Senior Engineering Manager

At Adobe, you will be immersed in an exceptional work environment that is recognized around the world. Adobe is listed as Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” for 20 consecutive years. You will also be surrounded by colleagues who are committed to helping each other grow. If you’re looking to make an impact, Adobe's the place for you. Discover what our employees are saying about their career experiences on the Adobe Life blog and explore the meaningful benefits we offer.  

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give global brands everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences. We’re passionate about transforming 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.

Job Description

Role Summary

Digital Experience (DX) ( https://www.adobe.com/experience-cloud.html) is a USD 5B+ business serving the needs of enterprise businesses including 95%+ of fortune 500 organizations.

Adobe Marketo Engage, within Adobe DX is the world’s largest marketing automation platform, is a singular solution that lets enterprises attract, segment and nurture customers — from discovery to biggest fan. It lets enterprises do effective engagement through various surfaces and touchpoints.

Our team is searching for dedicated and driven leaders to help expand the business by developing next-gen products and improving what we already offer. If innovative technology excites you, we would love to connect!

What you'll do

• Mentor and guide a high-performing engineering team
• Be an inspiring leader in building services for next-generation Multi-cloud service. Deliver high-performance web services that are adaptable to multifaceted business needs, influence ideation & outstanding problem-solving
• Provide proactive thought leadership, identifying emerging technologies, market trends, and disruptive opportunities (e.g., advanced AI/GenAI applications)
• Partner with global product management, engineering, and operations leaders to help shape technical product architecture & practices, roadmap, and release plans
• Drive strategic and tactical decisions which ensure the successful delivery of projects
• Lead teams to deliver AI-powered features for customers and leverage AI for internal team productivity
• Lead the technical design, vision, and implementation strategy
• Develop an execution plan and lead the engineering team to complete the vision
• Apply guidelines and coding patterns that ensure solutions are maintainable, modular, and of high code quality
• Develop and evolve engineering processes and teamwork models, applying creative problem solving to optimize team efficiency
• Attract, hire, onboard, and retain top talent. Motivate and develop the team as a player-coach to be a high-performance team
• Craft a positive winning culture built on collaboration and shared accomplishments
• Lead discussions on emerging industry technologies & trends and work with the team & leadership to use this knowledge to influence product direction

What you need to succeed

• Passion and love for what you do!
• 17+ years of experience in software development with at least 5 years in a management role
• Strong technical skills with experience in designing & developing enterprise applications
• Strong working knowledge of software development methodologies and software design patterns and experience leading significant software projects/products
• Proven experience running or leading sophisticated projects through full product delivery cycles
• Possess strong understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly Generative AI (GenAI) and Agents
• Proven experience in leading teams to deliver AI-powered features for customers and leveraging AI for internal team productivity will be an added advantage
• Demonstrated history of developing, guiding, coaching, and mentoring software engineers and engineering managers to deliver timely, high-quality software collaboratively
• Ambitious and not afraid to tackle unknowns, demonstrating a strong bias to action
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving, and conflict resolution skills
• Demonstrated success in recruiting and developing strong teams
• Strong Java/JEE, design, coding, and architectural skills along with problem-solving and analytical abilities
• Good knowledge of Kafka, MySQL/Postgres, Solr, Elastic Search, Snowflake
• Experience in developing and leading teams building solutions with cloud technologies (AWS and/or Azure)
• Motivated independently with an eagerness to support a team and the skill to encourage the team in producing high-quality deliverables
• Outstanding verbal, written, and presentation abilities, coupled with the talent to convince, uplift, and support others
• BS or MS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience

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.

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