Software Development Engineer

Adobe Systems Incorporated•San Jose, CA

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About The Position

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! We are looking for a senior generalist software engineer with a strong understanding of computer graphics, a good grasp on systems programming and software security plus a deep sense of software craftsmanship to participate in the design, implementation, and deployment of our next generation platform for multi surface collaborative tools for creative professionals. We are a close team working on innovative software and providing strong, speedy, and resource-efficient components to product teams. Our team will closely collaborate with other teams at Adobe to turn groundbreaking ideas and technologies into shipping features.

Requirements

5+ years writing modern C++ production code
3+ years writing Python production code
Deep knowledge of design patterns and data structures
Understanding of software security problems and common solutions
Experience in profiling, debugging and testing multi-platform applications
Strong communication skills and attention to detail
Experience mentoring junior-level engineers
Strong sense of ownership of the outcomes
Knowledge of build systems
Ability to analyze complex code bases and proactively spearhead improvements
Comfort with showing work in progress and seeking and integrating feedback

Nice To Haves

Universal Scene Description (USD) API and frameworks
Experience with CMake
3D content creation tools (e.g. Maya, Cinema4D, Blender, ...)
Experience with CAD software and file formats
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience or education
Experience with design of high-level APIs and frameworks
Experience contributing to open source projects
Experience with systems-level programming
Knowledge of Qt application framework
Experience with 3D content creation or asset processing pipelines

Responsibilities

Design and implement modern algorithms by writing robust, high-performance code
Develop experiments to explore tradeoffs between various possible 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 products and teams across Adobe to integrate software across organizational boundaries
Work collaboratively with UX designers, engineers and researchers to architect, develop, maintain and optimize new software solutions
Take ownership of the design and architecture of portions of the code base, including libraries and components, across all supported platforms

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