Senior Web Development Engineer – Front End

The Opportunity

At Adobe, we are seeking an experienced individual to join our world-class engineering team in Product Engagement Systems (PES) in Photoshop team in San Jose. This is an outstanding opportunity to be part of an ambitious project that builds the future of digital experiences. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with a diverse team, pushing the boundaries of what's possible and making an impactful contribution to the industry.

Job Description

A senior front-end engineer with 7+ years of Typescript, CSS, and build-system expertise who can independently build, debug, automate, and validate complex client-side systems.

Programming Language & Module Systems

• 7+ years of experience proficiency in Typescript for large-scale production front-end systems
• Deep understanding of JavaScript runtime behavior (event loop, async execution, memory)
• Clear understanding of JavaScript module systems, including:
  • ES Module (ESM): import /export, tree-shaking, bundler behavior
  • CommonJS (CJS): require, module resolution, interoperability with ESM
• Ability to debug issues caused by mixed module systems in real-world build pipelines
• Working knowledge of Node.js for tooling, scripting, and automation
• Familiarity with Python for build scripts or automation tasks

Front-End Architecture & UI Development

• Hands-on experience building complex UIs using React and/or Web Components
• Ability to design reusable UI components with clear ownership and lifecycle
• Experience managing complex client-side state and event flows
• Strong understanding of client-side performance trade-offs and rendering behavior

CSS & Styling Systems

• Solid understanding of CSS fundamentals, including:
  • Box model, layout (Flexbox, Grid)
  • Cascade, specificity, inheritance

Build Systems & Tooling

• Strong familiarity with Node.js-based build pipelines

Data Validation & Analysis

• Hands-on experience instrumenting front-end applications with analytics, logging, and telemetry

• Ability to validate and ensure accurate client-side logs, metrics, and events are emitted to centralized analytics systems
• Experience querying and analyzing telemetry in tools such as Splunk to assess feature health and application performance
• Ability to use analytics and logs to troubleshoot production issues and identify regressions or anomalies

Automation & CI/CD

• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins

Back-End & API Integration

• Working knowledge of server-side development to support and integrate with front-end systems
• Experience consuming and debugging RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs
• Understanding of request/response lifecycles, data serialization, and error handling
• Familiarity with authentication and authorization concepts
• Ability to troubleshoot issues across client–server boundaries
• Experience collaborating with back-end engineers on API contracts and system design

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 position is $139,000 -- $257,550 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and 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 $177,900 - $257,550


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.

Colorado:

Application Window Notice

If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting), the application window will remain open until at least the date and time stated above in Pacific Time, in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location, no specific application window applies, and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs.

Massachusetts:

Massachusetts Legal Notice

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.