
Proficient with large scale web application design and development best practices to achieve modular, maintainable and extensible solutions
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work cooperatively with people at all levels
Ambition and passion about building world-class productivity workflows
Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and to maintain a high degree of technical involvement with your team

Nice To Haves

Experience and knowledge in scalable content management system
Knowledge in test frameworks, code coverage, static code analysis tools
Operational experience running publicly available cloud services and applications, including AWS deployment/management services (CloudFormation, CloudWatch, etc.)
Consistent record of successful execution of the complete software development lifecycle
Experience leading or participating in agile software development

Responsibilities

Lead and manage a team to build modern, well architected web and mobile apps, leveraging powerful web service technologies and Artificial Intelligence to build Adobe magic
Guide team through research, technical design, implementation, delivery, and maintenance of production services
Influence design decisions and technical direction for engineers, QE, product managers, user experience designers, and senior leaders
Write code samples, prototypes, and pseudocode to guide implementation
Promote modern technical standards
Incentivize quality code and effective communication
Maintain effective communication and collaboration with partner teams, both local and remote, in completing interdependent work items, and ensure transparency of project status to partners
Manage team member’s performance, employing ongoing performance feedback and coaching, identifying and making progress toward career development goals
Hire and train new engineers
Partner with designers and business leaders to provide a best-in-class customer experience
Engage with customers to understand problems, test ideas, and refine workflows