Software Development Engineer 3

Adobe Inc.
United States, California, San Jose
345 Park Avenue (Show on map)
Mar 12, 2026
We are the Flex Engineering Team (CET) within Adobe B2B Journey Management, a group of creative problem-solvers focused on accelerating B2B marketing systems at Adobe. Our team builds innovative features and capabilities driven directly by requirements from some of the world's largest customers. This is a career-accelerating opportunity to collaborate with engineers across Adobe while working on sophisticated, large-scale systems. You'll help deliver real-time, highly performant services that process large data volumes and complex data pipelines, participate in incident investigations, and craft impactful solutions for real customer needs. If you take pride in writing high-quality code, enjoy working with large data systems, and love taking ideas from concept to production, this role offers an exceptional opportunity to grow. What You'll Do Design, implement, and own features aligned with the product roadmap, with a performance-first mindset Build production-ready code using highly available data streams, RESTful APIs, and diverse interfaces Collaborate closely with product managers to gather requirements, assess technical feasibility, and propose effective design solutions Coordinate with architects, senior developers, and cross-functional teams to deliver scalable solutions Ensure high-quality components with strong observability, unit testing, and reliability standards Lead and support incident response, customer service outages, and root cause analysis Stay current with developments across the Adobe ecosystem Build scalable, reliable solutions using established engineering best practices Evaluate and adopt new technologies that meet product, performance, and quality standards Demonstrate strong ownership, clarity, and precision in driving projects forward Investigate customer needs and propose implementation approaches in partnership with product management What You Bring 6+ years of experience with Java, including strong expertise in Enterprise Java and frameworks such as Spring, Spring MVC, and Spring Boot Experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems or data processing platforms Strong knowledge of RESTful web services and design principles Hands-on experience with APM and monitoring tools (Splunk, New Relic, Kibana, Vivid Cortex) Experience with MySQL, NoSQL databases, Snowflake, web services, and data-intensive applications Expertise in Apache Spark, Apache Hadoop, and Apache Kafka Strong commitment to engineering best practices and scalable system design Ability to model and solve distributed processing problems Proven problem-solving skills with effective solution development Excellent verbal and written communication skills Ability to work effectively with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams Nice to Have Experience with AWS and/or Azure services Knowledge of microservices architecture and Databricks Experience with Scala and large-scale data frameworks such as Akka, Typelevel, or ZIO Familiarity with JavaScript or TypeScript and front-end frameworks like React or Next.js Work Model Hybrid work environment (approximately 50% in-office) Up to 5% travel San Jose-only position About Adobe Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe's industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity. Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We're on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours. Let's Adobe together At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create. Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. Learn more. Adobe aims to make our Careers website and recruiting process accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email accommodations@adobe.com or call +1 408-536-3015. AI Use Guidelines for Interviews: Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process. At Adobe, we empower employees to innovate with AI - and we look for candidates eager to do the same. As part of the hiring experience, we provide clear guidance on where AI is encouraged during the process and where it's restricted during live interviews. See how we think about AI in the hiring experience. Expected Pay Range: Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this positionis $114,100 -- $214,950 annually. Paywithin this range varies by work locationand may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills,and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process. In California, the pay range for this position is $148,500 - $214,950 At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans. Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP). In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award. State-Specific Notices: California: Fair Chance Ordinances Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and "fair chance" ordinances. 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