Sr. Software Development Engineer - Video Rendering

Adobe•San Jose, CA

7d•$173,500 - $331,050•Hybrid

About The Position

The Digital Video & Audio (DVA) team at Adobe develops industry-leading software products like Premiere and After Effects. We are focused on building the modern, AI-powered video rendering pipeline for the next generation of these products. We are seeking a senior, hands-on engineer to lead and evolve the cross-platform GPU rendering platform, a critical component of this mission. This role involves leading major initiatives to completion in close collaboration with technical leadership.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or a Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
10+ years' experience in software engineering, with significant depth in GPU, graphics, or rendering systems.
Strong proficiency in modern C++ in a large, complex, cross-platform codebase on Mac or Windows.
Deep experience with at least one modern graphics/compute API (DirectX 12, Metal, Vulkan, CUDA, or OpenCL) and the ability to design abstractions across several.
Strong knowledge of GPU architecture, shading languages (e.g., HLSL, Slang, SPIR-V), and rendering or real-time video processing.
Solid understanding of the GPU rendering pipeline and core rendering, compositing, and color algorithms.
Proven low-level debugging and performance optimization across the CPU/GPU boundary, using GPU profiling and debugging tools (e.g., Nsight, PIX).
Track record of leading and driving complex, cross-team technical initiatives to completion with limited guidance.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, working in a global environment.
Ability to think creatively to solve complex problems.

Nice To Haves

Real-time video processing in Non-Linear Editing (NLE) software.
Modern shading languages and shader compilers/toolchains (Slang, DXC, SPIR-V / DXIL) and next-generation rendering abstractions.
Direct experience working with GPU driver / hardware vendors.
ML inference integration (e.g., TensorRT, ONNX Runtime) within a render pipeline.
Experience building GPU benchmarking / performance frameworks.
Web & mobile graphics experience (a plus — not required).

Responsibilities

Own, evolve, and optimize the core GPU rendering platform that underpins real-time video processing across Adobe's professional video products.
Drive complex platform initiatives end to end, taking technical ownership and overseeing their progress until completion across multiple releases.
Build and deepen a shared technology stack, including common shaders, rendering frameworks, and multi-API GPU abstractions (CUDA, OpenCL, DirectX, Metal), to enable teams to build once and run everywhere on Windows and Mac.
Own rendering performance, stability, and device compatibility across platforms and hardware vendors, including resolving challenging GPU and driver issues.
Partner with GPU hardware vendors and internal graphics, product, and QE teams to resolve deep technical issues and shape underlying technologies.
Lead by example by driving architecture and code reviews, setting engineering standards, and mentoring others.
Build and prototype the next generation of our rendering technology in partnership with technical leadership, including modern shading languages and shader toolchains.