Sr. Software Development Engineer 4

Adobe • San Jose, CA

23h

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! At Marketo (an Adobe company) we are growing the world’s leading engagement platform that empowers marketers to deliver the authentic experiences customers desire at scale. Our team is fueled with a passion for innovation, growth, and a dedication to making the Marketer successful. We hire multifaceted, hardworking, and innovative individuals who thrive in fast-paced environments.

Requirements

• 10+ years working in SaaS platforms & technologies
• Experience planning and implementing architectures for new services or components.
• Strong core Java or other object-oriented languages, design patterns and OOD/OOP skills
• Knowledge of ORM frameworks like Hibernate
• Experience in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including the ability to design SQL queries for performance and efficiency.
• Familiarity with common API and design best practices.
• Solid understanding of Docker or other container orchestration systems
• You bring a positive work attitude, are a self-starter, and a standout colleague
• Strong written and verbal communication and collaboration skills

Nice To Haves

• Leveraged AI-native development environments (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code) to accelerate the full software development lifecycle, including rapid feature prototyping, complex bug resolution, and automated framework migrations.
• Hands of experience with Jenkins, Kubernetes, Helm charts and related concepts.
• Experience with one or more of the following MongoDB, Apache Cassandra, Kafka, Redis.
• Experience building enterprise applications with Spring framework
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Understanding of Scrum / Agile Methodologies
• Affinity for APM and monitoring tools (New Relic, Wavefront, Vivid Cortex)
• Understanding Vector Databases and their role in advanced data retrieval for Gen AI.
• Experience implementing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture for grounding models.
• Familiarity with the Agent-to-Agent (A2A) communication protocol and Multi-Agent Coordination Protocol (MCP), Langchain (or similar frameworks), LangGraph (or similar frameworks).
• Design and maintain evaluation pipelines for AI features
• Experience guiding other engineers on the teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test (including automated, continuous integration) key components of our platform
• Develop systems that are highly reliable, scalable, but remain easy to maintain
• Be passionate and help improve the availability, performance, scalability, and security of the product.
• Be independent in feature/component design as well as conduct effective peer code reviews
• Lead and participate in production deployment activities of features and diagnose and resolve issues brought up from the production environment
• Evaluate new technologies and help incorporate them into the technology stack
• Be an active participant in the architecture and design discussions

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level